Services
What the bureau does, and how it is priced.
Written translation, personal documents, presentations, localisation and interpreting. Each service page explains the scope, conditions and common questions.
Written translation
From correspondence to specialist documentation. Choose a subject, file format or particular requirement.
Written translation
Documents, correspondence and content for business, study and publication, assigned by subject and purpose.
Notarised translation
Literary translation
Medical & life-sciences translation
Legal & compliance translation
Financial translation
Scientific translation
Technical & engineering documentation
Political translation
Urgent translation
PDF translation
Personal documents
For study, work, travel and submissions. We agree name spellings, document scope and presentation before starting.
Personal document translation
Passports, certificates, diplomas, letters and statements for travel, study, employment and official submissions.
Visa document translation
Document translation
Birth certificate translation
Marriage certificate translation
Divorce certificate translation
Pension certificate translation
Diploma translation
Passport translation
Presentations
Slides, charts and speaker scripts. One language or Russian and English together in the same layout.
Other services
Digital product localisation, interpreting and certification arrangements for official translations.
Website & product localisation
Interfaces, documentation and marketing adapted for each market, working directly in your repository or content platform.
Simultaneous & consecutive interpreting
Conference, board and deposition interpreting on site or remotely, with interpreters briefed on your material in advance.
Certified document translation
Official document translation with certification agreed to match the receiving institution’s requirements.
Ten working languages, six of them in-house.
Six are covered by staff linguists we employ directly. The other four go to the same vetted partners we have used for years: never to an open marketplace. We would rather name ten languages we staff than fifty we broker.
- enIn-house staff linguists
English
English
- zhIn-house staff linguists
中文
Chinese
- deIn-house staff linguists
Deutsch
German
- frIn-house staff linguists
Français
French
- esIn-house staff linguists
Español
Spanish
- ruIn-house staff linguists
Русский
Russian
- arVetted partner linguists
العربية
Arabic
- jaVetted partner linguists
日本語
Japanese
- ptVetted partner linguists
Português
Portuguese
- itVetted partner linguists
Italiano
Italian
Pairs are matched by direction, not merely by language: a translator who works into Brazilian Portuguese is not automatically assigned European Portuguese, and the same holds for Simplified and Traditional Chinese. If the pair you need is not here, ask: we will tell you honestly whether we can cover it.
Indicative rates, honestly qualified.
Standard translation or translation with independent revision. One billing page contains 250 source words. Presentations are priced separately per slide.
Standard
For internal documents, correspondence and material that informs rather than binds.
Starting at$2.2per 250 words
- Translation by a subject specialist
- Self-revision and automated quality checks
- Delivery in your source format
- Deadline agreed after file review
With revision
Most requestedFor publication, submission and important documents. Translation plus independent revision.
Starting at$4.4per 250 words
- Translation and independent revision by two linguists
- Terminology base and translation memory maintained for you
- Checks of figures, names and terminology
- Named project lead and post-delivery query support
- Agreed deadline and revision scope
Retained
For continuous programmes: a fixed team, agreed rates and reserved capacity.
RetainedOn request
- A named linguist team reserved for your account
- Agreed rate card with volume tiers, fixed annually
- Guaranteed capacity and priority turnaround
- Quarterly terminology and quality review
- Direct integration with your repository or CMS
Starting prices for common language pairs. The final quote depends on the pair, subject, volume, layout and urgency. Native-speaker translation, notarisation, apostilles and delivery are quoted separately. We confirm the total, taxes and deadline before work starts. Currency equivalents are indicative prices, not live exchange rates.
What clients ask before commissioning.
Send us the document. We will read it before we quote.
First reply within 30 minutes during business hours. We agree the price and deadline after file review, usually within one business day.
No obligation. Files remain in the private area of the website and are deleted with the request after 90 days.