ISO 9001 
ISO 17100 
ISO 18587 LinguaVox provides industrial and engineering translation services for manufacturers, engineering firms, industrial suppliers, technical departments and export teams. We manage multilingual projects in more than 150 languages, combining specialist translators, project management, terminology control and review workflows according to what each assignment requires.
Translation for the industrial and engineering sector
Industrial and engineering documentation is read to be acted on: a technician follows a procedure, an installer reads a warning, a buyer checks a specification. That makes consistency of terminology, units, part names and safety wording more important than style. The same term has to mean the same thing in the manual, the datasheet, the training material and the tender, and across every language a product is sold in. This is a broad field, covering everything from a single operator manual to a full tender package with thousands of pages, and the workflow has to scale accordingly.
Before we quote, we identify the document type, reader, destination market, format and review level, because those points determine the translator profile and quality workflow.
Documents we translate
Typical documents include technical manuals, installation and maintenance instructions, safety documentation, technical specifications and datasheets, engineering reports, parts catalogues, tender and bid documents, and quality procedures. Some support compliance, some support sales, and some are internal working documents. Many arrive as large, structured sets that are updated over time, so handling repetition and versions efficiently is part of the task, not an afterthought.
Before quoting, we review the files whenever possible. This lets us identify non-editable text, tables, drawing callouts, screenshots, embedded content, repetitions, multilingual layouts, versioning issues and any instructions that should be applied during translation.
Specialist translators and quality control
Projects are assigned to translators with relevant technical experience and the right language combination. Where the project runs under ISO 17100, a second qualified linguist carries out a bilingual revision against the source, and the project manager then checks files, instructions and delivery format before completion.
Where machine translation is the agreed approach for suitable content, we provide full post-editing under ISO 18587. A lighter post-editing level is only used when it is explicitly agreed for the content concerned and is not equivalent to full post-editing under ISO 18587. Safety-related and compliance documentation is normally handled by human translation with revision.
Terminology, units and large documentation sets
Engineering content lives or dies by consistency. We manage that with client glossaries and translation memories, so that components, processes, units and warnings are translated identically across documents and updates, and so that repeated content does not have to be re-translated every time a manual changes. We handle the formats this content arrives in — Word, Excel, editable PDF, HTML, XML and structured formats such as DITA, as well as FrameMaker and InDesign for large manuals — and can return files ready for layout or already laid out where desktop publishing is part of the job. Where documents support CE marking or other regulatory routes, we translate them carefully into the required languages, while responsibility for regulatory conformity remains with the manufacturer. On long-running accounts the terminology base becomes an asset in itself, capturing each wording decision once and reusing it across every future manual and tender.
Related services
Industrial and engineering translation often connects with technical translation, software and website localisation, legal and certified translation, desktop publishing for manuals and catalogues, subtitling for training videos and terminology management. The right combination depends on the files and on how the content will be used.
How to request a quote
To prepare an accurate quote, send the files, the language combination, the deadline, the destination markets and the intended use, with any previous translations, glossaries, translation memories or style preferences. For large multilingual projects we can organise staged deliveries, separate files by language and keep a consistent structure across markets, so translation fits your existing workflow. For ongoing technical documentation, we can also align translated manuals, tenders and safety files with previous client terminology before new versions are released.
Frequently asked questions
How do you keep terminology and units consistent across a large manual set?
We build a client glossary and translation memory and apply them across every document, so components, processes, warnings and units of measurement are translated the same way throughout. Repeated content is reused from the memory, which also keeps later updates consistent and faster to produce.
Can you handle CE marking and safety documentation?
Yes. We translate technical and safety documentation into the languages a market requires and take particular care with warnings and instructions. We translate the content accurately, but responsibility for regulatory conformity and CE marking remains with the manufacturer; we can fit into your existing compliance process.
Do you work with structured formats like DITA, XML or FrameMaker?
Yes. We handle structured content and large manuals in formats including XML, DITA, FrameMaker and InDesign, preserving tags and structure, and can return files ready for publishing. Tell us your authoring and publishing setup and we will confirm the approach before starting.
Can you translate full tender and bid packages?
Yes. We coordinate large, mixed document sets — specifications, drawings text, commercial and legal sections — across the required languages, keeping terminology aligned and delivering on a schedule that fits the submission deadline. Send the structure and timeline and we will plan accordingly.
Which languages are most common for industrial exporters?
It depends on the markets, but combinations involving English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish and the Nordic languages are frequent, along with Chinese, Russian and others for wider export. We coordinate several languages at once and keep terminology consistent across all of them.
