Homeware e-shop, Baltic coast
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Product pages rewritten in Polish, then written again in English for a new EN shop.
Read the caseEN/PL localisation
Written in English, for English readers.
Polish to English, and English to Polish, adapted for the reader instead of converted word by word. A native review is part of the price.
From €60 net of VAT
Sample
| Source PL | Literal EN | Written EN |
|---|---|---|
| Zamów do 14:00, a jutro paczka będzie u Ciebie. | Order until 14:00, and tomorrow the parcel will be at you. | Order by 2 pm and it arrives tomorrow. |
| Nasz zespół z pasją tworzy meble z duszą. | Our team with passion creates furniture with a soul. | We make furniture in a small workshop in Słupsk, and every piece is signed by the person who built it. |
- Units and times switched to what an English reader expects.
- 'Passion' and 'soul' replaced by a fact; the Polish idiom does not travel.
Who it is for
- Polish exporters whose English site reads like a translation
- Foreign companies entering the Polish market
- Shops running one catalogue in two languages
The problem
Literal translation loses the idiom, the register and the reason to buy. Machine output is grammatical and commercially dead. A German distributor reading 'we offer wide range of solutions' does not stop to think it is a translation; they just trust you a little less. We do not translate. We read the original for what it is trying to do, then write it again in the other language, adapting jokes, idioms, units and tone for that reader. It runs both ways, EN to PL and PL to EN.
What is included
- Turnaround: 3 working days per 1,000 words
- Revisions: 2 rounds
- Delivery: Google Doc + DOCX
- Source text reviewed for intent before writing
- Adapted text in the target language, written by a native speaker of it
- A native review pass by a second person
- Consistent terminology; a short glossary for repeat work
- Notes where we changed the meaning on purpose, and why
- Two revision rounds
Packages
Buy by the thousand words (roughly two A4 pages), or a five-thousand-word website pack at a lower rate.
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Localisation, per 1,000 words
Adapted by a native writer and reviewed by a second one.
€60 / 1,000 words
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Website transcreation pack (5,000 words)
About ten pages of a site, at a lower rate per word.
€280
This is localisation and transcreation. It is not a sworn translation. We do not provide certified translations for courts, offices or notaries.
Digital delivery (Google Doc + DOCX). 2 revision rounds included. Prices net of VAT; VAT is added at checkout.
How this service runs
- Read the source and agree the reader
- First adaptation in the target language
- Native review by a second writer
- Two revision rounds and glossary delivered
Proof
Questions about this service
No. We do not provide sworn or certified translations. If an office or a court asks for a sworn translator, you need one, and we will say so.
Polish to English and English to Polish. Each is written by a native speaker of the target language.
Because scope is easy to count and there are no surprises. Two revision rounds and the native review are included in that price.
Say so in the brief. We can fix the source as we go, but that is a rewrite, and we agree the change with you first.
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