Technical Translations

Technical translations are among the most difficult ones.

Why?

Because without the correct terminology, the consequences can be devastating.

As a technical translator, you have to get it right every time.

We work with all industries. Software and Hardware UI, medical translations… We translate it all!

Here’s an overview of our technical translation services.

Working with Nativos saves us both time and money. The translations are AWESOME.

It’s great to have someone who always delivers on time, or more often than not, ahead of schedule.

Technical document translations

Your team probably knows exactly which terminology your company uses. Our professional translators do too, as they specialise in various industries.

We’ll make sure the translated text is clear and easy to understand. Examples:

User guides
Contracts
Patents and patent applications
Training materials
Tenders
Operating instructions
Pharmaceutical guides
Manuals
Safety data sheets (SDS)
Troubleshooting guides

Rewriting documents and manuals

Many companies get their engineers to write their user manuals.

Their strength is obviously the technical part, but they’re not always great at getting key messages across.

Our technical writers are!

Our team at Nativos can rewrite manuals and technical documents.

Based on your materials, we will optimise the user manuals to make sure that your customers fully understand and can easily follow the instructions.

Clear.
Chrystal clear.

If you translate a user manual and the instructions aren’t clear, your customers might not get the hang of how to use your product.

So they might give you a bad review.

Or even worse, dangerous situations could appear.

It’s also an art to say more, with less words.

This is why it’s best to get technical translations done by a professional agency.

Technical Marketing Translation

If your marketing team needs assistance, we can align our work and help out with your technical marketing translations.

Are you planning on launching a new product launch or service?

If you’re short-staffed and need help rewriting or optimising texts and materials, our team of experts are at your service.

We’ll make sure all your content keeps the same style and feeling.

Great experience working with Nativos Language Consultants. Prompt, professional and excellent service.

Focus groups and testing

Our agency also perform tests and focus groups with users for market research purposes.

This way your business makes sure that everything is perfectly understood.

Our trained moderators will lead the sessions in the local language.

We can organise focus groups around any technical topic, product, or service.

Legislation

From a legislation point of view, you might need to adapt your technical translations.

If you’re launching a new product or expanding an existing product to new countries, it’s important to adapt to the local legislation.

Our team will make sure you’re compliant. One thing less for you to worry about.

Technical localisation

We offer technical localisation services.

Localisation means that you adapt your service or product to local conditions.

You must adapt to the culture, language, legislation and population of the market where you’re launching.

For example, even the word localisation is spelt differently in American and British English (localization versus localisation).

Many words also have a different meaning depending on if you’re in the UK, the US, or Australia.

Read more about how we work with localisation. LINK!

Revisions

Depending on the nature of the technical translation, our revisers make sure we deliver a job that we are truly proud of.

This includes revising both content and style guides.

Having said that, sometimes a client will have some feedback or questions regarding the content.

As language nerds, we highly encourage our clients to let us know their feedback.

We love getting this right.

Late changes

Sometimes we receive late changes.

We’re more than happy to incorporate these to make sure your translation is perfect (late changes are a translator’s worst nightmare, but hey, we totally understand the need).

Why translate with Nativos?

Our linguistic consultancy started out in Barcelona 22 years ago.

Fast forward and we now work with pretty much all languages in Europe, North America and Latin America.

We know what a kick-ass translation looks like.

And what it doesn’t look like.

What sort of companies use our services?

Our clients are usually:

Spanish, European and North American
Small to Mid size organisations
In these sectors: Gaming, Healthcare, Hotel, IT services, Logistics, Media, Pharma, and Technical.

Our most popular sectors

Our most popular sectors are:

IT/Technical/Software
Gaming
Healthcare industry
Hospitality
IT services
Media
Pharmaceutical
Transport & Logistics

What are your objectives?

FAQs for technical translations

Are all translators native speakers?

Yes.

We are all native, professional, technical translators. We are experts in our fields and used to providing technical translations. We each have (at least) 10 years of experience in business settings.

Do you translate all types of technical documentation?

Generally speaking, yes. Please get in touch or send the documents. Give us as much information as you can, and we’ll explain more to make sure we’re on the same page.

What formats can I send the documents in?

Pretty much all formats are fine. I.e. Word, Excel, pdf, etc.

Let us know if it’s important to keep the original formats. The price might depend on your needs.

What’s the price?

We typically charge per word based on the source text. I.e. if we translate from English to Spanish the target content tends to be roughly 25% longer.

The price is based on how many words you have in the source document (English in this case).

We always send a quote before so you know exactly how much it will cost you. If the texts need to be localised the price might vary.

What languages do you translate to and from?

Our technical translations are usually Spanish to English, or English to Spanish

Other popular languages are

- Arabic
- Catalan
- Danish
- Dutch
- French
- German
- Italian
- Russian
- Swedish

How long does it take to get my translation?

That depends on how many words your content is, and on the scope of the translation.

If the same translator handles the full document, the maximum word per day is around 2500. Add some time for revisions, etc.

We also offer urgent technical translations, but that obviously makes the price go up a bit. If you can, plan in advance to keep the price down.

"Nativos is a reliable and trustworthy translation company. We get high quality translations and they always meet deadlines."

Carlos Sánchez Urbano

Our clients

Check out our Google reviews to see what others say about our translators.

I made a 60-minute documentary that needed to be translated into several languages. I worked with Nativos and it was a pleasure. It is increasingly difficult to find people who are competent, who meet deadlines and with whom communication is easy and fast. Professionals like Nativos are in short supply, I recommend their services.

Excellent service. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Nativos to anyone in need of language services.

I've worked with Nativos for years, both privately and professionally. Translations of technical and/or legal texts, in-company training and customised programs... always with more than good results. We hope to continue counting on Nativos for many more years.