Technical Translation Services

Our technical translators are engineers, computer scientists, technicians, and scientists who moved into translation because of their expertise in their field and their command of languages. They are native speakers in their target language and hold academic or professional qualifications in the relevant technical discipline. This is not a differentiator at BeTranslated: it is a baseline requirement. We match each project to a translator with documented expertise in the specific domain, confirmed before work begins.

We build project-specific glossaries and terminology databases before work begins, approved by your team or subject-matter experts. For ongoing clients, we maintain a translation memory so previously approved terms and phrases are reused automatically, reducing both cost and review time across the life of the relationship.

Yes. We accept all standard formats including Word, PDF, InDesign, FrameMaker, XML, DITA, Excel, HTML, JSON, and CAD-adjacent formats. For structured documentation projects, we use industry-standard CAT tools and translation memory to maintain consistency and reduce costs on large or recurring volumes.

We cover 50+ language pairs for technical documentation including all major European languages and key Asian markets: French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, and more. Contact us about any language pair not listed.

Yes. We have an expedited workflow for urgent technical projects. Turnaround depends on volume and language pair. Contact us for a same-day quote with a realistic timeline. Urgent projects receive the same three-stage QA process as standard projects.

Pair a subject-matter translator with your own reference material. If your organization maintains a glossary or terminology knowledge base, provide it alongside the documents, because the same technical term can carry different meanings across industries. A translator familiar with the technical writing standards of your field will also resolve long, jargon-heavy source sentences into unambiguous instructions and flag culture-specific references that would confuse readers in the target market.

Structural elements such as indexes, tables of contents, and cross-references can be regenerated automatically when the file format supports it, which saves time on long manuals. Repeated segments across product lines are handled by translation memory rather than retranslated from scratch. The technical claims themselves always go through a human specialist, because automated output cannot be trusted with safety-relevant wording.