Industries and specialist fields Specialist translation for your industry.
Every industry has its own terminology, its own standards and its own pitfalls. tolingo brings together specialist translators for the industries and specialist fields where that knowledge decides the quality of the work: engineers, lawyers, doctors and finance experts working in more than 220 languages.
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Specialisations
All specialist fields at a glance
Filter by area or view every specialist field. Each industry page goes deeper and shows the typical documents, standards and requirements.
Legal & Compliance
Contracts, patent specifications and compliance documents, handled by legal specialists and certified on request.
Finance & Banking
IFRS reports, ad hoc announcements and PRIIPs KIDs for banks, insurers and asset managers, under ISO 27001.
Medicine & Life Sciences
Clinical trial documentation, instructions for use and authorisation dossiers, precise enough for the EMA, the FDA and the requirements of the MDR.
Science & Academia
Research reports, abstracts, peer-reviewed papers and grant applications across every discipline.
Defence & Military Technology
Confidential translation processes for defence documentation and NATO codification, under ISO 27001.
Classified Information
Classified documents translated in a sealed environment, under formal security supervision and NDAs.
Automotive Industry
Requirement specifications, owner's manuals and homologation dossiers, from advanced development through to aftersales.
Mechanical Engineering
Operating instructions, CE documentation and safety data sheets under Machinery Regulation 2023/1230.
Robotics & Automation
PLC documentation, HMI text and training material for industrial robotics and process automation.
Technology & Software
UI strings, API documentation and knowledge bases, straight into JSON, YAML and PO files.
Energy & Renewables
Permit documentation, environmental assessments and technical specifications for wind, solar and hydrogen.
Technical Translation
Manuals, data sheets and documentation with consistent terminology across every product series.
E-commerce & Trade
Product descriptions, checkout flows and international terms and conditions, optimised for search and compliant with the GPSR.
Travel & Tourism
Hotel inventories, booking journeys and destination marketing, with API-driven workflows from €0.05/word.
Gaming
In-game text, lore and marketing material with cultural adaptation, LQA included.
Art & Culture
Exhibition catalogues, audio guides and grant applications, sensitive to tone, register and context.
Marketing Translation
Campaigns, landing pages and brand messaging, as transcreation for the target market on request.
Print Media
Brochures, catalogues and flyers translated and, on request, returned print-ready in the layout.
Literary Translation
Novels, non-fiction and essays with a feel for voice, style and literary register.
- Coverage: 19 specialist fields, from finance and medicine to gaming, in more than 220 languages.
- Specialist translators: native speakers with proven industry experience, reviewed under ISO 17100. Dedicated teams keep terminology consistent.
- Cost: post-editing from €0.05/word, specialist translation from €0.12/word. Segments that already sit in your translation memory as a 100% match are discounted by 60% to 70%.
- Security: processing on German servers under ISO 27001, with NDAs and encrypted transfer.
A specialist translation is not an off-the-shelf product. Translating a consolidated IFRS financial statement calls for different skills than localising in-game dialogue. So the translators at tolingo know their industry from a degree, from working in it, or from years of specialising in it. The specialist fields on this page cover the sectors where we can show the deepest expertise.
How to find your specialist field
Industry, document type or requirement
Most projects can be sorted in one of three ways. If the project covers a whole industry with its own terminology, medicine or automotive for example, pick the matching specialist field above. If it centres on one document type, a contract or a set of operating instructions, what usually decides is the field the document comes from. If you are unsure, our project managers make the call and pick the specialist translator with the right background.
If the language matters more than the industry, the overview of all languages is the better starting point. If the method comes first, human translation or post-editing, the overview of all translation options takes you further.
Requirements that cut across every industry
Regulation, data protection and AI transparency
Some regulatory developments apply to every project at once, whatever the industry. We account for them on every job, whether you manufacture medical devices, administer loan agreements or export construction machinery.
The GDPR and data protection in translation projects
Any translation project can involve personal data: names in contracts, patient data in clinical trials, customer records in CRM exports. Certification to ISO 27001 means that data is processed on German servers. We sign a data processing agreement as standard, and for sensitive projects we set up a sealed project environment.
The GPSR and the EU AI Act
The General Product Safety Regulation has applied since December 2024. Safety information and instructions for use must be available in the official language of the market where the product is sold, and the rule covers distributors as well as manufacturers. The EU AI Act adds a transparency duty for the use of AI. At tolingo every job is labelled either as human translation under ISO 17100 or as post-editing under ISO 18587, so you and your auditors can trace which process was used at any point.
How we work
Quality, data security and technology
Industry knowledge on its own is not enough. What decides the outcome is how that knowledge is turned into a reliable process that scales. Four building blocks do that work.
ISO 17100 for translation, ISO 18587 for post-editing, ISO 9001 for quality and ISO 27001 for data security. A documented four-eyes principle, audited externally every year.
For long-term customers we put together dedicated translator teams. That builds domain knowledge no glossary can replace, backed by industry termbases and a translation memory.
Not every text needs pure human translation. Post-editing under ISO 18587 from €0.05/word combines AI with a specialist review. For safety-critical documents: specialist translation from €0.12/word.
Software localisation straight from your pipeline, by API or by a plain upload. Express delivery within 24 hours and certified translations on request.
Cannot find your specialist field?
We cover far more sectors than the ones shown here, among them pharmaceuticals, chemicals, logistics and the public sector. Describe your project and we will put the right specialist team together.
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Specialist fields and industry translation at tolingo
Which industries and specialist fields does tolingo cover?
tolingo covers 19 specialist fields, grouped into regulated markets such as law, finance and medicine, technology and industry such as automotive and mechanical engineering, plus consumer and media such as e-commerce and gaming.
What does an industry-specific specialist translation cost?
Prices depend on the language pair, the specialist field and how urgent the job is. Post-editing starts at €0.05/word, a human translation under ISO 17100 at €0.12/word. Where a segment already sits in your translation memory as a 100% match, it is discounted by 60% to 70%, and the file analysis shows how much of your document that covers.
How do you make sure the translator knows my industry?
We only assign specialist translators with a proven qualification in the industry, whether from a degree, several years of professional experience or a documented specialisation with reference projects. Our project managers make each assignment by hand, and long-term customers work with dedicated teams.
How do you protect confidential industry data?
tolingo is certified to ISO 27001 and all data is processed on German servers. Translators sign NDAs, and on request we set up dedicated teams with encrypted transfer. Areas as sensitive as defence come with additional security protocols.
My industry is not listed. Will you still translate for us?
Yes. The 19 specialist fields cover our most frequent specialisations. We also translate for pharmaceuticals, chemicals, logistics, education and the public sector. Contact us and we will check whether the right specialist translator is in the network.
How quickly can tolingo deliver?
Standard projects are delivered from three to five working days, depending on volume. For time-critical documents we offer an express service within 24 hours. For large projects we draw up an individual schedule with your project managers.
Glossary
Key terms for specialist fields
- Specialist translation
- Translation by a specialist with subject knowledge in the field, reviewed under ISO 17100 using the four-eyes principle.
- Specialist field
- A defined subject or industry area with its own terminology, standards and conventions, which decides who translates the text.
- Transcreation
- Creative reworking of a message for another market, going beyond literal translation, common in marketing.
- Terminology management
- Maintaining approved terms per industry and per customer, so that translations stay consistent across every job.
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Tell us what you are working on. We pick the specialist translator with the right background and confirm the price and the delivery date.
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