HAZARD COMMUNICATION TRANSLATION RESOURCES Introduction

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1 HAZARD COMMUNICATION TRANSLATION RESOURCES Introduction Purpose To create a list of translation resources that will aid in the selection of an appropriate firm to meet the user s requirements for the translation of hazard communication documents from English to other languages. Disclaimer Inclusion of the sources listed is for information purposes only. It does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement of any kind by SCHC. The user must determine the suitability of any reference materials for their purposes. Addition of Sources The specific sources listed are based on personal knowledge of committee members and other SCHC members, or were obtained by reviewing the available resources and literature. Individuals interested in submitting a source for future updates should send the information to the Hazard Communication Resource Committee, SCHC, P.O. Box 1392, Annandale, VA Phone, (703) ; fax, (703) ; , schc.lori@verizon.net; web site, Contents Below are listed the sections of this document: Section List of Translation Firms in Alphabetical Order List by Language, in Alphabetical Order, Showing Which Firms Translate Documents From English to that Language Pages Revision 4 Revised and revised Global Languages and Cultures, Inc. 1

2 List of Translation Firms in Alphabetical Order In addition to contacting individual firms, you may want to contact: The American Translator s Association: WEB ADDRESS: WEB ADDRESS FOR ADVANCED SEARCH FOR COMPANIES BY CATEGORY: Among the categories you can search are: Medicine Pharmaceuticals Medicine Toxicology Pure Sciences Chemistry. COMPANY NAME: ADDRESS: 4325 Athens Highway, Suite 4-13, Loganville (Atlanta), GA WEB ADDRESS: & PHONE: dword or FAX: webmaster@3dword.com LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Many, including: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian COMPANY NAME: AAA Translators, Inc. ADDRESS: 3030 Elmore Park Road, Memphis, TN 38134; also Nashville, Dallas, Houston, Tel Aviv, Rio De Janero WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: aaa@translators.com LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: A total of 150 languages and dialects, including: Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish COMPANY NAME: A&L Spanish Translations, Inc. ADDRESS: P.O. Box 8604, Hobe Sound, FL WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: mail@spanishtrans.com CONTACT PEOPLE: Leonardo Arqandona and Anamaria Arqandona LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Spanish (including regional dialects) 2

3 COMPANY NAME: ADDRESS: 806 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Phillipino (Tagalog), Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish COMPANY NAME: Jaime Aguirre (Spanish translator) ADDRESS: 102 Brookwood Court, Vernon Hills, IL WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Spanish COMPANY NAME: Alis Technologies, Inc. (includes the former Walter Ego Company) ADDRESS: WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and others COMPANY NAME: ADDRESS: Lungbyvey 20,3, DK2100, Copenhagen, Denmark WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: CONTACT PERSON: Agate Kjearsgaard LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (U.S.), Finnish, French (Canada), French (France), German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin America), Thai, Turkish 3

4 COMPANY NAME: Chemical Exchange Directory S.A. ADDRESS: 54 bis Ruete Des Acacias, CH-1227 Geneva, Switzerland WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: CONTACT PERSON: Dr. Douglas Mowat LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: All western European languages and most eastern European languages COMPANY NAME: ADDRESS: Kogle Alle 2, 2970 Horsholm, Denmark WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovakian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish COMPANY NAME: DellTech Laboratories, Ltd. ADDRESS: UWO Research Park, 100 Collip Circle, London, Ontario, Canada N6G 4X8 WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Canadian French, Spanish COMPANY NAME: ADDRESS: 3 Gateway Center, Floor 14 West, Pittsburgh, PA WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: hazardcommtranslations@echotrans.com LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish 4

5 COMPANY NAME: ADDRESS: 600 Beaver Street 2C, Sewickley, PA WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: & FLUENT FAX: & 800-4US-TEXT CONTACT PERSON: John Cartus LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese. COMPANY NAME: ADDRESS: 400 North May Street, Suite 101, Chicago, IL WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: CELL PHONE: CONTACT PERSON: Janie Markos (Business Development Manager) CONTACT PERSON LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: 98 languages and dialects spoken in Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa, including: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Bengali, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese (traditional), Chinese (simplified), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Farsi, Finnish, Flemish, French (Canada), French (France), Gaelic, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malaysian, Malayalam, Maltese, Mandalay, Marathi, Nepali, Norwegian, Pashto, Philippino (Tagalog), Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Swahjili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukranian & Urdu. 5

6 COMPANY NAME: GLTaC (Global Language Translation and Consulting, Inc.) ADDRESS: 720 West Wackerly Street, Suite 8, Midland, MI WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: or FAX: CONTACT PERSON: Douglas J. Strouck, Vice President, Market Development LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Africaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese simplified, Chinese - traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Farsi, Finnish, French (France), French (Canadian), Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malaysian (Malay), Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog (Filipino),Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, plus most common languages, such as Canadian French and Brazilian Portuguese, etc. COMPANY NAME: Gracor Language Services, Inc. ADDRESS: 159 Baranof West, Westerville, OH WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: CONTACT PERSON: Romi Hubbard sales@gracor.com LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: 55 languages including most Pacific rim, all 12 EU, most eastern European languages and most common middle eastern languages. COMPANY NAME: ICC The Compliance Center Inc. ADDRESS: 205 Matheson Boulevard East, Unit #7, Mississauga, Ontaio L4Z 1X8 WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: djuchniewicz@thecompliancecenter.com CONTACT PERSON: Danuta Juchniewicz LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Not specified 6

7 COMPANY NAME: Intersol, Inc. ADDRESS: Three Point Drive, Suite 301, Brea, CA WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: CONTACT PERSON: Susanna Turbitt LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, others ( Most European, Asian and Middle East languages ). COMPANY NAME: Intertech Translations Ltd. ADDRESS: P.O.Box 60762, King of Prussia, PA PHONE: FAX: Intltd@aol.com CONTACT PERSON: Carole Kennedy and Stan Hart LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: All European languages and most Asian languages. Call for unusual languages. COMPANY NAME: IPSM (International Product Safety Management, Inc.) see Ariel Research Corporation Europe ApS COMPANY NAME: J-Tech Translations ADDRESS: 801 Country Place Drive, #109, Houston, TX WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: steven_johnston@mcimail.com LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Japanese 7

8 COMPANY NAME: 33 Des Agarics, Blainville, Quebec J7C 5G1, CANADA WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: , ext. 2 FAX: lseguin@kemikaxxi.com CONTACT PERSON: Luc Séguin, Ph.D. LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (Canada), French (France), German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandalay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (Mexico Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Turkish. COMPANY NAME:, Inc. ADDRESS: 1673 Richmond Street, Suite 501, London, Ontario, N6G 2N3, Canada WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: info@nexreg.ca LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Flemish, French (France), French (Canada), Gaelic, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian. Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovakian, Spanish, Slovenian, Swahilli, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese. COMPANY NAME: Okada & Sellin Translations, LLC ADDRESS: 1950 Addison Street, Suite 101, Berkeley, CA WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: okada@ostrans.com LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: All major European and Asian languages. COMPANY NAME: ProActive Translations, Inc. (in the Biomedical area only) ADDRESS: WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: info@biomedtranslation.com LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: 60 different languages. 8

9 COMPANY NAME: ADDRESS: 910 West Avenue, Austin, TX WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: & FAX: CONTACT PERSON: Corrie Palm or Carla Heironimus LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (France), French (Canada), German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Norwegian, Philippino (Tagalog), Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovakian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukranian. Translations to and from virtually any language. Contact us regarding translation of any unlisted languages. COMPANY NAME: TeLegis ADDRESS: (in France) WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: French COMPANY NAME: Tom Inc. ADDRESS: Kimura Bldg. 4F, Kita 17, Nishi3, Kita-ku, Sapporo, , Japan WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: CONTACT PERSON: Kumiko Shirasaka LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Japanese, Korean COMPANY NAME: Translation Aces ADDRESS: 29 Broadway, Suite 2301, New York, NY WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Many languages 9

10 COMPANY NAME: Transperfect Translations ADDRESS: 601 Thirteenth Street, NW, Suite 320 North, Washington, DC WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: CONTACT PERSON: Anna Islinger, Account Manager LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Expertise in over 150 languages including all major languages in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. COMPANY NAME: Walter Ego (now part of Alis Technologies, Inc., which see) COMPANY NAME:, Inc. ADDRESS: 824 Candlewood Circle 110 Munsey Avenue Ormond Beach FL Pittsburgh, PA WEB ADDRESS: PHONE: & FAX: CONTACT PERSON: Teresa Jackson LANGUAGES TRANSLATED: Many, including: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese. Contact us regarding additional languages. 10

11 List by Language, in Alphabetical Order, Showing Which Firms Translate Documents from English to that Language (see end of list for unspecified languages) AFRICAANS ALBANIAN ARABIC ARMENIAN ASSAMESE BENGALI 11

12 BELARUSIAN BOSNIAN BULGARIAN BURMESE CAMBODIAN CHINESE (unspecified dialect) 12

13 CHINESE (simplified) Alis Technologies, Inc. (includes the former Walter Ego Company) CHINESE (traditional) Alis Technologies, Inc. (includes the former Walter Ego Company) CROATIAN CZECH 13

14 DANISH AAA Translators, Inc. DUTCH AAA Translators, Inc. Alis Technologies, Inc. (includes the former Walter Ego Company) ESTONIAN FARSI 14

15 FINNISH FLEMISH FRENCH (unspecified region) AAA Translators, Inc. Alis Technologies, Inc. (includes the former Walter Ego Company) Intersol, Inc. FRENCH (Canada) DellTech Laboratories, Ltd. 15

16 FRENCH (France) IPSM (International Product Safety Management, Inc. TeLegis GAELIC GEORGIAN GERMAN AAA Translators, Inc. Alis Technologies, Inc. (includes the former Walter Ego Company) Intersol, Inc. GEORGIAN 16

17 GREEK GUJARATI HEBREW HINDI HMONG 17

18 HUNGARIAN ICELANDIC INDONESIAN Intersol, Inc. 18

19 ITALIAN AAA Translators, Inc. Alis Technologies, Inc. (includes the former Walter Ego Company) Intersol, Inc. JAPANESE Alis Technologies, Inc. (includes the former Walter Ego Company) Intersol, Inc. J-Tech Translations Tom Inc. KANNADA 19

20 KOREAN Alis Technologies, Inc. (includes the former Walter Ego Company) Tom Inc. LAO LATVIAN LITHUANIAN MACEDONIAN MALAYSIAN 20

21 MALAYALAM MALTESE MANDALAY MARATHI NEPALI NORWEGIAN AAA Translators, Inc. PASHTO 21

22 PHILIPPINO (TAGALOG) POLISH PORTUGUESE AAA Translators, Inc. Alis Technologies, Inc. (includes the former Walter Ego Company) Intersol, Inc. PUNJABI 22

23 ROMANIAN RUSSIAN Intersol, Inc. SERBIAN SLOVAKIAN SLOVENIAN 23

24 SPANISH (unspecified region) AAA Translators, Inc. Jaime Aguirre Alis Technologies, Inc. (includes the former Walter Ego Company) DellTech Laboratories, Ltd. Intersol, Inc. SPANISH (Latin America) A&L Spanish Translations, Inc. (and Mexico) SPANISH (Spain) A&L Spanish Translations, Inc. SWAHJILI 24

25 SWEDISH AAA Translators, Inc. Alis Technologies, Inc. (includes the former Walter Ego Company) TAMIL TELUGU THAI TURKISH 25

26 UKRANIAN URDU VIETNAMESE UNSPECIFIED, OTHER, ETC. Many others AAA Translators, Inc. - A total of 150 languages and dialects - Others Alis Technologies, Inc. (includes the former Walter Ego Company) - Others Chemical Exchange Directory S.A. - All western European languages and most Eastern European languages - 98 languages and dialects spoken in Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa. Plus most common sublanguages, such as Canadian French, Brazilian Portuguese, etc. Gracor Language Services, Inc languages including most Pacific Rim, all 12 EU, most Eastern European languages and most common Middle Eastern languages. ICC The Compliance Center Inc. Not specified Intersol, Inc. - Most European, Asian and Middle Eastern languages. Intertech Translations Ltd. - All European languages and most Asian languages. Call for unusual languages. Okada & Sellin Translations, LLC - All major European and Asian languages. ProActive Translations, Inc. (in the Biomedical area only) - 60 different languages. Translations to and from virtually any language. Contact us regarding translation of any unlisted languages. Translation Aces - Many languages 26

27 UNSPECIFIED, OTHER, ETC. (continued) Transperfect Translations Expertise in over 150 languages including all major languages in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. - Contact us regarding additional languages. 27