Financial translations

What are financial translations?

Financial translation is the process of converting financial documents from one language to another. Financial translations are typically carried out by specialist translators with finance-industry knowledge and experience.

Companies in the financial services sector make up a large share of financial translation buyers. These include retail banks, credit unions, investment banks, life assurance and pensions providers, regulatory bodies, insurers, accountants and fund managers, to name just a few.

However, businesses of all sizes operating internationally are likely to need financial translation services from time to time. By making key financial information available in your shareholders’ and your stakeholders’ language, you can help them make informed decisions to ensure your business’ continued success.

 

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We offer a range of financial translation services:
Annual Reports
M&A due diligence
Internal and customer communications
Business Plans
Financial reports
Policies and contracts

Examples of financial translations

Finance is a broad sector with many subdisciplines. Translators who specialise in this field come across a wide variety of material in their day-to-day work. Examples of financial documents include:

    Annual reports
    M&A due diligence
    Internal and customer communications
    Business plans
    Financial reports
    Policies and contracts

The finance industry is also evolving rapidly. Artificial intelligence and blockchain are transforming the way banks do business. The benefits to customers include safer, faster and more efficient banking. The integration of innovative technologies into financial services has spawned a whole new industry: fintech (coined from the words “finance” and “technology”). Today’s finance translation professionals may well encounter content on the following related subjects:

    Cryptocurrencies
    Cybersecurity
    Data privacy
    Banknote design and production
    Regulation and governance

 

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What financial translation services does Planet Languages offer?

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

Annual reports

These comprehensive reports list a company’s activities over the preceding year. Alongside financial statements, these high-profile publications often include details on corporate social responsibility and other matters of interest to stakeholders. Investors analyse the details in such reports to understand a company’s financial position and future direction. Making your annual reports available in multiple language versions may help you attract international investors.

Financial reports

Depending on where your business is headquartered and whether your company is listed on a stock exchange, you may have to have to submit reports on your company’s financial performance on a more regular basis. These kinds of documents provide a helpful overview to executive board members and other stakeholders of how a company is performing throughout the year. As these reports are published at more frequent intervals, they can help key decision-makers respond swiftly to market trends. Making these reports available in multiple languages is especially useful when your stakeholders are based all over the world and you need to reach a consensus quickly.

M&A due diligence

Mergers and acquisitions are complex transactions that involve transferring or consolidating the ownership of companies with other entities. Due diligence forms an essential part of the process. It consists of gathering all relevant information to allow buyers and sellers to make a fully informed decision before agreeing on a deal. Failure to disclose important information could cause a deal to collapse at the last minute. When companies operating in multiple territories are involved, getting all relevant documentation translated demonstrates transparency and contributes to a successful transaction.

Internal and customer communications

Your employees and customers have an interest in your company’s financial performance. Whether you’re planning a major press release or a simple email destined for your colleagues’ inbox, your communications need to be clear and concise. And if you are a multinational company, communicating with your employees and customers in a language they understand is key. A professional translator will help you get your message across perfectly.

Business plans

When you are starting out, a business plan is essential if you want to secure investment or a loan from a bank. A business plan will usually cover aspects such as your objectives and strategies, plus sales, marketing and financial forecasts, giving you the best foundation for success. Established companies also rely on business plans to keep track of long-term goals and monitor performance. Venturing into new markets and hoping to attract international investment? Presenting potential investors with a translated business plan is a good indicator that you have carefully considered the needs of your target market.

Policies and contracts

Policies and contracts form the foundation of a successful business by clearly outlining expectations and obligations. Policies set out rules and guidelines for how a business is to operate. Contracts can exist between businesses or between an employer and an employee, and are legally enforceable. When you do business with people who speak other languages, providing clear, accurate translations of policies and contracts in their native language ensures that everyone is on the same page.

 

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Why choose Planet Languages?

When it comes to translating financial content, swift turnarounds are often critical. With strict deadlines for publishing financial information and most content destined for C-level executives and shareholders, it’s worth enlisting the services of a professional. This is where Planet Languages can help.

We work with specialist financial translators and use state-of-the-art terminology management tools to ensure accuracy and consistency. And when your reporting deadlines are looming, our cutting-edge translation productivity tools can help shorten translation turnaround times.

ISO certified

In a high-stakes industry where a misplaced decimal point or a data breach could cost billions, you need to be assured that your translation provider takes quality, accuracy and security as seriously as you do.

At Planet Languages, quality is top of our agenda. As an ISO 9001-certified company, we have robust processes in place to ensure that our services meet your needs time and time again.

When nothing less than 100% accuracy will do, you can count on our ISO 17100-certified translation services. This six-eye approach includes translation by qualified, experienced translators with finance-industry expertise, revision by a second domain-specialist linguist and rigorous in-house QA checks.

Our banking-grade information security management system is ISO 27001 certified and covers aspects such as access control, business continuity, compliance, physical security and incident management. This means we take data privacy matters seriously and handle your content with the utmost care.

Consistently high quality

With our quality-first approach, you can rest assured that your financial documents will always be translated with care. Our financial translators are subject matter experts with exceptional attention to detail. Hand-picked for their meticulous approach, our financial translation team consists of qualified translators with extensive finance-industry experience, eagle-eyed proofreaders and tech-savvy project managers.

All-inclusive rates

We understand that money talks.

When you contact us with a financial translation request, we will analyse your project brief to establish the purpose of the document, the target audience and your requested deadline. We will provide you with a detailed and transparent quote. And what you see on the bottom line is what you pay. We promise that there will never be any nasty surprises on your invoice.

Exemplary customer service

At Planet Languages, we pride ourselves on providing exceptional customer service. Integrity, honesty and transparency lie at the very heart of what we stand for. Contact us to find out how we can help you with your financial translation requirements.

 

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FAQs
We are very aware that most work we handle is time-sensitive and are very proud of our track record with delivering on time, every time. Your dedicated project manager will thoroughly analyse your project and specific requirement and provide you with exact delivery details 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. Please refer to our terms and conditions of service for further details.
The confidentiality and security of information our clients share with us are paramount. It is for this reason that we treat all information we receive as confidential and are certified to ISO 27001:2013, the internationally recognised Information Security standard.

In the meantime, everybody involved in our translation process is bound by professional secrecy and has signed comprehensive confidentiality agreements that prohibits them from sharing or divulging confidential information. Furthermore, we carefully manage and restrict access to confidential and, in particular, personal data to only those employees, suppliers or subcontractors involved in the provision of services directly related to your project or account.