Financial Translations

Professional financial translation by specialist linguists – for annual reports, M&A due diligence and regulated content where a misplaced decimal point isn’t an option.

ISO-certified  •  ISO 27001 secure  •  All-inclusive rates

Financial translation, explained

What are financial translations?

Financial translation is a type of specialised translation that focuses on content for the financial services, banking and insurance industries. It is carried out by specialist translators with finance-industry knowledge and experience.

Businesses of all sizes operating internationally need financial translation from time to time. Making key financial information available in your shareholders’ and stakeholders’ language helps them make informed decisions – and supports your business’ continued success.

What we translate

What financial translation services does Planet Languages offer?

We can help with translating a wide range of material relating to finance:

Annual reports

Comprehensive year-in-review reports covering financial statements and corporate social responsibility. Multilingual versions can help you attract international investors.

Financial reports

Regular performance reports for board members and stakeholders. Multiple language versions help decision-makers around the world respond quickly to market trends.

M&A due diligence

Mergers and acquisitions rely on full disclosure. Translating due-diligence documentation demonstrates transparency across territories and supports a successful transaction.

Internal and customer communications

From press releases to internal emails, communicating your financial performance clearly – and in the right language – keeps employees and customers informed.

Business plans

A translated business plan is a strong signal to international investors that you’ve carefully considered your target market’s needs.

Policies and contracts

Accurate translations of policies and legally enforceable contracts ensure everyone is on the same page.

Why Planet Languages

Why choose Planet Languages?

With strict deadlines and content destined for C-level executives and shareholders, swift, accurate turnarounds are critical. We work with specialist financial translators and state-of-the-art terminology management tools to ensure accuracy and consistency.

Consistently high quality

Our financial translation team are subject-matter experts, chosen for their meticulous approach – qualified linguists with extensive finance-industry experience, eagle-eyed proofreaders and tech-savvy project managers.

All-inclusive rates

We understand that money talks. Once we know your project’s purpose, audience and deadline, we provide a detailed, transparent quote – what you see on the bottom line is what you pay.

Exemplary customer service

Integrity, honesty and transparency lie at the heart of what we stand for. Contact us to find out how we can help with your financial translation requirements.

Financial translations you can count on

In a high-stakes industry where a misplaced decimal point or a data breach could cost billions, our accreditations show that we take quality, accuracy and security as seriously as you do.

ISO 9001: Robust, independently audited processes ensure our services meet your needs, time and time again.
ISO 17100: Our six-eye approach includes translation by a linguist specialising in finance, revision by a second translator, and rigorous in-house quality checks.
ISO 27001: A banking-grade information security management system covering access control, business continuity and incident management.

Frequently Asked Questions

We’re proud of our track record of delivering on time, every time. Your dedicated project manager will thoroughly analyse your project and provide delivery timelines before any work commences. Once a deadline is agreed, you can be 100% confident that we will respect it, unless the parameters of the project change.

The cost of a financial translation depends on several factors: the language combination, the complexity of the material and your requested deadline. Contact us to discuss your requirements in more detail.

Yes, we provide certification for financial translations. We certify documents by adding a printed statement confirming that the translation is complete and accurate, to the best of our knowledge. A certified translation carries the signature of a company director or senior project manager and our Association of Translation Companies certification stamp.

We advise clients to check with the relevant regulatory body or authority they’re submitting the certified translation to, as certain authorities will only accept notarised translations or translations including an apostille, neither of which we can provide.

Typically, they are not. Our financial translators are highly skilled professional linguists with extensive finance-industry knowledge and experience, chosen for their meticulous approach to translating financial content.

Yes. Our ISO 17100-certified process requires every financial translation to be revised by a second translator, before undergoing rigorous quality checks by our in-house project management team.

The confidentiality and security of information our clients share with us is paramount. We treat all information we receive as confidential and are certified to ISO 27001:2022, the internationally recognised information security standard.

Everybody involved in our translation process is bound by professional secrecy and has signed comprehensive confidentiality agreements. We also carefully manage and restrict access to confidential and personal data to only those employees, suppliers or subcontractors directly involved in your project or account.

Speak to Planet Languages about your financial translation

Send us your documents and let us know your target languages and deadline – we’ll come back with a clear, all-inclusive quote.