Colophon / Translation

Translation and localization by language pair and field

Get a translation or localization job quoted: language pair, volume, subject field, certification and deadline.

Specify

Fill in the language pair and the job below and send them.

What it is for

A company entering a market, a law firm with foreign-language evidence or an applicant with documents for an immigration file needs text moved between two languages, in a subject field, sometimes certified, by a date. Rare language pairs, specialist fields and certified work are where buyers struggle on price and turnaround. Set out the language pair, volume, subject field, certification and deadline, which is what a translator prices on.

Who uses it

Marketing and product teams localizing software and content, law firms, people and their lawyers preparing immigration or academic documents, manufacturers translating manuals, and agents ordering translations.

What you get

A reference number, a brief of the translation job (language pair, volume, field, certification and deadline) translators can price, and a reply when we can get it quoted.

Who runs it, and what it costs

Colophon. Operated by Tempered Technologies LLC, 8 The Green STE B, Dover, DE 19901. Privacy questions and deletion requests: privacy@forevenza.com. Privacy notice.

Sending a requirement is free.

Scope

Any language pair; where the translation will be used is recorded as stated.

Documents are not accepted; describe them by type and length.
Whether a certified or sworn translation is accepted by a given court or agency is for that body to say.

For developers and agents

Send the same requirement as JSON to POST /translation/requests (schema: /translation/schema.json), or call the submit_request tool on the MCP endpoint at https://colophon.forevenza.com/mcp. This page as Markdown: index.md.

{
  "action": "hire",
  "need": "Translate a 42,000-word service manual for packaging machinery from English into Spanish (Mexico), Portuguese (Brazil) and Polish, delivered as InDesign files within six weeks.",
  "specifications": {
    "source_language": "English (US)",
    "target_languages": [
      "Spanish (Mexico)",
      "Portuguese (Brazil)",
      "Polish"
    ],
    "word_count": 42000,
    "subject_field": "TECHNICAL",
    "certification": "NONE",
    "deadline": "2026-12-15",
    "file_format": "Adobe InDesign (IDML)"
  },
  "quantity": {
    "amount": 126000,
    "unit": "target words"
  },
  "timing": {
    "latest": "2026-12-15"
  },
  "budget": {
    "amount": 0.16,
    "currency": "USD",
    "per": "unit"
  }
}