Sectors Turkish ↔ English
Automotive
Turkish plants build vehicles, buses and components for European markets, and UK businesses buy from them. Manuals, approval files and supplier quality documents all have to keep the same vocabulary across hundreds of pages.
Documents that come with the vehicle or the part
Manufacturers and importers send owner and workshop manuals, parts catalogues, wiring diagrams, service bulletins and warranty terms. Approval and compliance files bring type approval documents, test reports and declarations. Supplier relationships bring quality manuals, inspection reports, non-conformance reports and purchasing terms. Dealer and distribution agreements move in both directions, as do the company documents behind them — see business and company document translation.
One vocabulary, hundreds of pages
A manual set fails when the same component is called three things. We build a parts and systems glossary before the first page is translated, apply it across the whole set, and keep part numbers, torque figures, units and standard references untouched. Warnings and cautions stay warnings and cautions, in the register the source uses. Where a Turkish document uses a supplier’s internal shorthand we ask for the expansion rather than inventing one, because a plausible guess in a workshop manual is how a wrong repair gets made.
Vehicles that cross borders
Alongside corporate work, there is a steady stream of individual paperwork: a V5C logbook and insurance documents into Turkish for someone taking a car to Türkiye, described in taking a UK vehicle to Türkiye, and Turkish registration and no-claims documents into English for UK insurers. These are short, certified and usually back the next working day. Bus, coach and commercial fleet operators buying from Turkish manufacturers get the same treatment for maintenance schedules and driver instructions, which have to be unambiguous in the cab as well as in the depot.
How we quote
Manuals and technical files are quoted from the complete file, not estimated from a sample, so repetition across a series is reflected in the price. Corporate clients set a rate and a schedule terms we agree with you in writing before the first job, with project references and monthly invoicing. English into Turkish is from £6.50 per 1,000-character page and Turkish into English from £10.00, with no UK VAT charged: a 40,000-character owner’s manual into Turkish is about £260 at the standard rate, a single-page certificate is the one-page minimum, and a full workshop manual is priced after we have seen the source files and know how much of it repeats.
Frequently asked questions
Can you work in our authoring or CAT format?
Send the source files and we will tell you what we can handle directly. Structured formats keep the layout intact and cost less to produce than rebuilt PDFs.
Do you translate part numbers?
No. Part numbers, codes and standard references are reproduced exactly. Only the descriptive text around them is translated.
Is a certified translation needed for a vehicle import?
Turkish authorities generally want a translation they can rely on, and often a notarised one. We can notarise in Ankara; check with the customs office or notary handling the import first.
How do you handle a manual that has been updated?
Send both versions. We translate the changes and keep the rest consistent with what was delivered before, rather than re-translating the whole thing at full price.