7DEC
7 - 11 Dec 2026Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
Professional training course · CWS-034
Professional Translation and Localisation Skills
Organisations working across languages need translations that are accurate, natural and culturally appropriate. A literal translation can confuse readers, damage…
- 5 daysClassroom
- 49Upcoming dates
- 12Cities
- £2,250Fees from
Course overview
Introduction
Organisations working across languages need translations that are accurate, natural and culturally appropriate. A literal translation can confuse readers, damage credibility or even create legal risk, while skilful translation and localisation help organisations communicate as effectively in every market as they do at home.
This Professional Translation and Localisation Skills training course strengthens the practical skills of translators and bilingual professionals. Participants learn translation strategies, how to analyse source texts, handle terminology and style, translate specialised business, legal and technical content, adapt content for local audiences, use translation technology wisely and apply quality assurance.
The course is language-pair neutral and practical, with exercises that participants complete in their own working languages.
Course Objectives
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the principles of professional translation and localisation
- Analyse source texts for purpose, audience and register
- Apply translation strategies to preserve meaning and style
- Manage terminology consistently using glossaries and term bases
- Translate business, legal and technical texts accurately
- Adapt content culturally for target markets
- Use translation memory and machine translation responsibly
- Apply editing, proofreading and quality assurance processes
Target Audience
This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals, including:
- Professional and in-house translators
- Bilingual professionals who translate as part of their role
- Localisation and content managers
- Editors and proofreaders of translated content
- Communications staff in multilingual organisations
- Language service coordinators
Training Methodology
The course is practical and text-based. Participants analyse and translate a variety of texts in their own language pairs, compare alternative translations, build glossaries, post-edit machine output and peer-review each other's work using quality criteria. Discussion focuses on solving real translation problems.
Target Competencies
- Source text analysis
- Translation strategy
- Terminology management
- Cultural adaptation
- Translation technology use
- Translation quality assurance
Course outline
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1Day One: Foundations of Professional Translation
- The role of the translator in organisational communication
- Equivalence, meaning and the limits of literal translation
- Analysing purpose, audience and register of source texts
- Common translation errors and how to avoid them
- Professional ethics and confidentiality for translators
- Translation briefs and clarifying requirements
- Exercise: analysing and translating a short business text
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2Day Two: Translation Strategies and Style
- Strategies for idioms, metaphors and cultural references
- Restructuring sentences for natural target language flow
- Maintaining tone, formality and brand voice
- Handling ambiguity and unclear source text
- Translating headings, slogans and short texts
- Consistency of style across long documents
- Workshop: comparing and improving translations
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3Day Three: Specialised and Technical Translation
- Translating contracts and legal documents carefully
- Financial and business reports translation
- Technical manuals and specifications translation
- Building glossaries and managing terminology
- Research techniques for specialist terminology
- Working with subject matter experts
- Exercise: translating a specialised text with glossary
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4Day Four: Localisation and Translation Technology
- Localisation compared with translation
- Adapting dates, units, currency and cultural content
- Localising websites, software and marketing content
- Translation memory and computer-assisted translation tools
- Machine translation and post-editing techniques
- Data security when using online translation tools
- Workshop: post-editing machine translation output
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5Day Five: Quality Assurance and Professional Practice
- Self-revision, editing and proofreading techniques
- Quality criteria and error categories for review
- Peer review and giving constructive feedback
- Managing deadlines and large translation projects
- Continuing professional development for translators
- Final translation assessment with feedback
- Personal action plan for translation excellence
Schedule
Dates and fees
49 upcoming dates in 12 cities. Fees are per delegate; bring colleagues and every seat is discounted.
December 2026
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
14DEC
14 - 18 Dec 2026Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
21DEC
21 - 25 Dec 2026Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
January 2027
4JAN
4 - 8 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
11JAN
11 - 15 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
18JAN
18 - 22 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
IstanbulTurkey · Classroom
£2,850per delegate2+ people: £2,280 each
25JAN
25 - 29 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
February 2027
1FEB
1 - 5 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
8FEB
8 - 12 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
15FEB
15 - 19 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
22FEB
22 - 26 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
Kuala LumpurMalaysia · Classroom
£2,250per delegate2+ people: £1,800 each
March 2027
1MAR
1 - 5 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
MadridSpain · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
8MAR
8 - 12 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
15MAR
15 - 19 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
22MAR
22 - 26 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
April 2027
5APR
5 - 9 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
12APR
12 - 16 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
MunichGermany · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
19APR
19 - 23 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
26APR
26 - 30 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
May 2027
3MAY
3 - 7 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
10MAY
10 - 14 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
17MAY
17 - 21 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
ParisFrance · Classroom
£4,500per delegate2+ people: £3,600 each
24MAY
24 - 28 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
June 2027
7JUN
7 - 11 Jun 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
14JUN
14 - 18 Jun 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
21JUN
21 - 25 Jun 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
July 2027
5JUL
5 - 9 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
ViennaAustria · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
12JUL
12 - 16 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
19JUL
19 - 23 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
26JUL
26 - 30 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
August 2027
2AUG
2 - 6 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
9AUG
9 - 13 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
AmsterdamNetherlands · Classroom
£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each
16AUG
16 - 20 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
23AUG
23 - 27 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
September 2027
6SEP
6 - 10 Sep 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
13SEP
13 - 17 Sep 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
20SEP
20 - 24 Sep 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
October 2027
4OCT
4 - 8 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
11OCT
11 - 15 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
18OCT
18 - 22 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
25OCT
25 - 29 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
DubaiUnited Arab Emirates · Classroom
£5,250per delegate2+ people: £4,200 each
November 2027
1NOV
1 - 5 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
GenevaSwitzerland · Classroom
£5,250per delegate2+ people: £4,200 each
8NOV
8 - 12 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
15NOV
15 - 19 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
22NOV
22 - 26 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
December 2027
6DEC
6 - 10 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
FrankfurtGermany · Classroom
£3,250per delegate2+ people: £2,600 each
13DEC
13 - 17 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
IstanbulTurkey · Classroom
£2,850per delegate2+ people: £2,280 each
20DEC
20 - 24 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom
£4,200per delegate2+ people: £3,360 each
27DEC
27 - 31 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days
BarcelonaSpain · Classroom
£3,850per delegate2+ people: £3,080 each
No dates in this city right now. Request a quotation and we will suggest the nearest date.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How long is the Professional Translation and Localisation Skills course?
The course runs over 5 days of classroom training, usually Monday to Friday.
When is the next Professional Translation and Localisation Skills course?
The next public date is 7 - 11 Dec 2026 in London. There are 49 upcoming dates in total.
Where is this course held?
Upcoming sessions run in London, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, Madrid, Munich, Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam, Dubai, Geneva.
How much does the course cost?
Fees start from £2,250 per delegate, depending on the city. Fees include tuition and course materials.
Do participants receive a certificate?
Yes. Delegates who complete the course receive a London Leadership Management Innovation certificate of completion.
Can this course be delivered in-house for our team?
Yes. LLMI can tailor and deliver this course privately for your organisation at your premises or in one of our training cities.
Course information last updated 14 November 2026.
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