List of English-speaking translators in Switzerland
Updated 17 August 2022
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Firm Name | Telephone | Address | Regions Served | Areas of specialisation | Affliliations | Languages spoken by staff | |
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Inter-Translations SA | +41(0)313080303 | [email protected] | Pavillonweg 14, 3012 Bern | All regions | Translation & Interpreting services, Proofreading | No | German, French, English, Italian, Spanish, Serbocroat, Macedonian, Russian |
IBS Fachübersetzungen AG | +41(0)415613388 | [email protected] | Baarerstrasse 14, 6300 Zug | All regions | interpreting (only conferences), proofreading | No | German, English, French, Spanish, Italian |
Agfimar AG - Mr Max Müller | +41(0)795417313 | [email protected] | 180E route de Veyrier, 1234 Vessy-Geneva | All regions | (sworn) translations EN>FR and IT>FR; translations DE>FR and FR>IT; ; legal, finance; administration, certificates, etc. see attached documents | Chancellery of the Canton of Geneva; professional associations: astj / astti / AIT / juslingua | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish |
Transit Translation Services | +41(0)434883613 | [email protected] | Seefeldstrasse 69, 8008 Zürich | All regions | Legal, business and technical translations. Including legalization and apostille for UK, EU, worldwide. | Notary Offices and State Chancelleries in Switzerland. | English, German, French, Italian, Spanish. |
In English Karen Oettli-Geddes | +41(0)792167965 | [email protected] | Rietholzstrasse 17, 8125 Zollikerberg | All regions | Translations from German into English: the arts, tourism and hospitality, legal documents, CVs and reference letters | - | English and German |
nativespeakers.ch GmbH | +41(0)445862656 | [email protected] | Käferholzstrasse 153, 8046 Zürich | All regions | Translations, proofreading and language courses | no | English, German, French |
Furrer Knechtli Übersetzungen | +41(0)612638800 | [email protected] | Pfluggässlein 10, 4051 Basel | All regions | Translations from and to English, any specialist areas | State Chancellery Basel-City | German, English, Danish |
John Blackford, ICSA, ACII | +41(0)795834619 | [email protected] | Dorfstrasse 26, 8309 Nuerensdorf | All regions of Switzerland and Liechtenstein | Certified German-English translations | Licensed and sworn by the Govt. Of Liechtenstein | German |
FINVERBUS Translations | +41(0)225085955 | [email protected] | 17, rue du Cendrier, 1201 Geneva | All regions | Translation and interpreting services (incl. official certified translations) for all major languages and industries (Banking & Finance, Legal, Medical, Insurance, Marketing…) | LINQUA (Swiss Association of Translation Companies) and member of EUATC (European Union Association of Translation Companies). | English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Finnish but staff can provide translations from and to any major languages. |
FINVERBUS Translations | +41(0)215081023 | [email protected] | 6, rue de la Grotte, 1002 Lausanne | All regions | Translation and interpreting services (incl. official certified translations) for all major languages and industries (Banking & Finance, Legal, Medical, Insurance, Marketing…) | LINQUA (Swiss Association of Translation Companies) and member of EUATC (European Union Association of Translation Companies). | English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Finnish but staff can provide translations from and to any major languages. |
FINVERBUS Translations | +41(0)912348139 | [email protected] | Via Landriani 10, 6900 Lugano | All regions | Translation and interpreting services (incl. official certified translations) for all major languages and industries (Banking & Finance, Legal, Medical, Insurance, Marketing…) | LINQUA (Swiss Association of Translation Companies) and member of EUATC (European Union Association of Translation Companies). | English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Finnish but staff can provide translations from and to any major languages. |
FINVERBUS Translations | +41(0)445085738 | [email protected] | Stampfenbachstrasse 52, 8006 Zurich | All regions | Translation and interpreting services (incl. official certified translations) for all major languages and industries (Banking & Finance, Legal, Medical, Insurance, Marketing…) | LINQUA (Swiss Association of Translation Companies) and member of EUATC (European Union Association of Translation Companies). | English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Finnish but staff can provide translations from and to any major languages. |
Dolmetscher- und Übersetzervereinigung DÜV | +41(0)443603030 | [email protected] | Lindenbachstrasse 7, PF, 8042 Zürich | All regions | Translation and interpretation services | Accredited with the Zurich police and courts. | German, English, French |
UniTranslate | +41(0)445455507 | [email protected] | Huttensteig 10, 8006 Zurich | All regions | General translation and interpretation (Commercial, Legal, Medical, Technical etc.) | No | German, English, French, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Hebrew, Greek and 50 more languages |
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