Established back in 1981, First Edition covers over 50 world languages and offers translation, interpreting, certification, typesetting, proofreading, voiceover and transcription services.

Our areas of speciality include:
• Arts and heritage
• Adult and children’s literature (editorial)
• B2B and B2C marketing
• Education and training
• Engineering (electronic and automotive)
• IT & telecommunications
• Law
• Life sciences, medicine & pharmaceuticals

For our commercial customers, we regularly translate websites and software interfaces, clinical trial documentation, regulatory filings for bodies such as the European Medicines Agency, IFUs, contracts and product packaging, not to menion marketing literature such as sales brochures.
For our literary clients, we translate everything from fiction to non-fiction, audiobooks to ebooks, and everything in between. Passionate about bringing stories and ideas to new audiences, we work with publishing houses big and small. We also offer typsetting so you don’t need to worry about a thing.

Last but not least, we’re highly experienced in dealing with the cultural sector. Besides being a member of the Association for Cultural Enterprises, we have collaborated with a string of world-renowned institutions such as the Royal Collection Trust, the Van Gogh Museum, The National Gallery, the National Museum of Oman, V&A Publishing, the Louvre Abu Dhabi and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

We work very closely with our qualified linguists – every single one of whom is vetted – and always choose the best-suited person for the job. Our multilingual project managers, who are also trained linguists, monitor progress and conduct quality assurance before final delivery. We are always happy to discuss your needs and advise on what approach is right for you.

Services Provided

• Translation services
• Interpreting services

Professional Services

• Adaptation
• DTP and layout
• Dubbing and subtitling
• Editing and proofreading
• Film and video scripts
• Localisation
• Project management
• Terminology management
• Transcription