Manual Translation Services

Manual translation is translating the instructions that come with a product so someone can operate it safely without the original language. The work goes to translators who do this particular job every day, not to a general pool, and each file is checked against the source by a second reviewer before it is sent. This site is built around translation across documents, websites, media and software from one supplier.

Worth asking for: step numbers and figure callouts stay tied to the illustrations, because an operator follows the picture and the number together. It is easier to set at order stage than to retrofit, and it costs nothing on top of the quoted rate when it is part of the original brief. A certified version and a plain working copy can be issued from the same job.

Translation starts at $0.10 per word, and certified documents at $25 per page. Translation is priced per word and certification per page, so you can see which part of the figure is which. Manual translation is quoted from the material you send, so a short job and a long one are worked out the same way. Quotes are calculated from the word count, the subject matter and whether the document has to be certified, so two clients sending comparable material pay the same, and nothing begins until you approve the written total.

Rush delivery within 2 to 24 hours is available, and the delivery time is confirmed in writing before you pay. Manual translation is scheduled against the people who actually do this work, not against a general pool. Scope is agreed before the clock starts, so a document job, a website and a media file on the same order each get their own realistic date. If a deadline cannot be met you are told at quoting stage, not on the day.

The standard is 99+%, reached by doing the job twice: one person produces the file, and a second checks it before release. What gets checked on manual translation is the detail a reader would otherwise have to verify alone: names, figures, terms and anything the source left ambiguous.

Yes. NDAs cover every person on the project, uploads and deliveries are encrypted, and nobody outside the assigned team can open your material. Manual translation often involves material people would not want circulated, so the file is closed to everyone except the pair working on it.

In the format your workflow already uses, with real styles and structure instead of flat text, so the file drops into your records without reformatting. Editable files come back editable - a Word document returns as Word, not as a PDF you cannot amend. The format for manual translation is agreed at order stage, so the first delivery is the one you can file, send on or publish.

Upload or share a link, and the quote follows within minutes. Say what the manual translation is for when you send it, because a filing, a publication and an internal record are formatted differently. A style note or template sent with the files is applied from the first delivery.

By card, PayPal, Square, wire transfer or check, or on a monthly invoice where your finance team prefers one. Firms and institutions sending work every month are invoiced monthly against a purchase order. Manual translation is billed on completion against the approved quote, with no deposit taken up front. Quotes are issued in writing and the invoice never exceeds the figure you approved.

Yes, in 100+ languages, each handled by a native speaker and not by someone working from a dictionary. What manual translation involves does not change with the language, and the same independent check happens before delivery. Rarer languages are confirmed as available before the quote goes out, not after you have paid.