German translation - German interpreting

English German translation - German English translation - German interpreter service - transcription - subtitling - German voiceover - Certified German translation

German translation has been core business since 1990, both from and into English with well over 3000 German translation projects delivered to date. Our preferred provider status to leading German translation companies in Europe confirms the quality of our German-English translation, while our many UK clients attest to our English-German translation. Although our most popular language is Spanish, followed by French, demand for German translation and German interpreting is booming with high volumes of technical/engineering, logistics, insurance, legal, and general commercial and financial material, as well as private clients (particularly for certified German translation).

Recent work includes 100,000 words for BMW systems, 90,000 words of software manuals and 60,000 words of high-level reports for several German Government Ministries. It's worth knowing something about German translation in selecting your provider, and we've tried to answer some main questions below - but if you'd like to discuss, just call our helpful team on 0800 783 4678!

• Sounds good... I need German translation, anything I should know?
  For German-English translation, not really. For English-German translation, note that Austrian German and Swiss German both differ from that of the Federal Republic so if you're targeting Austria please tell us so our German translation is appropriate. German punctuation isn't dissimilar to English, but quotemarks change - so for "Berlin", an English-German translation would show „Berlin“. Numbers differ - commas and points switch, so 1,234.56 in English-German translation becomes 1.234,56. Also, German grammar is quite unlike English so translated word order is often very different.
  
  Finally, German translation for business can be very formal, reflected in the fact that long-term German colleagues often still address each other as "Herr" (Mr) or "Frau" (Mrs).
• What if I need German translation in Quark or Illustrator?
  If you need German typesetting remember that German translation from English is typically 10-20% longer and may have long compound words, like "Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften" - hyphenation's critical and best left to German linguists! Many characters in German translation are accented, usually umlaut - ä, ë, ö and ü, which REALLY affect meaning so beware! There's also one unique letter - ß.
• German translation is best left to translators - I get it! But how do I ensure it's GOOD translation?
  German translation providers are easy to find, but because it's a popular language there are many less able translators - care in selection is needed. We have a professional native German translator and interpreter in-house, who holds an MA in Translation - but we're unusual! Our FAQ page offers some tips on finding a provider, along with lots more useful info. While selecting the right translator is key, there's other ways to ensure you get a translation that's right for you - our Really Helpful Friendly Guide to Language Translation is packed full of pointers.

• OK, you have German translation covered! Do you have German interpreting UK resources too?
  Sure, we provide German interpreting UK wide and abroad - see our interpreting page - and have an MA qualified professional German interpreter in-house covering our North West clients. If you need German interpreting just call us on Freefone 0800 783 4678 or drop an e-mail to our German interpreting UK team. As well as liaison interpreting we also offer full conference simultaneous interpreting (including systems), plus court interpreting and public service German interpreting, in particular medical interpreting services..
• What's "certified German translation" then?
  Certified translation is the UK equivalent to Europe's "sworn translation"; the translator needs a good language qualification and extensive experience. A "certified German translation" carries legal weight in court - we also notarise and legalise if required. There's more info on our Legal & Police services and Certified & Notarised pages.
• Do you do German transcription?
  Sure - German transcription (converting audio to text) is widely used for research and conferences, and can be mono- or bilingual - so German transcription may also have a German-English translation (and for legal use we provide certified German transcription). See our Transcription page. Software developers are large German transcription clients.
• Cool - and finally, German or Austrian German voiceover or subtitling?
  Yep - see our voiceovers page. Since we're first and foremost a language service, the German translation standard of our voiceover scripts is identical to our mainstream German translation - mother-tongue, professional translators + 100% review in-house - sadly not true of every voiceover provider. German voiceover UK demand is usually for Germany itself, although we also provide both Austrian German and Swiss German voiceover. Some samples of our German voices include (click name for sample): Franz; Thomas; Dani and Riena; an example of Austrian German voiceover is Sigi, and of Swiss German voiceover is Dieter.
  
  Be careful with German translation for voiceover! The normal guide to how well a script translation fits runtime is wordcount, but German's many compound words are deceptive; a script's German translation may have fewer words yet take 30-40% longer to read! You may find our Really Useful Voiceover Guide helpful if you have a German voiceover project - or one in any other language. And our German subtitling - where hyphenation's just as critical as in typesetting - receives the same attention to detail.
  
  

OK, your German translation service sounds ideal – so what next?
Easy - just click here to Get a FREE quotation or simply call our friendly helpful German translation team on UK Freefone 0800 783 4678 (Intnl 0044 1772 558858)

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