Technical translation services you can trust can be elusive, and for an SME new to technical translation finding one's tricky. The technical translation service must really understand YOUR technology if you're to avoid word-for-word, not-actually-very-technical translation-at-all - there's a glaring "railway" error on a competitor's "technical translation" page which proves the point! Over 20 years of technical translation experience, and a resident Chartered Engineer, mean we really DO understand your tech. Technical translation clients include many technology and engineering SMEs and blue-chip companies in defence, marine/offshore, telecoms, food industry, water treatment and automotive sectors and we're preferred technical translation partners to leading European language agencies. Our technical translation service from and into English includes French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Russian, Arabic and Portuguese, and most other languages. We also offer a full technical translation multilingual typesetting service in Quark, InDesign, and Illustrator, document re-creation from hard copy or scans, and audiovisual technical translation services

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Technical translation

Automotive marine offshore aerospace chemical defence
Multilingual typesetting service - Quark InDesign Illustrator
Document re-creation from scan/hard copy
French, German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Polish...


Technical translation is challenging, with fast-moving terminology that may use ordinary words in new ways, or vocabulary that is entirely new to translators. Project timescales and budgets demand flexible responsive technical translation. Our global network of quality-assured sector-experienced mother tongue technical translation partners works with our technical translation technology to leverage repetition and previous translation to lower costs and deliver on-time, on-budget, managed through our project management systems. Probably uniquely in the technical translation industry our Production Director is a Chartered Engineer (MIET), with 17 years industrial experience, ensuring technical translation is properly briefed and queries resolved.

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  • Our global technical translation network has a great track record of on-time delivery in this demanding sector covering manuals, datasheets, specifications, contracts, tenders, brochures and more. As well as Word, Powerpoint or Excel formats we offer a full multilingual technical translation typesetting service in Quark, InDesign and Illustrator and expert software and website translation. We also provide a complete audiovisual technical translation. service.
  • "But we've only got paper originals - our designer's folded, there's no files..."
    No problem. We provide a full document re-creation service.
  • Technical translation demands understanding. Diligent research ensures currency of terminology, and we liaise with you on jargon and preferences to optimise translation. We carefully brief our translators, providing prompt and accurate research and client liaison for better, more cost-effective technical translation.
  • Technical translation also demands consistency. By tracking the translators used for your work, and maintaining instant access to previous technical translation, style and terminology stay consistent so your product maintains continuity. Where appropriate we'll manage a glossary of terminology agreed and maintained with you, and utilise Translation Memory systems to leverage past technical translation, improving consistency and offering savings.

Technical translation testimonials

"Lifeline Language Services have been my supplier of choice for several years..." - BAE SYSTEMS Communications

"... how delighted we have been with the speed and efficiency... From a daunting brief of product consolidation, rationalisation and launch in five languages... a difficult task became straightforward." - BUNZL CHEMICALS

"...Yesterday went superbly! Both companies were extremely impressed with the quality of translated profiles!" - FURNESS FANS

"Hazox has dealt with several technical translation companies... LLS is by far the most responsive and efficient we've had the pleasure of working with" - HAZOX, USA

"... feedback from the plant has been excellent..." - H J HEINZ

"[Lifeline] have impressed me with their technical translation and typesetting of our manuals into a number of languages..." - JS HUMIDIFIERS

"... translations have been very well received by our clients ... technical accuracy has always been excellent" - RRC TRAINING

"What a wonderful job your company have accomplished!" - SOFTSPOT SOFTWARE

"Their ability to set text in Arabic and Japanese has been a godsend... their reliability, speed and knowledge makes previously fraught projects now straightforward" - TONIC CREATIVE

Thanks guys! Original references available on request. These testimonials underline the effort our technical translation service puts in to understanding your sector, ensuring our technical translation teams speak not just their languages, but yours.

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