User manuals, installation guides and safety documentation, translated under strict terminology control. Led by technical writers, so the terms your engineers approve are the terms your users read.
| Source term | bearing |
|---|---|
| Context | Mechanical component supporting a rotating shaft |
| Approved (German) | Lager |
| Rejected | Peilung (compass direction) |
| Status | Approved by client engineering |
The EU Machinery Regulation applies from 20 January 2027. Instructions must be supplied in a language users can easily understand, as decided by each member state where the machinery is sold.
What this means for your manualsGeneric agencies translate words. We control the terms that carry technical meaning and check the messages that keep people safe.
Your critical terms are agreed with your engineers before translation starts, then applied through a translation memory on every page and every revision.
Every DANGER, WARNING and CAUTION message is back-translated and compared with the source, so the hazard, the consequence and the avoidance action all survive translation.
We work in professional translation tools and return your files in the format you sent. Where translated text runs longer than the source, we tell you which pages are affected.
Nothing moves to translation until your team approves the terminology. Nothing is delivered until every check is closed.
Safety content always goes through the full human process. Lower-risk technical content can use machine translation with full post-editing.
For user manuals, installation and maintenance instructions, safety instructions and warning labels.
For datasheets, specifications and technical product content that contains no safety instructions.
Optional add-ons: source-text review, standalone glossary creation and desktop publishing. Compare service levels
The Terminology and QA Report records what was checked and what was found, so your team approves the translation on evidence.
It covers use of the approved glossary, queries raised with your team and their answers, the automated checks run, and the result of the safety message check.
| Approved terms | Applied throughout. Any deviation listed with its reason. |
|---|---|
| Source queries | Each query logged with your team's answer. |
| Numbers and units | Checked against the source. |
| Tags and formatting | Verified in the original file format. |
| Safety messages | Back-translated and matched to the source. |
Translate Technical Documents is led by a technical author with over 20 years in engineering and technical documentation across aerospace, motorsport, autonomous vehicles, motorcycles, materials handling and test systems.
Every project is planned and released by someone who writes safety-critical manuals for a living.
About usTell us what you need translated. We'll assess your files, confirm the right service level and send a quote. No documents are needed at first contact.