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Professional translators for over 50 sectors — by native subject experts.
Law, technology, medicine, academia and web — translated by translators with expertise in the field, terminology-steered and confidential. In over 70 languages, with a binding fixed price. Plus interpreting, English ⇄ German and the route into the profession.
Specialised translators · terminology & translation memory · confidential, NDA on request
In short
What sets a professional translation apart from an ordinary one.
A professional translation renders not just language but subject content. It is produced by a translator specialised in the field, who knows the terminology, standards and context of your sector — not the nearest generalist. The FÜD steers terms via terminology databases and translation memories and works to the process standard DIN EN ISO 17100.
To be distinguished from this is the certified translation: it is a professional translation with a legal certification statement by a court-authorised translator and is required by authorities and courts. For internal, business or academic use, a professional translation is usually enough.
Fields
For your sector, in your terminology.
Law & justice
Contracts, judgments, terms and commercial-register extracts — accounting for the legal order of the target country.
Technology & industry
Operating manuals, data sheets and documentation — standard-compliant and terminologically consistent.
Medicine & pharma
Findings, package leaflets and IFU — MDR/IVDR-compliant, under the four-eyes principle.
Academia
Publications, abstracts and studies — precise, citable, journal-ready.
Websites & software
UI, shop and SEO content — localised for the target market, with clean hreflang.
Certified translation
Certificates and diplomas for authorities — by court-authorised translators, at a price incl. delivery.
Directory
Translators by field, service and language pair.
Pick your field, service or language pair — each page shows requirements, examples and the right workflow.
Standard per field
Which documents — and which benchmark behind them.
Professional translation means knowing and meeting the authoritative standard of the field. An overview we orient to per area.
| Field | Typical documents | Authoritative standard / reference |
|---|---|---|
| Law & justice | contracts, judgments, terms, commercial-register extracts | legal order of the target country; certified per the receiving body's requirement |
| Technology & industry | operating manuals, data sheets, declarations of conformity | Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC; IEC/IEEE 82079-1 |
| Medicine & pharma | findings, IFU, package leaflets (SmPC), clinical studies | MDR 2017/745, IVDR 2017/746; EMA QRD, MedDRA |
| Academia | publications, abstracts, research proposals | requirements of the target journal / funding body |
| Websites & software | UI texts, online shops, SEO content | target-market search behaviour; hreflang, localisation |
| All fields | process & quality assurance | DIN EN ISO 17100 (DIN CERTCO, Reg. 7U517) |
Over 70 sectors, one principle: the translator knows your field.
For every field, specialised translators, steered terminology and a final check to DIN EN ISO 17100 — on every commission.
Where it fails
Nine errors that make out-of-field translations expensive — across every field.
Whether contract, operating manual or medical finding: the following errors do not arise in grammar but in subject knowledge. They appear in every field — and each has a tangible consequence. That is why we steer them systematically rather than leaving them to chance.
| Error source (cross-field) | What happens with an out-of-field translation | FÜD rule against it |
|---|---|---|
| Terminology consistency | The same term becomes “device”, “apparatus”, “unit” in one document — reviewers and courts read three different things; interpretation gaps arise. | A client-owned term base plus translation memory: one name — one term, across all documents and years. Mandatory for technical documentation. |
| Numbers, units & decimal separators | German comma and English point are swapped (1,5 ↔ 1.5), imperial and metric units “translated along” — a tolerance, dose or balance-sheet figure becomes a number error with liability. | Target locale fixed in advance; numbers, units and currencies are checked, not guessed. Critical e.g. in the annual report. |
| Date & name formats | 03/04/2026 is 3 April in DE and 4 March in the US; names and transliterations run inconsistently — deadlines flip, persons are no longer unambiguous in documents. | Target-language date logic instead of digit-shuffling; names per passport spelling, transliteration per ISO/ICAO. Decisive for certificates. |
| Standards not translatable 1:1 | “GmbH”, “Amtsgericht”, “Prokura” are rendered literally, DIN/EN/ISO numbers “translated” — the term does not exist in the target country, the standard is no longer findable. | Legal institutions with equivalent and explanation instead of a pseudo-translation; standard identifiers copied character for character. |
| Legal-system asymmetry (civil vs. common law) | “consideration”, “trust” or “notarize” have no German counterpart and are translated freely — the clause loses its effect in the target country or suddenly means something else. | Professional translators with a legal background; functional rendering with a note, no false friends. Core of every contract translation. |
| Layout, DTP & text expansion | The target text is 15–30 % longer or shorter per language pair; the translation “overflows” the template, labels and tables break — the document is no longer print- or submission-ready. | Translation in the original format (InDesign, XML, CMS) with DTP control; the operating manual stays ready to use. |
| Target variety ignored | One “English” or “Spanish” for all markets: EN-US and EN-GB, ES-ES and ES-MX are mixed — trust drops in marketing, misunderstandings arise in technology. | Native translators of the target variety; market and region fixed before the job starts. Decisive in marketing & web. |
| Confidentiality & data routing | Sensitive documents run through freely accessible online MT tools; trade secrets, patient or patent data leave the house uncontrolled — a GDPR breach. | Specialists bound to secrecy, purpose-bound processing under the GDPR, NDA and defined data routing; on request entirely without MT/AI. |
| No four-eyes principle / QA | A raw translation goes out unchecked, numbers and omissions go unnoticed — the error only shows in the damage: recall, rejection, reprint. | Revision by a second qualified person to DIN EN ISO 17100, with number, completeness and terminology checks. Details under Quality & ISO. |
What separates “professional translation” from general translation
Professional translation is not one of four things but all at once: native translators of the target language, a subject background in the field — a lawyer for contracts, an engineer for technology, a physician for findings — steered terminology via term base and translation memory, and revision by a second person to DIN EN ISO 17100.
A general translation delivers fluent language. A professional translation additionally delivers the subject correctness a reviewer, a court or an authority accepts — and that is exactly where it is decided whether a document fulfils its purpose.
Use cases
Three commissions, three fields — and what we deliver.
Example workflows from industry, a legal department and medical technology. They show how the rules above become a ready-to-use result.
Operating manual for the EU market launch
Starting point: A plant builder places a machine on the market in seven EU countries; manual and declaration of conformity must go into every official language — standard-compliant and terminologically identical to the existing set.
Process: Translation in DTP format per the Machinery Directive and IEC/IEEE 82079-1, terminology from the client term base, revision under the four-eyes principle.
Result: a ready-to-use manual per destination country — without layout breaks, with the same naming across all languages. → Technical documentation
Contract set for a cross-border joint venture
Starting point: framework contract, NDA and annexes German↔English; terms must be consistent across all documents, legal institutions must not be mistranslated.
Process: professional translators with a legal background, an agreed terminology list, functional rendering of legal terms, confidentiality via NDA.
Result: a robust bilingual contract set; on request certified by court-authorised translators for submission to a register or authority. → Contract translation
Product information for the CE approval
Starting point: a manufacturer needs instructions for use (IFU) and labelling in several EU languages — MDR-compliant and matching the previous version.
Process: native professional translators with a medical-technology background, MDR/IVDR terminology, checked numbers and units, four-eyes principle, back-translation on request.
Result: submission-ready product information, consistent with label and approval documents. → Medical translation
Price & fixed price
One fixed price — before the commission.
Volume, direction, field, format and deadline determine the line price; translation memories make repetitions cheaper.
| Binding fixed price instead of an estimate | ✓included |
| Translation memory lowers cost on repetitions | ✓included |
| Assigned professional translators, DIN EN ISO 17100 process | ✓included |
| Framework agreement with a fixed contact possible | ✓included |
As a guide: professional translation from € 0.89 / standard line, proofreading and specialist revision from € 0.39 / standard line, certified translations as a fixed per-document fee. You receive the exact fixed price bindingly before the commission. Full price overview · Upload a project for a fixed-price quote →
Patents, contracts and technical documentation — terminologically consistent over years, in up to twelve languages. A fixed contact and maintained terminology save us time on every project.
Dr Elena Vogt · Head of Legal & IP, technology company (Munich)
FAQ
Professional translation — frequently asked questions.
What is a professional translation?
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What does a professional translation cost?
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