Native-speaker translators, 220+ languages Translation into 220+ languages.
From English to Hindi, from technical manuals to marketing campaigns: native-speaker translators, 220+ languages, coordinated from Hamburg since 2007. Every project goes to a specialist translator.
Four ISO certificationsTranslation partner for companies with high standards
25 languages in detail
All languages at a glance
Filter by language family, or browse them all. Every language page covers variants, common pitfalls, prices and delivery times.
English
The global language of business, with a clear split between the US and UK variants depending on your target market.
German
Translation into German for the DACH region, with variants for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
French
An official language in over 30 countries. France's Loi Toubon requires mandatory French-language content for that market.
Italian
Key for mechanical engineering, fashion and food, with northern Italy's industrial cluster as the main target region.
Spanish
Over 500 million speakers. Spain and Latin America differ in vocabulary and tone.
Portuguese
Brazil, with 220 million speakers, is the central market. Brazilian and European Portuguese differ.
Dutch
The Netherlands and Belgium (Flemish), central to logistics, ports and cross-border trade.
Russian
Cyrillic script, around 150 million native speakers, with a clear distinction from Ukrainian.
Polish
38 million speakers, an EU member state and a key trade and logistics partner for Germany.
Ukrainian
33 million speakers, a distinct language with the special letters Ї, Є, І, Ґ. Often needed as a certified translation.
Czech
10 million speakers, an EU member state and an industrial hub with a high density of German suppliers.
Romanian
24 million speakers, a Romance language with Latin script and a growing outsourcing sector.
Hungarian
13 million speakers from the Finno-Ugric language family, known for long words and heavy use of suffixes.
Greek
13 million speakers, its own script, an official EU language, and important for tourism and shipping.
Chinese
Simplified Chinese (mainland China) and Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, Hong Kong) as separate script variants.
Japanese
Three writing systems side by side: Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana. Levels of politeness are central in business contexts.
Korean
Hangul script with distinct politeness levels, important for high-tech, automotive and consumer goods.
Hindi
Devanagari script, spoken by over 600 million people, key for IT outsourcing and the consumer goods market.
Arabic
Right-to-left script, Modern Standard Arabic for official texts, regional dialects for marketing.
Turkish
Latin script with special characters, important for industry, tourism and the German-Turkish diaspora.
Hebrew
Right-to-left script with its own alphabet, important for high-tech, cybersecurity and pharma.
Swedish
10 million speakers, an EU member state, important for industry, furniture and pharma.
Danish
6 million speakers across Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, distinct despite its closeness to Swedish.
Norwegian
5.5 million speakers, not an EU member. By default, we translate into the Bokmål written standard.
Finnish
5.5 million speakers, an EU member state, a Finno-Ugric language with a complex grammar of its own.
- Coverage: Over 220 languages across every major language family, from Western Europe through Slavic languages and Asia to the Middle East.
- Translators: Native speakers with subject-matter expertise, qualified under ISO 17100. Dedicated teams for recurring language pairs.
- Cost: Post-editing from €0.05/word, specialist translation from €0.12/word. Save up to 70% with translation memory.
- Certified translation: Sworn translators for certificates and contracts in over 30 languages.
Language is never just language. Release a marketing asset in French, and you're choosing between fr-FR and fr-CA. Ship a machine manual to China, and you're choosing between Simplified and Traditional Chinese. Get a Ukrainian birth certificate recognised in Germany, and you need a translation in Ukrainian, not Russian. This overview helps you find the right variant quickly.
How to find the right language
Language family, variant and writing system
Every language family has its own quirks that shape a project. Western European languages are mostly about variants, such as en-US versus en-GB. In Central and Eastern Europe, the writing system, Latin or Cyrillic, and the clean separation of closely related languages such as Ukrainian and Russian matter most. Asian languages bring their own scripts and politeness levels, and Middle Eastern languages add a right-to-left reading direction on top.
Filter above by the right family and open the detail page for your target language. If the method matters more than the language, whether fully human or post-editing, our overview of all translation methods is the next stop. Looking for a specific field instead? Choose your industry there.
Don't see your language?
Our translator pool covers over 220 languages; the detail pages above are just a selection. We also translate Bulgarian, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian, Serbian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian, Albanian, Persian (Farsi), Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Malay, Tagalog, Urdu, Bengali, Tamil, Swahili and many more.
~10 minutes (within business hours) · No obligation · ISO 17100What matters, whatever the language
Four questions that shape quality, cost and timeline
Whatever the language, four themes come up in almost every translation project. Together they shape quality, cost and timeline.
AI or human: knowing when to use which
Machine translation gives you a workable first pass on standardised text such as product descriptions or internal documents. For marketing, contracts and safety-critical content, human expert review remains essential. Post-editing to ISO 18587 combines both: an AI first draft with qualified editorial review. How well AI performs for a given language depends heavily on how much training data exists for that language pair.
Certified translation for authorities and courts
Birth certificates, marriage certificates, diplomas and contracts often need a certified translation by a publicly appointed and sworn translator. We coordinate these projects in over 30 languages, for businesses and private individuals alike.
Language variants: en-US or en-GB
Many languages come in several variants. English splits into US and UK, French into France and Canada, Portuguese into Brazil and Portugal. We confirm the variant before the project starts and record it in the order confirmation, so nothing gets mixed and the tone matches your target market.
Translation memory: save up to 70%
For recurring projects such as software updates or follow-up campaigns, a translation memory stores segments you've already had translated. On the next translation, repeated segments are recognised automatically. That cuts costs by up to 70% and keeps terminology consistent across versions.
How we work
Quality, data security and technology
Language coverage alone isn't enough. What matters is turning that range into a reliable, scalable process, whether you need a single certificate or a software localisation project in 30 languages.
ISO 17100 for translation, ISO 18587 for post-editing, ISO 27001 for data security and ISO 9001 for quality. A four-eyes principle on every specialist translation, audited externally every year.
For recurring language pairs, we put together a fixed translator team. That builds consistency in tone and terminology, backed by client-specific terminology management.
Post-editing from €0.05/word, specialist translation from €0.12/word, largely independent of language. Express delivery in 24 hours and fixed prices for certified translations.
Software localisation via API, JSON, XLIFF or upload. For RTL and Asian scripts, we handle the layout adaptation too.
Frequently asked questions
Languages, prices, certified translation and delivery times
How many languages does tolingo really translate?
Over 220 languages and language variants. The detail pages listed here cover the language pairs most requested in Germany. For rarer languages such as Tagalog, Swahili or Tamil, our project management checks availability within a few hours and puts together the right specialist team.
What does translation cost per language?
Prices are largely language-independent: post-editing from €0.05/word, specialist translation to ISO 17100 from €0.12/word. Surcharges apply for rare language pairs or combined DTP work on RTL and Asian languages. For recurring content, translation memory cuts costs by up to 70%.
Which languages can you provide certified translations in?
Certified translations are available in over 30 languages, including English, French, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Turkish, Arabic and Chinese. Typical documents are birth, marriage and death certificates, diplomas and contracts. See the certified translation page for details.
How fast is delivery for rarer languages?
For the 50 most common languages, standard delivery is 1 to 3 working days, with express delivery in 24 hours available. For rarer language pairs, such as Bengali to Vietnamese, delivery takes 3 to 7 working days, depending on specialist translator availability. We usually confirm the exact date within minutes during business hours.
What's the difference between a language and a language variant?
A language like English is spoken in several variants that differ in vocabulary, spelling and tone, such as en-US and en-GB, fr-FR and fr-CA, pt-PT and pt-BR. We confirm the variant before the project starts and record it. We don't mix variants, since that weakens the impact on the reader.
Can AI translate every language equally well?
No. AI models perform far better on language pairs with large volumes of training data, such as English, German, French and Spanish, than on pairs with smaller datasets. For the latter, we recommend full specialist translation to ISO 17100 rather than post-editing.
Which file formats do you support?
Office formats (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, PDF), web formats (HTML, XML, JSON, XLIFF), DTP files (InDesign IDML, FrameMaker) and subtitle formats (SRT, VTT). For RTL and Asian languages, we can handle the layout adaptation on request, since character width and reading direction differ significantly from German or English.
Glossary
Terms around languages
- Language variant
- A regional form of a language with its own vocabulary and spelling, such as en-US versus en-GB.
- RTL
- Right-to-left script direction, as in Arabic and Hebrew, with particular requirements for layout and web design.
- Locale
- A combination of language and region, such as de-AT, which sets date, number and currency formats alongside the language itself.
- Native-speaker principle
- The principle that a text is translated into the translator's native language, for idiomatic, natural results.
Which language do you need?
Tell us briefly about your project: language pair, text type, volume. You'll usually get a price and delivery date back within minutes during business hours.
ISO 27001 · ISO 17100 · ISO 18587 · ~10 minutes (within business hours)