Where would be a better place for a translation agency than Switzerland, which has four official languages? Our Swiss translation agency has been translating and editing in over 40 languages since 2004 As an accredited translation agency, we’re certified according to ISO 17100 and offer you a range of translation services with reliable Swiss quality.
SemioticTransfer – solid craftsmanship for reliable translation results
The translation agency SemioticTransfer AG guarantees you professional technical translations in over 40 languages. Our native-speaking translation professionals, qualified to degree level and with many years’ professional experience, deliver translations of the highest quality. We’re currently certified according to the ISO 17100 quality standard.
Our requirements for translation professionals aren’t limited to the necessary language skills of the source and target language. For example, specialist translators must also include information in the translated text that arises from the respective subject area. When translating legal texts, for example, these are relevant legal provisions in the country of the source text, as well as in the target country of the translation.
Specialist medical and scientific literature and documents can only be meaningfully translated into another language with the appropriate expertise. Also, translation professionals only succeed in translating literary works if they understand and take into account the cultural characteristics of the country. Only then will you achieve the quality of the original.
For an effective foreign-language advertising text, local linguistic practices are particularly important. In this respect as well, our Swiss translation agency is ready to assist you with advice and support.
Our language services are wide-ranging. In addition to technical translations, we’ll also gladly handle orders in the following areas: marketing communications, website localisation, transcreation, proofreading and editing, and desktop publishing (DTP).
You can only reach your customers in foreign markets when you understand their language, cultural mindset, and specific needs. As an experienced language services provider, we’re fluent almost everywhere in the world thanks to our network of partners. As a result, our translation agency guarantees you customised end products. Trust in our “Swiss Translation Agency” seal of quality for your translations.
Then you’re in the right place with SemioticTransfer. Call or write to us about a translation project!
Our core skill is translation. We work with a large international network of translators and can therefore produce translations in many language combinations and specialist subject areas.
We also support our customers with desktop publishing (DTP). We supply documents in all commonly used formats such as InDesign, FrameMaker or XML. We are pleased also to handle the typographical proofreading for you – the ‘remedial proofread’.
You can entrust entire projects to us, because we work with a large network of specialists from the worlds of advertising, text authorship, graphic art and printing.
Just send the documents you wish to have translated to us by e-mail, fax or as hard copy by post. We will then respond promptly to the receipt of your documents with a non-binding quote – including a delivery due date.
Please do not forget to provide us with your contact details so we can get in touch with you. Please also specify your desired target language, i.e. the language into which you wish us to translate.
Our Language Managers are the ones who attend to your immediate needs. Please use the contact form to notify us of your questions, or call us at + 41 56 470 40 40.
Please send us the documents to be translated by e-mail. You will then receive a non-binding quote that also includes a firm delivery date.
If your documents are available in an electronic format, simply send them to us by e-mail with the files attached. If you only have the documents in hard copy format, you can either fax them to us, or send them to us by post. If you wish, you can also bring your documents to us in person.
Your documents are translated exclusively by mother-tongue, certified specialist and/or technical translators.
The translation of your documents is carried out by professional, native, certified translators.
The more information we obtain from you in relation to an order, the better able we are to execute it. For example, it is important for us to know the target audience of your document, or the style in which it is to be written. If you have any specific wishes, please do not hesitate to notify us of these. It is also of great benefit to us to have any previously translated documents you may have on the same or a similar subject.
To adapt documents to provide a perfect match in terms of the terminology and style of your Corporate Identity, we need to receive material from you to become familiar with your corporate language. The more material you provide for us, the more accurately we can communicate your business.
Needless to say, we treat your information and documents with absolute discretion. All of our co-workers and contractors are contractually obliged to uphold our non-disclosure policy. Should you so wish, we can provide you with a non-disclosure agreement, or we would also be pleased to sign your own NDA.
A notarially certified translation is required for all official and administrative matters, e.g., when submitting marriage certificates, patents, court documents etc. A notary public certifies the accuracy and completeness of a translation.
An apostil is a supplementary form of certification – you could view it as certification of the notarial certification. The apostil confirms the genuine nature of the signature and of the stamp of the notary public. In Switzerland the cantonal district attorney’s office (Staatskanzlei) is responsible for this.
We place great importance on the quality of our work. We therefore always have every translation checked by a 2nd subject specialist (the peer review principle), who pays particular attention to compliance with language-specific or country-specific idiosyncrasies and standards. We call this work step ‘Quality Assurance‘.
Our remedial proof-reading service involves one of our subject specialist translators checking the translation you submitted to us, and making corrections where appropriate.
During a proof-read, we revise the text you submitted, examining it for linguistic accuracy. If you wish, we can also alter the writing style and the length of the original text.
A specialist form of proof-reading is the ‘typographical proof-read’, also known as the ‘pre-print proof’. This involves a subject specialist reviewing the ready-to-print document which you submit to us in a hard copy format or as a PDF file. With this green light from us, you can then proceed to your print run with complete peace of mind.
We send you the completed translation by e-mail, fax or post. If you wish, you are also welcome to collect your translation in person from our office.
On completion of your order, we post you an invoice with payment slip. With longer-standing business relationships, we are also happy to provide monthly batch invoices. Private customers are asked to settle their account in advance, or with cash on delivery (COD).
Every customer and each order are unique, so we are unable to provide general, one-size-fits-all pricing information. The calculation of your price incorporates many factors, including the type of text, the number of words, the language combination, the format, the delivery date and possible official certification. Having said that, to obtain a helpful guide to the costs you might incur, you can use our price calculator. We are always happy to provide you with a precise quotation at a face-to-face meeting, over the phone, by e-mail or when we visit your premises.
‘Source language’ is the term used to describe the language in which the document was written, and for which we are being asked to provide a translation.
‘Target language’ is the term used to describe the language into which you would like us to translate your document.
