First Edition Translations

read moreWith nearly 40 years of experience in both commercial and editorial translations, First Edition Translations are ideally placed to provide a wide range of professional language services to businesses and individuals. First Edition fully complies with United Kingdom Government guidance and has closed its offices at this time. All First Edition staff are working safely and normally from home, and our service delivery continues as normal. If you have any questions, or if we can assist you in any way, please do contact us.

read moreFirst Edition Translations are one of the UK's oldest established translation agencies, operating since 1981, we are a founder member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting. For more information on any of our translation services or to discuss your needs, please get in touch. If you would like to see our current team members or join us, please visit either The Team or Join the Team. For a number of years, we had struggled to find a reliable translation partner that could work with complex medical texts from both a language and project process perspective.

read moreFirst Edition Translations have an established track record in providing a professional and specialised translation services to companies who are operating in the manufacturing and engineering sectors. Particularly IT, telecoms, electronic and energy companies. By using translators with both the industry experience and relevant qualifications for the specialist area, we ensure that whatever the project, it will always be translated and presented professionally in the target language. First Edition has nearly 40 years of experience in managing projects within the engineering and manufacturing sectors.

read moreFrom a simple business card to a complex technical or scientific report, our team of Cambridge based commercial project managers are on hand to help you. With an extensive range of translators at our disposal, you can be confident that we will always match the language with a suitably experienced and professional translator. Microwave engineering in Finnish? That would be Petteri in Helsinki! Our project managers regularly work on a wide variety of projects including all aspects of marketing, website translation through to legal and regulatory material.

read moreFirst Edition offer much more than just translations. We are one of very few companies offering editorial services as well as translations. Our team of editorial project managers have an excellent understanding of grammar and prose and can help you get the most out of your publications. We work with many well-known publishers, based in the UK and overseas, on complex projects, and our highly experienced project managers are there to assist you from start to finish to make sure you achieve a perfect result.

read moreProfessional communication can be key whether you are entering global markets for the first time or are an experienced exporter. From localising your marketing material to web optimisation, working in a foreign language gives any business the chance to really impress new customers in an unfamiliar marketplace. First Edition's International Trade Support package brings together to support in many of the key aspects of presenting your company professionally and safely in a non-UK marketplace. We have worked with a number of companies who regularly export to identify some of the most important aspects of getting the language right.

read moreMedical translations require high levels of skill, expertise and experience. At First Edition, we have been providing first-class translations to the medical, pharmaceutical and regulatory industries for nearly 40 years. We have built up an outstanding team of experienced medical translators, with over 30 languages translated on a monthly basis. As well as having exemplary linguistic qualifications and experience, our translators are also carefully selected according to their specialised subject-based skills to provide an accurate translation.

read moreBased in the heart of Cambridge, the UK's home of research and innovation, First Edition has extensive experience in specialist scientific translations for the scientific sectors, including life sciences, agriculture, veterinary medicine and chemistry. As well as having exemplary linguistic qualifications and experience, our translators are also selected based on their specialised subject-based skills. Whether you need a short abstract, data sheet, press release, a simple email or a whole website, we will find the translator with the right skills for the job.