Choose the right language and expression for each target market.
Language versions need to reflect local wording, reader expectations and specialist context. LIG assesses your source and target languages, industry and content purpose to define the translation, review and localisation work required.
Languages we are commonly asked about
Chinese and English: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese (with Hong Kong or Taiwan usage distinguished by project) and English.
Asian languages: Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Malay, Filipino, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu and Tamil.
European languages: French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish.
Middle Eastern and other languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, Persian and other languages that can be assessed on request.
Specific language pairs, specialist fields and delivery resources depend on project assessment. You are welcome to ask about languages not listed here.
Agree on both the language and market variant
English, for example, may follow UK or US usage; Portuguese may be Brazilian or European; and Spanish may be adapted for Spain or a target Latin American market. Before work begins, we confirm language direction, regional variant, reference materials and readers.
From language needs to a project plan
Tell us the source language, target language or market, content type, estimated volume and deadline. We can then discuss appropriate specialists, quality steps and delivery formats.