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

Conducting negotiations / Interpreting

Our service

Over the years, there have been several occasions where our customers needed to conduct negotiations in connection with documents translated by us and asked us to support them in this respect, because they considered their foreign language proficiency to not be sufficient to conduct negotiations. Since this is not unusual, especially with small and medium-sized enterprises and law firms, HK Translations meanwhile offers this support also as a separate service.

Could you also benefit from this? That is well possible, since in addition to proven language proficiency you can also rely on negotiation experience and excellent professional expertise.

Languages / personnel

In accordance with the demand in the market, support for our clients in conducting foreign language negotiations is currently offered for the following language pairs:

  • German↔English
  • German↔French
  • French↔English.

As service providers, Holger Knoblauch (German↔English) and Claire Capogrosso (all three language pairs) are at your disposal:

  • The company founder and owner, German attorney Holger Knoblauch, has spent several years living and working in English-speaking countries and knows the negotiation situation involving German and English-speaking parties from his years of practice in one of the German offices of a large US corporate law firm. After more than 10 years as a translator for texts from the areas of law, business and finance, even exotic technical terms present no problem; besides, he can draw from two “Prädikat” degrees in law.
  • Claire Capogrosso, LL.M., grew up in a bilingual environment (French and English) and studied law in England, Saarbrücken and Cologne. She has been admitted in England as a solicitor since 2011 and has several years of professional experience in different law firms in London as well as in the European Commission’s Legal Service in Brussels.

It goes without saying that both have the ability – which is indispensable for a good attorney – to quickly grasp new complex sets of facts. A sincere demeanor and absolute confidentiality are also a matter of course.

Fee structure

Support for our clients in conducting foreign language negotiations is invoiced on an hourly rate basis at an hourly rate of EUR 200.00. Travel time (e.g. to preparatory meetings/briefings or to the venue of the negotiations) are invoiced at 50% of the hourly rate. Agreed travel and/or accommodation expenses that have been advanced have to be reimbursed upon submission of the relevant receipts.

Non-binding meeting / references

Obviously, for practical reasons it is not possible for us to offer you a “test negotiation”. However, Mr Knoblauch and Ms Capogrosso are at your disposal for a non-binding get-to-know meeting – in this case, only any incurred travel expenses etc. have to be reimbursed. In addition, we are happy to refer you to other customers who have already used our service “support in conducting foreign language negotiations”.