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Corporate and Business Translation
Business documents that read as though written, not translated.
Reports, presentations, HR material and internal communication — translated with a consistent corporate voice, managed terminology and coordination that fits how companies actually work.
What it demands
The category where tone carries the message
Business translation is the largest category by volume and the least discussed, because none of it is dramatic. Nobody writes an article about translating an HR policy. But it is where a company’s voice either survives crossing a border or quietly does not.
The failure mode is subtle. A translation can be entirely accurate and still land wrong — a warm internal announcement rendered in stiff officialese, a carefully hedged report made blunt, a deliberately informal training deck turned bureaucratic. Employees read it and conclude that head office does not much care about their market.
The second issue is consistency across a company rather than across a document. Marketing, HR and finance commission translations separately, months apart, often through different people. Without shared terminology the same product ends up with three names and the same internal programme with three descriptions.
How we work
What business translation involves
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Voice established once
We ask for material you consider well written, plus any style guide, so register is a decision rather than an accident.
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Terminology held against your account
Product names, internal programmes and recurring phrasing stay identical across departments and across years.
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Formatting that survives
Slide decks, reports and branded documents returned usable, with text fitted rather than merely replaced.
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Coordinated multilingual releases
Where an announcement must land everywhere at once, all languages are prepared together.
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Confidentiality by default
Board papers, restructuring plans and financial results handled with access limited to the assigned team.
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Efficient revisions
Recurring documents reuse what was approved before, so a quarterly update costs a fraction of the original.
What we translate
Business documents we handle
Reports and financial statements
Annual reports, quarterly results and investor material.
Presentations and decks
Board presentations, sales material and internal briefings.
HR policies and handbooks
Employment terms, codes of conduct and benefits documentation.
Training and onboarding material
Courses, guides and assessments for distributed teams.
Internal communication
Announcements, newsletters and change programmes.
Marketing collateral
Brochures, case studies and campaign material.
Customer correspondence
Support responses, service communications and account letters.
Tenders and proposals
Where a bid must read as credibly in the target language as the source.
Timing
How long it takes
| Type of project | Typical delivery |
|---|---|
| Short business documents Letters, announcements, single presentations | 2–3 business days |
| Reports and document sets Annual reports, policy suites, training programmes | Depends on volume and complexity |
| Multilingual releases Several languages prepared for simultaneous publication | Scoped before quoting |
Larger or more complex projects may require additional review time. Quotation requests are usually reviewed within 30–60 minutes during business hours, Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM Central Time.
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Questions
Business Translation, answered
Everything a company produces that is not a contract, a manual or a website: annual reports, board papers, presentations, HR policies, training material, internal announcements, marketing collateral and customer correspondence. It is the largest category by volume and the one where tone matters most, because the reader is usually a colleague or a customer rather than an official.
Yes, and it is worth setting up properly at the start. Send us material you consider well written in the source language, along with any style guide or previously approved translations. Where a company has a deliberately warm or deliberately formal register, that should survive translation — a policy document that reads as legalistic in one language and chatty in another undermines both.
A shared glossary and translation memory held against your account rather than a single project. When marketing, HR and finance all refer to the same product or the same internal programme, the translation is identical regardless of which team commissioned it or how many months apart.
Yes. Documents are validated on upload and stored outside any publicly accessible path, with access limited to the coordinator and assigned linguists. Assigned linguists see the documents and the deadline, not who the client is. If your company requires a specific confidentiality agreement, send it before work begins.
Yes. Slide decks are among the most common requests and among the easiest to get wrong, because translated text rarely fits the box it came from. We return decks that are usable — text adjusted to fit, layouts respected — rather than technically translated files somebody then has to rebuild.
Standard documents are typically 2–3 business days. Reports, multilingual sets and large internal communications programmes depend on volume. If you have a board date or an announcement window, tell us at the outset so we can confirm what is realistic.
Most business clients work this way. Translation memory means recurring documents — quarterly reports, updated policies, revised training material — cost a fraction after the first version and stay consistent with everything already circulated.
Yes, and simultaneous is usually better than sequential for internal communication. If an announcement reaches one country three days before another, people notice. A single coordinated release keeps the message and the timing consistent.
Start your business translation
Send your documents and any existing terminology, and a Project Coordinator will scope the work before quoting. Most requests are reviewed within 30–60 minutes during business hours.
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