Technical Translation

We assign technical projects only to those translators and proofreaders who have proved to us their technical expertise. After all, how can anyone properly translate a Biochemical Analyser Manual without knowing how it works?

We specialise in the following areas:

Industry (Metallurgy, Chemistry, Oil & Gas, Mining, E-Commerce & FMCG);
Household & Office Equipment, Consumer Electronics;
Energy;
Construction;
Industrial Equipment;
Electrical & Electronic Engineering;
IT;
Transportation;
Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals, etc.

We have translated 315,000 pages of technical translation for such companies as:

What is Technical Translation?

Industry-Specific Terminology

Technical texts are nothing but highly specialised terms, abbreviations, designations, units of measurement, etc. Only a specialist with a background in engineering or with an appropriate industry-specific expertise can provide a proper translation.

Understanding of How Products Work

A technical translator is able to grasp the fundamentals of the product operation to perform an accurate and correct translation.

Drawings and Diagrams

Almost all technical documents have drawings, charts, or diagrams. Strict compliance with the original format, readability in the target language, and precise terminology are required for translation of such elements. They are usually translated using a special software programme and DTP (desktop publishing) services.

The types of technical documents we work with include:

Instructions on installation, assembly, operation, repair, and maintenance;
Drawings, project documentation;
Data sheets and specifications;
Standards, safety instructions, quality control protocols;
Tender applications, RFQs, RFPs, RFIs;
Patents;
Product catalogues, brochures, press releases;
Training materials;
Video instructions for the use, installation, and configuration of equipment.

Terms of translation

We will translate a 100-page compressor operating manual in 8 days, but we can do it faster if the deadline is too short.

What are the advantages of working with Profpereklad?

Industry Knowledge

At Profpereklad, we assign projects to translators strictly according to their specialisations and industry experiences. For technical projects, we work only with technical translators who have industry-specific education and/or experience in handling technical materials in the respective field. Please be sure that we will find an ideal translator and a perfect reviewer for your project (e.g. an article on industrial equipment will be translated by an engineer, a chemical material brochure will be handled by a chemist, etc.).

Tight Deadlines

Project turnarounds are often short. For urgent projects, we may divide the same document among several translators. To ensure consistency in terminology, we will use the GroupShare Server, a translation collaboration product for synchronising the use of terminology by translators who work on the same project. Below is a case study for the use of this technology by one of our clients.

Advanced Software

We use a specialised software programme (not to be confused with machine translation!) that helps optimise the translation and revision processes when working on a project. We offer our regular clients free-of-charge glossary and translation memory management services to ensure that the terminology used across the client’s projects remain consistent and up-to-date in the long term. As an additional translation verification step, we use a specialised QA software to check for any inconsistencies in the numbers, typos, omissions, or any other issues.

DTP and Formatting

Our in-house DTP specialists will reproduce any graphics, drawings, or charts to exactly match the source documents. We work in InDesign, AutoCAD, QuarkXPress, Illustrator, CorelDRAW, etc.

High Quality

Our translators are not the only industry specialists in our company. When you receive the translated materials, they will have passed through three quality control “filters”. Our reviewers and proofreaders with technical backgrounds will thoroughly check the translation and make sure that it is error-free. We will check the translation with special QA tools to identify any human factor or “tired eyes” issues.

1,520 clients are satisfied with our technical translatio

Hyundai Corporation hereby certifies that Profpereklad has successfully translated law and technical documents (technical requirements, operation maintenance manuals, certification documents and GOST standards) requested by us.
Within the framework of projects Profpereklad has demonstrated its precise and high-quality performance of translations in compliance with deadlines. Being in lasting partnership with Translation Agency Profpereklad we will further maintain our cooperation and recommend this Company as a reliable and responsible partner in translation services field.

Soobok Lee

General Manager Hyundai Corporation, Seoul, Korea

GE Ukraine hereby confirms that PROFPEREKLAD Translation Agency is our reliable and long-term partner in providing translation services.The qualification level of PROFPEREKLAD managers and translators ensures high quality service and translation. We always receive prompt responses to our inquiries. Translations are performed efficiently and on time.
Based on the above, GE Ukraine suggests PROFPEREKLAD Translation Agency as professional and reliable partner in the field of translation services.

І.S. Karpova

Acting Director General Electric Ukraine

Siemens Ukraine has been engaging Profpereklad Translation Agency on a contractual basis as a provider of technical translation services since 2017. The supplier always provides the services in a timely manner and in accordance with quality standards.

In its activities Profpereklad is committed to the principle of mutually beneficial business cooperation and fully abides by the agreements.

N. Relyk

Director of the Corporate Procurement Department

During the period of our cooperation a number of translations of technical, legal and business documents were made for us, including translations of technical specifications, inspection reports, information on new products, as well as descriptions of internal regulations and business processes of our company, translations of standard contracts, supplementary agreements.

We are satisfied with the quality of translations and the service level offered by Profpereklad. The customer service processes at Profpereklad are consistent and efficient, all agreements are performed accurately, managers are polite and always ready to help.

We would like to express our special thanks for the work on a large project that required engagement and parallel work of five translators in order to meet tight deadlines. We can recommend Profpereklad as a reliable translation agency that provides high-quality services.

V. Volkov

General Director

Profpereklad has translated the training materials for the dealership staff (23 modules) and mechanics (97 modules) of Honda in Ukraine.
The translation was performed in Articulate Storyline format, which enables creating presentations with audio/video records, illustrations and interactive texts. Therefore, the company performed not only translation and editing, but also audio/video transcripts, dubbing of the audio records in the translation language, subtitling of the video records, layout of all the elements in one product, and testing in Storyline.
All the translation works were performed with account of the industry-specific terms and other special aspects. The quality of the translation can be considered to be a benchmark.
We appreciate your highly-qualified approach and high quality of the services provided to us.

S. M. Dashko

CEO of Pride Motor LLC

Place your order with us and consider it “job done”!

Profpereklad translation agency has adopted a responsible and coherent approach to work, because the cost of a translation mistake can be very high. To back these words, we have described one of our challenging yet interesting and successfully implemented technical translation projects that you can see below.

Case Study

The project was commissioned by an international manufacturer of ventilation equipment (HVAC) for industrial facilities. We were hired to translate massive project documentation over an extremely short period of time. Well, nothing new here―we never shy away from such challenges!

The project was based on monthly batches of high volumes of documents for translation. The first batch contained 531,000 words (approximately 1,900 pages) and had to be delivered to the client within 16 business days. The turnaround for such a volume was very short, but who would be excited about an average turnaround? Definitely not us!

How did we approach the task?

We set up a project team, and decided to use Scrum methodology, often used in IT, as an agile project management framework.

At the initial stage, a team consisting of a project manager, a technical reviewer, and a recruiter had to determine the method for achieving the goal, distribute the tasks, and report daily to each other through Scrum-meetings. What’s more important is that there was no boss, and the responsibility for the result rested entirely on the team.

The goal was to select and prepare translators specialising in engineering systems to work on the client’s project and to ensure the use of consistent terminology and sustainable teamwork in the current and subsequent batches of the project documents.

The subsequent efforts were divided into these stages:

Developing a testing system (translators had to pass three industry-specific tests of different levels of complexity);
Searching in our database for any candidates with suitable qualifications and experiences;
Testing and vetting the best specialists to join the team;
Introducing the client’s developed materials and standards to the team;
Preparing the glossaries and auxiliary materials for translators;
Evaluating short translation samples by the translators to verify whether they met the client’s requirements.

Finally, twelve translators, being the best in engineering systems, were selected.

At last, the time we had been preparing for so thoroughly came: twelve translators, an editor, and several DTP specialists, acting in tandem, started working on the project. The project manager arranged for the delivery of the completed files on a rolling basis: The translators submitted the translated materials every day to be immediately processed by the DTP specialists and the proofreader.

The termbase for consistent terminology, which had been put together in advance, played a vital role in making this project a success.

The result: The project totalling 531,000 words was completed on time within 16 days. Other projects followed up, one after another. We still work with this client―not only with their Ukrainian office but also with the company’s global headquarters!

We complete 700 to 1,000 projects monthly. With our business management process and team training, we are able to efficiently handle such volumes. Given that the number of quality complaints is less than 2 %, we know we do our job well.

Find out more about our approach to translation of documents here.

Technical Translation Fees

When it comes to technical translation (life sciences, engineering, IT, etc.), the cost is as much a matter of concern as proper expertise and high quality of the translation. As each customer understandably seeks the best available offer, it all eventually comes down to the cost vs. quality considerations.

When inquiring about the technical translation fees and asking for quotes, customers may have trouble understanding the calculations behind the quotes. To put it bluntly, while apples are measured in kilos and gas in liters, translation measurement units are not as easily definable.

In Europe, the standard pricing metric applied in the translation industry is the per-word pricing model. This is a simple, convenient, and transparent technique for calculating the total price of a translation project.

In Ukraine, however, it is not uncommon for a translation company to charge per standard page, meaning, based on the average count of characters per page. The problem is that each company has its own standard page metric—which may, ultimately, vary from 1,000 to 2,000 characters per page. As you can imagine, the difference is significant, which complicates the decision-making for customers.

Therefore, to our customers seeking technical translation expertise, we are happy to offer the straightforward and transparent option of calculating the translation fee based on the total wordcount of their documents.

We’ll be happy to offer a fully transparent, simple and straightforward approach for calculating the cost of technical translation by the number of words in the source document.

To get a quote for your technical project, please submit your request either by sending an email to our email address or by using the Quote Form below. We will be happy to advise you on the translation fee for your project and the best approach to fulfilling your technical translation needs.