Financial translation for businesses in Madrid

Reporting and investment documents

We can examine annual accounts, directors' reports, risk disclosures, investor presentations, banking documents and material relating to corporate transactions. The audience matters. A shareholder communication has a different register from an internal finance paper, even when both discuss the same figures. Tell us whether a regulator, lender, investor or company team will read the translated version.

If the transaction pack also contains agreements or company resolutions, identify them for a separate legal translation assessment. That helps establish which documents need terminology shared across the pack and which have their own recipient requirements.

The same line item may appear in a balance sheet, a note and a chart. If your organisation has approved English or Spanish terms in earlier reporting, send that material as a reference. We still need to check that a previous term fits the current reporting period and framework. A phrase copied from last year's accounts can be misleading if the underlying classification has changed.

Figures and reporting periods

Amounts themselves should not be reinterpreted, but changing punctuation and formatting can introduce mistakes. The agreed checks should compare percentages, dates, reporting periods, units and references between tables and commentary. A figure expressed in thousands must not appear to be expressed in millions in the translation. Responsibility for the source accounts stays with their preparer; the translation must accurately reflect the source supplied.

If figures change while translation is under way, provide the revised source and identify the differences. One altered number may also affect a management summary and a note elsewhere in the report. A controlled change list helps us review related passages. Where an existing translation is available, bilingual review can compare it with the current approved source rather than assuming it should all be replaced.

Terms for the intended reader

Names of accounts, instruments and company bodies can be tied to the reporting context and recipient country. A familiar term in another jurisdiction is not always a safe substitute. Tell us whether the document supports a formal filing, an internal decision or public communication. Instructions from your finance or legal advisers can establish wording that must be retained.

A transaction may contain agreements and powers of attorney that require legal translation alongside the financial material. The two streams can share approved names and definitions while receiving different subject checks. A technical appendix describing plant or equipment may call for technical translation. We look at the content of each file rather than place the whole bundle under one label.

Tables and publication files

Editable originals help preserve tables, footnotes and references. With a PDF, we need to assess extraction and the expected return format. A report destined for designed publication may also require multilingual typesetting after the translation is complete. A missing column or a note separated from its corresponding figure can make an accurate sentence unusable in practice.

Our quality page explains the role of source preparation, terminology and file checks. Tell us if an auditor, adviser or internal team will review a draft and who will consolidate comments. The schedule should distinguish the date of translation delivery from the date on which the report must be designed, approved or published.

Languages and quotation

The languages section provides a route to the relevant language, but availability for a direction and financial specialism must be checked for the assignment. To quote, we need the files, volume, intended readers, timetable and final format. If you can only share a sample initially, indicate the estimated size and recognise that the proposal may change when the approved report arrives. Browse other translation services or use the quote form to send an enquiry.