ISO 9001 
ISO 17100 
ISO 18587 LinguaVox provides metallurgy translation services for metal producers, foundries, component manufacturers, laboratories and engineering teams. We manage multilingual projects in more than 150 languages, combining specialist translators, project management, terminology control and review workflows according to what each assignment requires.
Translation for the metallurgy and metals sector
Metallurgy translation deals with materials, treatments, properties, standards and testing methods, and each of these has precise terminology that general technical language cannot cover. Because these terms travel with the metal through specification, production and certification, a single loose rendering can follow a batch all the way to the customer, which is why we treat them as fixed reference data rather than ordinary text. An alloy designation, a heat-treatment process, a mechanical-test result or a standard reference means something specific, and rendering it loosely changes the meaning. Much of this content also crosses borders as part of supply and certification: a material certificate or test report travels with the metal, so the translation has to be as reliable as the original document.
Before we quote, we identify the document type, reader, destination market, format and review level, because those points determine the translator profile and quality workflow.
Documents we translate
Typical documents include material specifications, mechanical and chemical test reports, inspection and material certificates, safety documentation, process and heat-treatment manuals, product catalogues, technical standards and supplier documentation. Some are dense with figures, grades and standard references; some are narrative process descriptions. We handle each so that grades, values and standard designations are preserved exactly while the descriptive text is translated.
Before quoting, we review the files whenever possible to identify non-editable text, tables, screenshots, embedded content, repetitions, multilingual layouts, versioning issues and instructions that should be applied during translation.
Specialist translators and quality control
Projects are assigned to translators with metallurgy or materials experience and the right language combination. Where the project runs under ISO 17100, a second qualified linguist carries out a bilingual revision against the source, with attention to grades, values and standards, and the project manager then checks files, instructions and delivery format before completion.
Where machine translation is the agreed approach for suitable content, we provide full post-editing under ISO 18587. A lighter post-editing level is only used when it is explicitly agreed for the content concerned and is not equivalent to full post-editing under ISO 18587. Certificates and test reports are normally handled by human translation with revision.
Grades, standards and test certificates
Three things recur in metallurgy projects. Alloy and material grades must be named consistently and never approximated; standard references — whether EN, ISO, ASTM or others — must be cited exactly as in the source; and test and inspection certificates, such as the inspection documents that accompany delivered metal, must keep every figure and result precisely. We manage this with a controlled glossary of grades, treatments and standards and a translation memory, preserve numerical and reference content during translation, and verify it at revision. Where a certificate or report will be used for certification or supply purposes and needs certifying, we can provide a certified translation, though acceptance always depends on the body receiving it. For producers shipping to several countries, we can keep one master set of grades and standards and reuse it across every certificate and report, so that the same steel or alloy is described identically wherever it is delivered.
Related services
Metallurgy translation often connects with technical translation, legal and certified translation, quality and laboratory documentation, desktop publishing, website localisation and terminology management. The right combination depends on the files and on how the content will be used.
How to request a quote
To prepare an accurate quote, send the files, the language combination, the deadline, the destination markets and the intended use, with any previous translations, specifications, glossaries or style preferences. For larger projects we can organise staged deliveries, separate files by language and keep a consistent structure across markets, so translation fits your quality and supply workflows.
Frequently asked questions
How do you keep alloy grades and standard references consistent?
We hold grades, treatments and standard references — EN, ISO, ASTM and others — in a controlled glossary and apply them across every document, citing them exactly as in the source. They are checked again at revision, because an approximated grade or standard changes the technical meaning.
Do you translate material certificates and test reports?
Yes. We translate inspection and material certificates and mechanical or chemical test reports, keeping every figure, result and reference exactly as recorded and translating only the surrounding text. These are normally handled by human translation with revision.
Can you provide certified translations of quality certificates?
Yes, where a certified version is required for certification or supply purposes. We confirm the format needed for the destination country and body, but acceptance always depends on the organisation receiving the document, not on the translation itself.
Do you handle process and heat-treatment documentation?
Yes. We translate process and heat-treatment manuals and procedures, assigning translators familiar with metallurgical processes and keeping treatment and property terminology consistent across documents through a dedicated glossary and translation memory.
Which languages do metallurgy clients usually need?
It depends on suppliers and markets, but combinations involving English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and the Nordic and Central European languages are common, along with Chinese, Russian and others. We coordinate several languages at once and keep terminology aligned across all of them.
