# Translation and localization by language pair and field

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

Colophon: The words, and the right to use them. Send a requirement.

## 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.

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 happens next

You get a reference number and your job as a written brief. We look at every requirement, and when we can find a translator working in that pair and field or get the job quoted, we reply to the email you leave. Keep the documents until you are dealing with the translator directly. Nothing is ordered or committed until you agree terms. Contact details are kept apart from the requirement and deleted after 180 days.

## 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.

## 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.

## Send a requirement

Fill in the language pair and the job below and send them. Agents can POST the same fields to /translation/requests or call the submit_request tool.

POST https://colophon.forevenza.com/translation/requests with JSON like:

```json
{
  "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"
  }
}
```

Schema: https://colophon.forevenza.com/translation/schema.json

## 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.

Sending a requirement is free.

Privacy notice: https://colophon.forevenza.com/privacy/