Prices
We do not publish a tariff. A page of a handwritten discharge letter and a page of a printed laboratory report are not the same job, and an interpreting assignment depends on the time booked and the place. Send us the document, or describe the appointment, and you get one fixed figure back.
The figure you receive is the figure on the invoice. It covers certification, the layout work and postage within Switzerland for a translation, and the booked time, the travel and the mode for an interpreting assignment. It is valid for thirty days, and nothing is added afterwards without your written agreement.
What the price depends on
Length and repetition
Word count, and how much of a long file repeats itself. A fifty-page insurance dossier costs less per page than a single page.
Language combination
How many specialists work in that direction. German into French is routine; Albanian into Portuguese is not.
Field and legibility
A printed radiology report and a handwritten operation note take very different amounts of work, even at equal length.
Deadline
Standard, next morning, same day or over a weekend. Urgency is the one factor entirely in your hands.
Certification and legalisation
The certificate of accuracy is included. A notary, a cantonal apostille or an embassy step adds official fees, which we pass on unchanged.
Interpreting: time, place, mode
Interpreting is quoted by time, not by word: the length of the appointment, the address, the travel involved, and whether it runs on site, by telephone or by video.
Send the document or describe the appointment and you have the price within 60 minutes on working days, by email or on WhatsApp.
How an order works
Send the document
A phone photo is enough to start. Attach the file to the form, by email or on WhatsApp.
Receive a fixed quote
Within 60 minutes on working days: price, deadline and the exact form of certification required.
Translation and revision
A subject specialist translates, a second linguist revises, and terminology is checked against your earlier files.
Certification and delivery
You receive a signed PDF the same day and, where needed, the stamped paper original plus apostille or embassy legalisation by post.
Frequently asked questions
Will a Swiss authority accept your translation?
Yes. Every certified translation is bound to a copy of the source document and carries our stamp, the translator's signature and a declaration of completeness and accuracy. Switzerland has no single national register of sworn translators, so authorities look at the certification and, where the document travels abroad, at the notarisation and apostille. Tell us which office will receive the file and we will apply the exact form it requires.
How much does a medical translation cost?
Price depends on word count, language combination, the level of specialisation and whether certification, notarisation or an apostille is needed. A one-page medical certificate is a small fixed fee; a fifty-page oncology file is quoted per word. Send the document and you get one figure that includes certification and postage, valid for thirty days.
Do you handle the apostille yourselves?
Yes. After certification we take the file to a notary, then to the state chancellery of the canton concerned for the apostille under the 1961 Hague Convention. If the destination country is not a party to that convention, the document continues to the Federal Chancellery, the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and then the relevant embassy or consulate. You approve the route and the fees before we begin.