Websites for translators and interpreters
Web design for translators and interpreters: £249.99 to build, then £49.99 a month, no minimum term. Certified documents are the reliable work. Make that path obvious.
A large share of steady translation work is documents needed for an official purpose: visas, marriage, university applications, court, medical registration. The client has been told to provide a certified translation and is anxious about getting it wrong.
That is a specific, urgent, well-defined need — and quite separate from commercial translation, which is bought on expertise in a subject and in a market.
What your customers want answered
- Can you provide a certified translation that will be accepted
- What does it cost and how quickly can you do it
- Which languages and which subject areas
- Do I get a hard copy, and is it posted
- Do you do interpreting as well, and in person or remotely
Explain what certification actually means hereRequirements differ depending on who is asking, and clients frequently do not know what their institution needs. A clear explanation of what a certified translation includes, and what to check with the receiving body, prevents a rejected document and makes you the obvious choice.
Competing with machine translation on price
For commercial work the argument is accuracy, register and consequence, not cost per word. For certified work the argument is acceptance. Neither is a price fight worth entering.
Languages, specialisms and documents
Clients search by language pair and document type. List your language pairs, specialisms such as legal, medical or technical, and whether you provide certified translations for official use.
Explain how to send documents, how quotes are worked out, typical turnaround and confidentiality.
Credentials
Show qualifications and professional membership, and describe the kinds of documents you translate without sharing real client content.
Accuracy and quality checks
Explain how you check your work: proofreading, terminology research, consistency checks and, for important documents, review by a second linguist. Say how you handle questions about unclear source text.
Mention related services you offer, such as interpreting, localisation of websites, subtitling or transcription. Explain confidentiality and how documents are stored and deleted after a job.
Common questions
- What should a translator's website include?
- Language pairs, specialisms, certified translations, how to send documents, quotes, turnaround, confidentiality and credentials.
- Should I explain certified translations?
- Yes. People often need them for official use.
- Can clients upload documents for a quote?
- Yes, a secure upload form helps.
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