Summary Translation

Find out more about summary translation and how it can be useful to your business and daily needs.

summary translation

Many documents, especially those used in business and legal dealings, come in large volumes of material. Often, the recipients of the translated version do not need to read the entirety of the document. Instead, they want to know the highlights or the gist. Summary translation is the solution to this. Also called gist translation, it allows the readers to understand the important points of the documents without having to go through the lengthy details.

Summary translations also work well when the deadline is tight. Without having to do a full translation of the original document, it is completed in a shorter span of time.

To create a summarized and translated version of your document, the professional translator will read through the entire document first. And then, he or she will determine the significant points. The output provides readers with a translated summary that is concise and accurate with the essential content of the document.

While the final translated document is usually not used for distribution or publishing, the costs are usually lower compared to doing a full translation. Some examples of documents that are summarized and translated are:

merger acquisition transactions
litigation discoveries
newspaper articles
press releases
other published materials
lengthy notarized documents
contracts and agreements with substantial amount of foreign language
bank statements
financial documents
legal and arbitration decisions

Only a professional translator must perform a summary translation service. This is because of the complexity of the type of documents handled as well as the expertise needed to complete the job.

Summary translations can help you save time and money. Fina out more about summary translation services at Language Direct.

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