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- If you do not respond within 3 days of delivery, the work is accepted automatically.
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Example result
Translation German → English: a family hotel's guest information
Before → after (excerpt)
Original (German):
Frühstück Unser Frühstücksbuffet steht Ihnen täglich von 7:30 bis 10:00 Uhr in der Zirbenstube zur Verfügung. Wir verwenden überwiegend Produkte von Höfen aus der Region. Bei Unverträglichkeiten sprechen Sie uns bitte am Vorabend an.
Sauna Der Wellnessbereich ist von 15:00 bis 20:00 Uhr geöffnet. Bitte beachten Sie, dass in der Sauna aus hygienischen Gründen keine Badebekleidung getragen wird. Bademäntel und Saunatücher liegen in Ihrem Zimmer bereit.
Abreise Bitte geben Sie Ihr Zimmer am Abreisetag bis 10:30 Uhr frei. Eine späte Abreise bis 14:00 Uhr ist nach Verfügbarkeit gegen einen Aufpreis von 25 € möglich.
Translation (English):
Breakfast Our breakfast buffet is served every day from 7:30 to 10:00 am in the Stone Pine Room. Most of what you'll find on it comes from farms in the local area. If you have any food intolerances, just let us know the evening before.
Sauna The spa area is open from 3:00 to 8:00 pm. Please note that, as is customary in Germany, swimwear is not worn in the sauna for reasons of hygiene. You'll find bathrobes and sauna towels ready in your room.
Check-out Please vacate your room by 10:30 am on the day of departure. Late check-out until 2:00 pm is available for an extra €25, subject to availability.
Translator's notes
- Zirbenstube — kept as a room name, translated as "Stone Pine Room" so guests can find it on signs that also show the English name
- Sauna rule — added "as is customary in Germany": without it, many English-speaking guests read the rule as unusual or a mistake
- Times — switched to 12-hour format with am/pm for the target audience; euro prices left unchanged
Glossary (excerpt)
| German | English | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Zirbenstube | Stone Pine Room | Breakfast room, keep consistent |
| Wellnessbereich | spa area | Not "wellness area" |
| Kurtaxe | visitor's tax | Charged per night, explained once |
| Halbpension | half board | British usage, understood in the US |
| Abreise / Anreise | check-out / check-in | Not "departure / arrival" in room rules |
| Gästekarte | guest card | Free local bus pass, keep capitalised in headings |
Client: Haus Lindenhof, a fictional 18-room family hotel in the Bavarian Alps. Text: guest information folder, 2,300 words, German → English for British and American guests. Goal: sound welcoming and natural, keep every time, price and rule exact.
The client and all details are made up.
About this service
Attach your brochure, company profile or presentation as a PDF and we translate all the text on it, headlines, body copy, captions, call-outs and footnotes, keeping it in page and slide order with each block labelled so your designer knows where it goes. Headlines and buttons are kept short, because translated text often runs longer and has to fit the same space. The PDF must have a text layer; text that exists only inside images is not read, so paste that part into the brief.
What is included
- What you getThe translation in page and slide order with every text block labelled, plus a glossary of key terms. You get it on the order page and as a Word file or PDF to hand to your designer; the original layout is not rebuilt.
- Page and slide orderEach block labelled for the designer
- Fit-aware headlinesShort where space is tight
- Captions and footnotesNothing small left out
- Numbers and names checkedFigures, dates and products
- GlossaryKey terms and slogans
How it works
- 1BriefYou attach the PDF and name the languages
- 2TranslationWe translate block by block
- 3DeliveryYou pass the text to your designer
What we need from you
The brochure or presentation as a PDF with a text layer, the language pair, who will read it and any terms, product names or slogans that must stay as they are.
We will ask you:
- From which language into which?
- Is it a brochure, a company profile or a sales presentation?
- Who will read it?
- Must the slogan be kept, translated or adapted?
Compare packages
| Packages | BasicUp to 1,000 words$15 | StandardUp to 2,500 words$29 | PremiumUp to 4,000 words, with editing$55 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadline | 1 day | 2 days | 3 days |
| Revisions | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Length | up to 1,000 words | up to 2,500 words | up to 4,000 words |
| Glossary | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Editing of an existing translation | No | No | Yes |
| Order Basic | Order Standard | Order Premium |
Payment protection
You pay when you order, but the money is released only for accepted work.
- Fixed priceThe package price does not change after you pay.
- The money is reservedWhen you pay, the amount is only reserved. It is released to the service once you accept the work.
- Checked before deliveryEvery result goes through a quality check before it reaches you, and you see it on the order page before accepting it.
- Free revisionsAsk for changes within your brief as many times as the package allows.
- Acceptance after 3 daysIf within 3 days of delivery you neither accept the work nor ask for changes, it is accepted automatically. If you write in the order chat after delivery, the order waits; once we answer, we may start the 3 days again and will say so in the chat.
- Redo or a full refundIf the result does not match your brief and the revisions did not fix it, or the work takes more than twice its deadline, write in the order chat: we will redo the work or refund the payment in full.
Questions and answers
Will you return the brochure in its original design?
No. We deliver the translated text, labelled by page and block, as text and a Word file or PDF. Your designer places it into the layout.
My PDF is a scan. Can you read it?
Scanned PDFs have no text layer, so attach clear photos of the pages instead or paste the text.
Is this a certified translation?
No. It is an accurate working translation without a stamp or sworn translator's seal, so it does not fit where an official certified translation is required.