Many of the multilingual projects we work on have more than one moving part. A film may need subtitles in nine languages and a voiceover in only four of them, then the social cut needs lip-sync, and the brochure has to be localised and typeset so it still reads like you (or your client!). Running all of that as one project is what we do.
Most London companies come to us because something already works in English and now has to work in another language. Sometimes one. Often fifteen or twenty at once, with a launch date set before anyone thought about translation.
Much of that work comes from London creative agencies. Their copy is written to be felt, not just understood. Carrying that across is transcreation, and it is what we do for agencies.
Much of London’s translation work points the other way, at the 20 million or so people who visit the city every year. Hotels, museums, retailers and theatres are selling to them. English-only signage, menus, ticketing and websites reach a fraction of them.
Brightlines Translation is a multilingual UK translation agency, formed in 1999 and working with London clients ever since.
To make global content work locally without losing humour or creativity, I recommend Brightlines. I especially appreciate the good dialogue and find them very reliable.
Thank you so much for all your work, you and the team have been brilliant throughout all the chaos.
It has been a pleasure working with Brightlines. You have been responsive, timely and professional the whole way through. I hope to work with you again soon.
Great service and helpful team at every step of the process. Looking forward to using your transcreation services again!
A brilliant agency, completely focused on client satisfaction
You guys are THE BEST translation company I've worked with (and I've worked with a fair few). Cost, speed, responsiveness and, of course, project management!
Hilton expect the best, Brightlines live up to that always
Smooth. Flexible. Professional. When you work with Brightlines you feel like family. They're always available and always friendly. What used to be a difficult process is now a pleasure.
Brightlines' flexibility and willingness to produce documents tailored to Rotork's requirements is fantastic.
To make global content work locally without losing humour or creativity, I recommend Brightlines. I especially appreciate the good dialogue and find them very reliable.
Thank you so much for all your work, you and the team have been brilliant throughout all the chaos.
It has been a pleasure working with Brightlines. You have been responsive, timely and professional the whole way through. I hope to work with you again soon.
Great service and helpful team at every step of the process. Looking forward to using your transcreation services again!
A brilliant agency, completely focused on client satisfaction
You guys are THE BEST translation company I've worked with (and I've worked with a fair few). Cost, speed, responsiveness and, of course, project management!
Hilton expect the best, Brightlines live up to that always
Smooth. Flexible. Professional. When you work with Brightlines you feel like family. They're always available and always friendly. What used to be a difficult process is now a pleasure.
Brightlines' flexibility and willingness to produce documents tailored to Rotork's requirements is fantastic.
To make global content work locally without losing humour or creativity, I recommend Brightlines. I especially appreciate the good dialogue and find them very reliable.
Thank you so much for all your work, you and the team have been brilliant throughout all the chaos.
It has been a pleasure working with Brightlines. You have been responsive, timely and professional the whole way through. I hope to work with you again soon.
Great service and helpful team at every step of the process. Looking forward to using your transcreation services again!
A brilliant agency, completely focused on client satisfaction
You guys are THE BEST translation company I've worked with (and I've worked with a fair few). Cost, speed, responsiveness and, of course, project management!
Hilton expect the best, Brightlines live up to that always
Smooth. Flexible. Professional. When you work with Brightlines you feel like family. They're always available and always friendly. What used to be a difficult process is now a pleasure.
Brightlines' flexibility and willingness to produce documents tailored to Rotork's requirements is fantastic.
To make global content work locally without losing humour or creativity, I recommend Brightlines. I especially appreciate the good dialogue and find them very reliable.
Thank you so much for all your work, you and the team have been brilliant throughout all the chaos.
It has been a pleasure working with Brightlines. You have been responsive, timely and professional the whole way through. I hope to work with you again soon.
Great service and helpful team at every step of the process. Looking forward to using your transcreation services again!
A brilliant agency, completely focused on client satisfaction
You guys are THE BEST translation company I've worked with (and I've worked with a fair few). Cost, speed, responsiveness and, of course, project management!
Hilton expect the best, Brightlines live up to that always
Smooth. Flexible. Professional. When you work with Brightlines you feel like family. They're always available and always friendly. What used to be a difficult process is now a pleasure.
Brightlines' flexibility and willingness to produce documents tailored to Rotork's requirements is fantastic.
There is no rate card, because the price moves with the job. What sets it is the word count, the languages, the service you need, and the deadline. Transcreation for a campaign costs more per word than a set of internal documents. Send us the files and you get a fixed price for the work as quoted. If the scope changes later, we tell you before anything is done, not after. Get a price for your project.
Do you work with London marketing and creative agencies?
Yes, and they are a large part of our London work. Agency copy is written to be felt, not just understood, so most of it goes through transcreation rather than straight translation. We work to agency deadlines and we handle the campaign as a whole, including marketing translation, subtitling, voiceover and typesetting.
Can we meet in person in London?
Yes, by arrangement. We are a UK agency and we have worked with London clients since 1999. Most projects run over email and calls, but if a meeting helps, particularly at the start of a large or ongoing account, we will come to you.
Do you handle legal and certified translation for London law firms?
Yes. Contracts, court documents, corporate filings and evidence bundles are translated by our specialist legal linguists, then reviewed before delivery. Certification requirements differ by the authority receiving the document, so we confirm what yours needs before work starts. Full detail is on our legal translation page.
Why use a UK translation agency rather than a global platform?
Because someone stays accountable for the result. You get one point of contact who knows the account, the same linguists returning to your content, and a glossary that keeps the terminology the same across projects. Platforms distribute your work to whoever is free. That is fine for a one-off document. It is a problem when the wording has to match what you published last year.
Do you handle multilingual SEO as well as translation?
Yes. A translated page is not the same as a page that ranks. Search behaviour differs by market, and the words that earn traffic in Germany are rarely the direct translation of the ones that work here. See multilingual SEO.
