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Swedish translations

Thanks to our practical webshop, you can easily order your Swedish translations:

1. Upload your documents directly in our online shop.

2. Select the language combination you require and an appropriate deadline.

3. For an express translation, just select a delivery date in our online shop that is earlier than the one proposed. The system will automatically adjust the price.

4. If you're happy with everything, you can order straight away. It's as simple as that!

As a professional partner to many businesses, we’re very familiar with how important quality and data security are to our clients. Our translation services are excellent and guarantee you the highest translation quality – and we can prove it with the triple certification which made us pioneers in the translation industry:

• ISO 27001: Certified data security management system: As a general rule, we maintain non-disclosure agreements with all our translators and other employees as well as our service providers. In addition, all data is transmitted exclusively using SSL encryption. This is how we ensure the security of your data and documents.

• ISO 17100 (2015): Certified translation process: The workflows at tolingo have been verified and certified in accordance with the international standard ISO 17100 (2015). This certification guarantees that our translation processes are carried out securely and reliably and that the finished translations are held to a high quality standard.

• ISO 9001:2015: Certified quality management system: This TÜV Süd certification confirms that the quality management system we use is efficient, effective and legally watertight. This system guarantees that all our processes undergo risk analysis and continual optimisation, so that we are always able to offer our clients the best possible service.

General linguistic comprehension is much more important than memorising vocabulary and grammar, as there are numerous Swedish words that cannot be translated easily, but rather only paraphrased. Good examples of this are the terms fredagsmys (meaning ‘taking time out on a Friday evening for a cosy get-together with the family and making yourself comfortable with snacks in front of the TV’) or kaffesugen (‘a desire for a nice cup of coffee paired with a little break from the stress of everyday life’).

Only linguistically skilled translators can eloquently and articulately integrate unique concepts such as these into texts or rephrase them appropriately without resorting to cumbersome explanations that interrupt the flow of reading. Especially in the field of marketing, this skill is crucial, as the content needs to appeal to and persuade potential customers, not leave them puzzled.

In the translation industry, the term localisation is used when a text makes particular reference to geographical and cultural specificities. Localisation allows your texts to be even more precisely tailored to the respective target market, in order to further improve your chances of success. 

But for this to be effective, the translator must not only be familiar with the language, but also with the country and its people. 

For example, you should know that in Sweden, informal language should always be used – this applies to managers as well as friends! The only exceptions to this rule are for members of the royal family (the correct form of address here is ‘Eders majestät’) and very old people (who are addressed as ‘Ni’). These subtle cultural aspects are what make the difference in translation: it goes without saying that a native Swedish speaker would understand the message if addressed using more formal language. But it would also be immediately clear that the text was translated by someone unfamiliar with the cultural customs of the country. With increasing global competition, especially in industries like e-commerce, no company can afford to leave a potential customer with a bad impression like that!

The main prerequisite for localisation is editing by native speakers who are experts in the Swedish language – which is guaranteed for all of your projects when you partner with tolingo.

Swedish is also an official language in Finland (alongside Finnish) in addition to Sweden. The Swedish language shares great similarities with Danish as well as Norwegian, as they all developed from Old Norse and form the northeastern branch of the Indo-European language family. Speakers of these languages can therefore generally communicate with one another, but this is not without its hurdles. What’s more, the majority of the Swedish population speaks excellent English; children start learning the foreign language in the third grade, and English-language films, TV shows and documentaries are usually broadcast without dubbing.

Is there even any need for Swedish translations, then?

Yes, of course! Most Swedes still prefer to use their native language. As the group of speakers is quite small, at around ten million people, the residents of Sweden and the Swedish minority in Finland are striving to preserve their language. If you want to score points with Swedish customers, you would therefore do well to have your content translated into this challenging Scandinavian language by a professional translation agency like tolingo.