Specialist Translation • Rome, New York • 20 Languages

When the subject matter is specialized, the translator should be too.

IZ Translations works with subject-matter experts: scientists who translate scientific papers, financial professionals who handle regulatory filings, and literary specialists who treat a novel as literature rather than a document to be processed.

6
Specialist domains
20+
Language pairs
7 yrs
Operating
IZ Translations specialist workspace
Our approach

Specialization by domain, not by word count.

Domain expertise matters.

A general-purpose translator can handle a business email between parties fluent in both languages. They cannot reliably handle a patent specification, a peer-reviewed research paper, or an annual report for a regulated financial institution. The vocabulary in those documents is too specific, and the consequences of errors too significant.

Specialist translators, not generalists.

Every project is assigned to a translator whose professional background matches the content type. Technical documents go to translators who studied engineering or science. Financial content goes to professionals with banking or accounting experience. This is not a niche claim -- it is how the work stays accurate.

Services

Six specialist domains

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Work that delivered

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Client Reviews

From scientists, editors, and finance directors

Dr. E. Kowalczyk
Senior Research Director, Life Sciences Institute
R. Fanucci
Executive Editor, Harborview Press
C. Santini
CFO, Bergamo Capital Advisors

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Process

How every project works

Four steps. The same approach every time, whether you are sending 500 words or 50,000.

01
Brief & Upload

Tell us the subject, audience, and purpose. Upload your files or send a text sample. We assess the specialist level required and confirm scope within the same business day.

02
Translator Matching

We select a translator with verified expertise in your content type. Domain background is checked, not assumed. For highly technical content, we may ask the client for a terminology reference before starting.

03
Translation & Review

Translation is produced by the specialist, then reviewed by a second reader with knowledge of the field. We catch terminology errors, style inconsistencies, and formatting problems before delivery.

04
Delivery & Follow-up

Files delivered in your requested format on or before the confirmed date. We include a translation notes document for complex projects explaining key terminology decisions. Available for questions for 14 days post-delivery.

Pricing

Four package tiers

All prices in USD. Fixed quotes before work starts.

Essential
Up to 2,000 words
$ 124.60
  • Up to 2,000 words
  • One language pair
  • Human translator
  • 5-day delivery
  • PDF or Word delivery
  • +1 more included
Order Essential
Standard
Up to 6,000 words
$ 268.35
  • Up to 6,000 words
  • 2 language pairs
  • Domain specialist translator
  • 4-day delivery
  • All file formats
  • +2 more included
Order Standard
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Advanced
Up to 15,000 words
$ 524.75
  • Up to 15,000 words
  • Up to 4 language pairs
  • Senior specialist translator
  • Peer review included
  • 3-day priority delivery
  • +4 more included
Order Advanced
Premium
Up to Unlimited words
$ 978.40
  • Unlimited word count
  • Unlimited language pairs
  • Dedicated translator team
  • Project manager
  • Ongoing translation memory
  • +4 more included
Order Premium

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Fixed quote. Domain specialist. Confirmed deadline. Same business day response.

FAQ

Questions about how we work

We verify educational background and professional experience when onboarding translators. A translator claiming financial expertise needs to show prior work with financial content and, for senior roles, a finance-related degree or equivalent professional qualification. We do not rely on self-reported specializations.
For new technical or scientific projects, we build a project-specific glossary before translation begins, ideally with input from the client. For ongoing clients, we maintain and update a shared translation memory that carries consistent terminology across all projects.
Yes. Our 12-Hour Rush add-on is available for projects up to 3,000 words with sufficient specialist availability. For larger urgent projects, we may bring in additional reviewers to meet the timeline. We are honest about what is and is not achievable -- we will not promise a deadline we cannot keep.
Not as a standard practice. For high-volume, low-complexity content where the client explicitly wants MTPE (machine translation with human post-editing), we can discuss this and price it separately. We will never submit MTPE as full human translation or apply it to technical, legal, financial, or literary content without explicit client agreement.
Our active specialist pairs include French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Czech, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Japanese, Mandarin, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, Greek, and Romanian. Contact us for language pairs not listed -- specialist availability varies by language and domain.
Literary translation is priced per project rather than purely per word, because the work involved does not scale linearly with word count. A complex poetry translation takes more time per word than general prose. We assess the difficulty of the source text and provide a fixed project quote.
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