A translation service is better for technical translation

Technical documents today travel between countries and continents due to the out sourcing phenomena. Medical prescriptions or legal transcripts written in Europe or America are read and worked on in Asia or South America. With differing languages everywhere, documents tend to be written in different languages as well. Hence when a document written in Germany in German, needs to be read by a person in India or there may be a service provider who has prepared a technical write up for a client in his native language or English. He may need to convert it to a language suitable to the client. Situations like these demand the assistance of a translator or a translation service.
When it comes to technical write ups legal documents etc, there are numerous complex words and terms that are used in these documents. These terms could be used in several contexts or slangs depending upon the country of origin of the document. For example, there may be a variation in the French spoken in France in comparison to French spoken by Caribbean nations with respect to certain words and terms that may have evolved through localisation. When translating documents utilising an electronic translation service like Google translate, it will not be able to identify the variations of terms thus resulting in misinterpreted sentences. When such translations are provided to the end recipient, it can cause a lot of confusion with regard to the meaning that the document conveys.
Unlike an automated translator, a translation service utilises the skills of people who are professionals in their respective fields. A doctor would work on medical documents while a lawyer would work on legal paper work. Hence the translators know the content that they are dealing with and understand the terms and contexts that are used in the documents. This means that generic meanings will not be utilised and hence allows for proper translation of the documents providing accurate results with no deviation in terms of meaning. The people who work on the documents to be translated are carefully chosen to be strong and proficient in the languages that they are working with. This ensures that content is of good quality with minimal errors. In addition, translation
services have quality control measures in place, with additional people who are aptly qualified in those specific languages, proof reading and comparing the documents to ensure that there is no deviation in content.
An additional benefit of working with a professional translation service is that one deals directly with people and with the translators themselves in many cases. This allows the client to brief the translator directly such that the person who is working on the document knows exactly what is expected of him or her. With such client-customer interactions possible, it allows for better flow of ideas and less errors as well. Customer service and quality of work is assured to be among the best when one goes through a translation service, thus providing for satisfied customers, always.


Aunes Oversettelser AS has been in the business for 26 years, and we are specialized in technical translations. We are specializing in the Nordic languages, and can offer services into Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Icelandic. The premier translation agency for Norway and the Nordic region! Technical translation services for businesses in the Nordic countries and translation agencies world wide.