hk:translations
Language Services for Law, Business & Finance
Client testimonials
  • HK Translations has already worked for us in several extensive and complex projects as translation service provider for legal documents. We were very satisfied with the quality of the translations, in terms of both language and content.
    Dr Patrick Fiedler, Attorney
    Vice President,
    Central Legal,
    BASF SE
  • The translations commissioned by us (D => E) of complex technical legal documents were always carried out by Mr Knoblauch to our fullest satisfaction.
    Dr Dirk Mahler,
    General Counsel,
    Freudenberg & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Weinheim
  • For years, HK Translations has been providing translations of our contractual agreements and transaction documents in several languages: fast, reliable and in top quality.
    Henning von Sachsen-Altenburg,
    Interim Global Head of Legal,
    Fixed Income, FX and Commodities,
    Unicredit S.p.A. London Branch
  • We have been working successfully with HK Translations for many years. The translations are excellent both from a linguistic and a content perspective – highly recommended.
    Arnd Allert,
    Managing Director,
    Allert & Co. - Wertorientierte Unternehmenstransaktionen
  • Mr Knoblauch has not only supported us with high-quality professional translations, his conducting of negotiations in the English language was also greatly appreciated by our clients.
    Dr Holger Henkel, Attorney
    Partner,
    Henkel Rechtsanwälte
  • HK Translations has supported us in completing the English version of our website. In addition to the linguistic quality, we were impressed, in particular, by the independent thinking and the project management.
    Dr Achim Glade, Attorney
    Partner,
    Glade Michel Wirtz Rechtsanwälte
  • The translation firm HK Translations is a reliable partner for us who also handles complex and extensive legal translation projects professionally, quickly and in high quality. In particular, we appreciate the legal expertise contributed by Mr Knoblauch and his team; even ad-hoc inquiries are completed in an extraordinarily quick and capable manner. We are very satisfied with the work of HK Translations and can recommend the services of this translation firm without restrictions.
    Charlotte Eilers,
    International Mobility Expert,
    Bilfinger SE
  • Simply the best. HK Translations distinguishes itself from the competition, in particular, by its reliability and the legal precision. Mr Knoblauch has greatly supported our work for many years.
    Dr Daniel Weisert, Attorney
    Partner,
    Rittershaus Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB
  • From the beginning, I have worked very faithfully with HK Translations. The continuously flawless quality of the translation services, the short-term availability and the reliable execution make Mr Knoblauch and the team of HK Translations the go-to partner in our client projects, for which we often have to prepare extensive multi-language documentations under time pressure. HK Translations sets itself apart by not only translating properly from a linguistic view, but by also using the relevant technical terms in a way usually not requiring any additional revision.
    Dr Michael Schmidt-Versteyl, Attorney
    Managing Partner,
    SSP-Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft
  • HK Translations has already worked for us repeatedly on the translation of tax law-related documents and annual financial statements. In addition to the legal expertise, we appreciate, in particular, the reliable and professional processing of the projects. We were always very satisfied with the work provided and would recommend this company at any time.
    Ulrich Freudel,
    WP/StB,
    Managing Director dhmp GmbH & Co. KG
    Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Steuerberatungsgesellschaft
  • Whether it is company presentations, business correspondence, legal documents or financials – Mr Knoblauch and his team always deliver in continuously high quality and very quickly.
    Matthias Popp,
    Managing Director,
    Allert & Co. - Wertorientierte Unternehmenstransaktionen
  • Whenever we require the timely and high-quality translation of employment contracts and other legal documents, for years I have always only turned to HK Translations. We are highly satisfied with the work performance.
    Ulrike Müller,
    Human Resources,
    Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG
  • HK Translations has already delivered translations to us in a number of real property transactions to our fullest satisfaction.
    Dr Holger Trenkelbach,
    Attorney,
    Henkel Rechtsanwälte
  • We know and appreciate Mr Knoblauch as a fellow lawyer who knows highly complex transactions from his own experience; this is reflected in the quality of the translations.
    Dr Andreas Merkner, Attorney
    Partner,
    Glade Michel Wirtz Rechtsanwälte

Translation

Languages

Based on demand in our home market, Germany, the largest part of our work concerns translations from German to English or, respectively, from English to German. In addition, members of our team are also able to provide translations from and into the following languages: French, Spanish and Greek. Besides, in the case of other required language pairs, we are able in many cases to recommend competent and well-proven colleagues, with whom we and our clients have already collaborated successfully.

Fee structure – overview

The services fees structure of HK Translations is clear and transparent. Key facts at a glance:

  • no minimum fee per order
  • guaranteed fee amount at the time of assignment of the translation project
  • no lump-sum surcharges for overnight, weekend or holiday work
  • no surcharges for express delivery or text complexity
Standard fee (1 text line = 55 characters): EUR 2.60 per line
Extra formatting required (+ 25%): EUR 3.25 per line
Overnight, weekend or holiday surcharge (+ 50%):
(only if expressly agreed, only for the concerned part of the text)		 EUR 3.90 per line
Subsequent implementation of changes (mark-up) EUR 250.00 / hour

Fee structure – details

You would like to know more about our fee structure? Here are the details regarding the cost of your translation project:

The relevant parameters for the price of a translation are:

  • the length of the text to be translated,
  • its original format as well as
  • any expressly agreed night, weekend or holiday surcharges, if applicable.

The starting point of the calculation is the standard text line fee of EUR 2.60 per line, with a standard text line consisting of 55 characters (i.e. characters including spaces and punctuation). The calculation is made on the basis of the document in the original language; this way, you know exactly – at the time of assigning a translation project – what the amount of the service fees will be. (By the way: with the statistics functions of MS Word (-> Menu “Review” -> “Proofing” -> “Word count”) you can easily make a preliminary estimate of the service fees yourself).

If the work on the original document requires considerable extra time for formatting, because it is not in a readily editable format (for example, it is only available as scan, non-editable PDF, fax etc.), a formatting surcharge of 25% applies.

Only to the extent that it has been previously agreed with the client that work on a translation project is to be done overnight, on weekends or holidays, a surcharge of 50% applies to that part of the translation work which, on the basis of the agreement, is to be completed during these times.

For the implementation of significant subsequent changes made to an original text which had already been translated, the fee for the revision work is calculated on a time basis at an hourly rate of EUR 250.00. Of course, this applies only to actual extra work which is expressly commissioned by the client. The surcharge for work which is done overnight, on weekends or holidays also applies in this regard.

You have further questions regarding our services or prices? We look forward to your call, fax or e-mail! Of course, we are happy to submit a binding offer to you upon request.

Sample translation

Proof of qualifications and experience and statements from satisfied customers give valuable indications – but at the end of the day it is only the quality actually delivered that counts.

Therefore: put us to the test!

If you are a new client or if you wish to convince one of your customers (who is not yet among our customer base) to entrust us with a translation, we offer you a sample translation at reduced rates:

  • up to 4 standard A4 pages free of charge
  • up to 8 standard A4 pages with a discount of 50%
  • if your text has more than 8 pages, we are happy to submit to you an individual offer with a new client discount