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Business Team Translations has supported banks, insurance companies, investment managers, auditing firms, and corporate finance teams with professional financial translation services since 1999. Terminology, regulatory language, and numerical precision must align perfectly across every language a document appears in.

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ISO 17100:2015 Certified ISO 9001:2015 Certified Bank of China, Allianz, AXA, UniCredit, Erste Group, KPMG, PwC, Crédit Agricole

Financial documentation operates within an environment where a mistranslation in a contract clause, a disclosure document, or a compliance report is not merely a language error - it carries legal and regulatory consequences.

Our financial translators have professional backgrounds in banking, finance, accounting, or compliance - alongside their language qualifications. They understand the regulatory context behind the documents they translate, not just the vocabulary.

What we do

Language Services for Financial Services

Financial Translation

Annual reports, financial statements, banking agreements, fund documentation, insurance policies, audit materials, and compliance documentation.

Legal Translation

Banking and financial legal documents, custody agreements, fund management contracts, and regulated financial disclosures.

Certified Translation

Certified translations of financial statements, audit documentation, and official financial records for regulatory submission.

Interpreting Services

Consecutive and simultaneous interpreting for audit committee sessions, compliance meetings, and regulated institutional events.

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Track record

Clients We Have Supported

Bank of China

Banking · Regulated finance

Annual reports, accounting documentation, regulatory and disclosure materials. Over 600 pages of financial and legal documentation in a single year, with a named testimonial from the Chief Accountant.

600+ pagesNamed testimonialZH · EN · DE

KPMG

Audit · Advisory

Audit reports, advisory materials, and financial documentation across multiple European languages.

17 projects8+ languages

PwC

Audit · Statutory reporting

Financial audit documentation and statutory reporting for a global professional services firm.

2 projects · 10 jobs

Erste Group

Asset management

Custody agreements, fund management contracts, internal rulebooks, and regulated financial documentation.

18 projectsCustody & funds

AXA

Banking & insurance

Branch foundation documents, ownership resolutions, audit procurement documentation, and regulated financial content.

6 projectsCorporate filings

UniCredit

Retail & corporate banking

Marketing materials, HR documentation, and corporate communications in English, Croatian, and German.

Client since 2010EN · HR · DE

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Markets

Reporting & disclosure documentation

Audit & governance

Committee sessions & advisory materials

Regulated filings

Certified submissions to authorities

The difference

What makes financial services translation different

The problems that decide whether this work succeeds or has to be done twice.

The reporting framework decides the terminology

IFRSUS GAAPLocal GAAP

IFRS, US GAAP and local GAAP use different terms for related concepts, and the correct target term depends on which framework the statement was prepared under - not on what a dictionary offers. A translator without an accounting background produces text that reads fluently and misstates the accounting. Our financial translators have professional or academic backgrounds in the field.

Regulatory documents have fixed formulations

Prospectuses, key information documents and supervisory filings contain wording that is prescribed or strongly expected by the authority receiving them. These passages are reproduced, not improved. A translator exercising style judgement on a regulatory formulation has introduced a defect, however well it reads.

Confidentiality is operational, not just contractual

Pre-announcement results and transaction documents are price-sensitive. An NDA is the starting point, not the control. We work with named small teams, controlled file handling and no unnecessary copies - and we can tell you exactly who saw a document and when.

Coverage

Language Coverage

European

English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian.

Non-European

Chinese-English and Arabic-English for banking, corporate, and regulatory documentation.

Confidentiality

Confidentiality is fundamental to every financial translation project we handle. Non-disclosure agreements are standard and available before any documents are shared.

FAQ

Common questions

Can you translate an annual report to a reporting deadline?

Yes, and the scheduling matters more than the speed. Reporting deadlines are fixed and the source text usually arrives late and in versions. We plan for that - a named team held available, sections translated as they are finalised, and a final consistency pass across the whole document once the last figures land.

Do your financial translators have accounting backgrounds?

Yes - professional or academic qualification in accounting, finance or compliance, not general translators who accept financial work. Tell us which reporting framework applies and we will confirm the assignment before you commission it.

How do you handle pre-publication confidentiality?

A named team of the minimum size the deadline allows, individual confidentiality undertakings, secure transfer and controlled retention. If your compliance function needs a specific arrangement, we will work to it.

Ready to discuss your financial services translation project?

Send us your documents and we will prepare a detailed proposal - including pricing, timeline, and confidentiality arrangements.

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