For 10 years, >>pro-verbial has been offering clients a wide range of first-rate language services. Our core team takes the lead for French texts and translations, and we rely on our select network of experienced language professionals for your multilingual projects.
Our areas of expertise include the following:
– the world of science
technology & innovation
health & the environment
social sciences & humanities
– the art of living
lifestyle & beauty
art & culture
education & professional training
– the service sector
tourism & hospitality
family offices & administration
communication & marketing
“The art of taking liberties in order to stay true to the original message”
Our in-house team translates your texts into French (our native language); specialised language professionals from our network are responsible for translating into German, Italian and English. To guarantee first-rate results, we draw on our experience and expertise, and we use proven translation tools: our glossaries and translation memories are tailored to the individual client and kept up to date.
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Are you looking for a careful and objective reader to edit your texts and polish them to perfection? An excellent idea! We highly recommend this service, regardless of content or text type.
With our revision service, we make all the necessary corrections:
If more than the basics are required, we also optimise your texts:
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Artificial intelligence: machine translation has advantages and disadvantages.
Clients who first try out machine translation (MT) are often pleasantly surprised by the results. On closer look, however, they soon discover that the errors are only well hidden. It takes a human eye – and brain! – to identify the problems and to revise machine-translated texts. This task is called post-editing, and it’s one of the services we offer:
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Good translations are often more than just a translation of the content – they are what is called a “transcreation.”
Transcreation unites the practices of translation, localisation, text creation or writing. At >>pro-verbial, we’re interested in understanding your multilingual communication needs – so we can translate your texts with a creative touch, adapting them to the target audience and culture
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>>pro-verbial is the ideal partner for complex, multicultural projects.
When managing your multilingual projects, we help you identify your goals and expectations, and we stay in touch, ensuring constructive and transparent communications throughout the entire process. We draw on our expertise and collaborate with the specialists in our professional network to guarantee outstanding results.
Our service for multilingual projects covers the following:
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>>pro-verbial offers plain & accessible language translations in French. Please refer to the French version of our website for information on this service (langage clair & FALC).
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>>pro-verbial is the right address for your multilingual communications: we accept (almost!) all types of documents in (almost!) all formats. For confidential or online projects, we also work on site, upon arrangement.
annual reports blogs newsletters correspondence catalogues news releases websites technical documentationreports and studies articles magazines presentations commercial documents
This is the founding principle at >>pro-verbial, which we established in 2012 in Zurich by uniting our individual strengths and skills. For the past 10 years, we have been supporting our clients in their multilingual communications. Our approach includes a healthy dose of perfectionism, and we take pride in our attention to detail, our professionalism and our flexibility.
Alexandra de Bourbon >>
A Swiss citizen of German and Russian heritage, I grew up in Vaud and Geneva.
After completing my Swiss academic baccalaureate, I indulged my love of language and travelling before returning to Switzerland and earning a federal qualification as a fiduciary agent in Lausanne.
I have always worked in multilingual settings, and all things related to literature and good writing are an integral part of my life. Curious by nature and with a keen interest in the world and world events, I have acquired a wide range of skills in various fields – publishing, public relations, administration, education. This background knowledge now benefits >>pro-verbial’s clients.
I have been living in Zurich since 2003, where I enjoyed raising my children. In 2012, I co-founded >>pro-verbial and now look back on over 30 years of experience in translating, writing, proofreading, revising and rewriting French and English texts.
To further expand my repertoire, I earned a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Techniques of Written Communication at the University of Geneva (September 2021 to June 2022).
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Anne-Sophie Meili >>
A French and Swiss dual citizen, I was born in Lausanne and grew up in French-speaking Switzerland.
After completing my Swiss academic baccalaureate in Geneva, I studied art history at the University of Zurich and then earned a bachelor’s degree in the conservation-restoration of paintings at the Bern University of Applied Sciences.
My professional activities have led me to Switzerland, France and Germany, where I have taken on positions in the history and technology of art, materials science, and natural and technical sciences. I moved to Zurich in 1997 and co-founded >>pro-verbial in 2012. In addition to art, culture, technology and science, my skillset encompasses lifestyle, marketing, administration and public relations, health and the environment, and I offer the transcreation (creative translation) of slogans and ads.
I have 30 years of experience in translating, editing, proofreading and localising texts from German and Swiss German into French, including Plain and Accessible Language.
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The >>pro-verbial team is your main point of contact, and our first step is to help you identify your language needs. Where required, we work with experts from our network of translators. We have developed close ties to these specialists and can attest to their professional skills, their discretion and their dependability. This means we can offer our clients first-rate language services in French, German, Italian and English.
As a >>pro-verbial client, you are assigned a single contact person who gets to know you and your language goals, and who coordinates all work processes, including follow-up activities to ensure that your communication needs, instructions and objectives are understood and met in full. In the case of confidential or online projects, we also work on site, upon arrangement.
We work for small and large companies as well as organisations and institutions in the private and public sector. Our clients value high-quality texts, and they appreciate our professionalism, flexibility and attention to detail. References are available on request.
I read your translation of our website and want to thank you for the excellent work. The translation relays our message – accurately and in a language that is easy to understand, even for non-native English speakers. I would also like to thank you for revising the original French text and for your constructive comments.
The texts >>pro-verbial translates for us are technically and editorially demanding. We greatly appreciate their competence and reliability.
We needed a German-to-French translation of a long report for various stakeholders in public administration. Despite the highly technical vocabulary in the field of restoration-conservation of cultural heritage at museums, the translation we received was true to the complex original content and clearly formulated. A perfect balance between accurate message transmission and natural, accessible language.
Thank you for the excellent translation of our flyer and for meeting all the deadlines.
The quality of your texts is impeccable. You seem to work miracles despite the pressure of tight deadlines.
>>pro-verbial regularly translates Kunst-und-Bau study contracts for selected French-speaking artists. We very much appreciate the excellent quality of their work as well as their ability to always meets our deadlines. These study contracts contain highly technical terms about materials, artistic techniques, architecture, concepts and design. That these are translated with great accuracy is of the utmost importance to us because it is important that artists understand what is expected of them. >>pro-verbial can always be counted on.
At >>pro-verbial, we base our rates on the type of work, the language combination, the complexity of the texts to be translated and the deadline. All prices for translation include translation editing (“four-eye principle”). When necessary, a second revision (“six-eye principle”) is charged on an hourly basis.
All rates are net prices, plus Swiss VAT (except for services invoiced outside Switzerland).
Urgent requests (deadlines of less than 24 hours, overnight assignments, work on weekends or public holidays) may be subject to a surcharge of 50 to 100 percent. For certain assignments, a fixed price or a service contract may also be agreed.
When hiring >>pro-verbial, clients agree to our general terms and conditions (external link).
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