ISO-certified Spanish translation services Spanish translation agency for Spain, Latin America and the US.

Why use a specialist agency for Spanish?
500 million speakers, 20+ countries, 3 distinct markets

Spanish has around 500 million native speakers and ranks fourth among the world’s most spoken languages. After English, it is the most important language of trade in the Americas. For companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Spanish opens up three very different markets. Europe: Spain, the EU’s fourth-largest economy. Latin America: Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina and 15 other countries. And the US Hispanic market, home to more than 60 million people of Hispanic origin and one of the largest Spanish-speaking populations in the world.

Many companies overlook one thing: “Spanish” is not a single product. Advertising copy written for Madrid sounds artificial in Mexico City. An employment contract under Spain’s Código civil follows different conventions from one under Mexico’s Ley Federal del Trabajo. And product copy for the US Hispanic market has to avoid Spanglish to be credible to its audience. Professional Spanish translation means assigning the right native speaker from the right market.

European, Latin American and US Hispanic Spanish
Three markets, three sets of requirements

The differences between European and Latin American Spanish go far beyond vocabulary. Forms of address, tone, legal systems and even technical terminology all differ. If you try to serve every Spanish-speaking market with a single version of your text, you risk convincing none of them.

With every Spanish request, we clarify which market you are addressing. The translator we assign is a native speaker from the target market and lives there. For Argentina, that means translators who use voseo naturally. For Mexico, translators who know the local business language. Our terminology management keeps regional differences consistent throughout. For marketing copy, this can also mean transcreation.

Every language pair with Spanish
Well beyond German to Spanish

Nearshoring and Latin America
Why Spanish matters more and more to companies in German-speaking Europe

More and more companies from Germany, Austria and Switzerland are moving parts of their production to Mexico, Colombia or Costa Rica. Nearshoring (moving supply chains closer to the end market in the US) has sharply increased demand for specialist Spanish translation in recent years. New production sites need employment contracts under local law, operating manuals in Spanish, safety documentation for local authorities and training material for the workforce.

At the same time, e-commerce in Latin America is growing fast. Mexico and Brazil are the region’s largest online markets. To sell there, you need localised websites, Spanish product descriptions and customer service copy that sounds natural in the local variant. European Spanish on a Mexican product page comes across as distant and foreign.

Specialist fields
The industries that drive trade in Spanish

Certified Spanish translations
For authorities, consulates and business partners

Many Spanish translations need official certification: commercial register extracts for a Spanish subsidiary, powers of attorney for a Mexican notary, certificates for the Spanish consulate, or contracts to submit to authorities in Latin America. Many Spanish-speaking countries also require an apostille.

Prices and turnaround times
Clear pricing for Spanish translation

A worked example: you want a 30,000-word website localised for Spain (ES-ES) and Mexico (ES-MX). The Spanish version costs from around €3,600 (specialist translation). For the Mexican version, the translation memory recognises that around 70% of the wording is identical, so the Mexican adaptation costs only a fraction of the full price.

Frequently asked questions
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