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Translations with Swiss precision.

Translation service provider in Geneva since 1988: specialist translations in more than 150 languages – produced by people, checked by AI. Certified to ISO 17100, ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 27001.

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Order

Upload your file and get an immediate quote with seven delivery deadlines; choose translation or post-editing.

Archive

Monitor orders in progress. All your company's translations since 1988, available at any time.

TermBoy

Your terminology assistant: look up your company's technical terms and approve new ones.

Translators

Find a translator or register – more than 1,500 profiles with CVs.

Teamwork

Manage access rights, translator teams, the client forum, translation memories and terminology databases.

My account

User data, billing address, term validation, deadline and price settings; invoices.

Services

Four ways to translate – one standard of quality.

Translation modes in detail

You confirm the quote. TermBoy adds new technical terms.

Classic translation – For publication-ready texts

  1. Source text: You confirm the quote. TermBoy adds new technical terms.
  2. Translator: Your specialist translator works with Trados, translation memories and your terminology.
  3. Quality check: QA checks form and terminology. The AI Check checks the content.
  4. Reviser: A reviser revises the translation with TM and termbase.
  5. Quality check: QA and AI Check check the revised version again.
  6. Translation Manager: The translation manager checks the format and clarifies open questions.
  7. Translation: You receive the translation. Later changes update your TM.

Full post-editing – Specialist quality with speed and cost advantages

  1. Source text: You confirm the quote. TermBoy prepares the specialist terminology.
  2. AI provider: The AI complements existing translations with your technical terms.
  3. Quality check: A second AI provider checks the pre-translation; QA checks the form.
  4. Translator: The post-editor carefully compares the target text with the source text.
  5. Quality check: QA and AI Check check the fully post-edited version.
  6. Translation Manager: The translation manager checks the format, images and open points.
  7. Translation: You receive the translation. Later changes flow back into the TM.

Light post-editing – Clarity before style

  1. Source text: You confirm the quote. TermBoy adds the terminology.
  2. AI provider: The AI translates with TM input and your technical terms.
  3. Quality check: QA and a second AI provider flag conspicuous passages.
  4. Translator: The post-editor improves clarity and corrects visible errors.
  5. Quality check: QA and AI Check check the post-edited text.
  6. Translation: You receive the target text without a separate revision by a reviser.

Automatic translation – Immediate, fully documented

  1. Source text: You confirm the quote. TermBoy adds your specialist terminology.
  2. AI provider: Three translation memories and your terminology support the AI translation.
  3. Automatic checks: QA and a second AI provider check form, terminology and content.
  4. Translation: You receive the translation with QA report and AI Check.

TermBoy

TermBoy – your AI agent for terminology and product visibility

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01Capture knowledge

TermBoy builds your multilingual terminology and product database.

TermBoy searches your translation orders and websites for technical terms and product names. It creates multilingual term pages with definitions, descriptions, example sentences, references and standards – supplemented by images and drawings. The content is displayed in the CAT system during translation.

Capture knowledgeYour web pages and translation memory flow into TermBoy; it stores definitions and images on the GroupShare server; the multilingual term page "kingpin" is available on the web and appears in the CAT tool as a translation aid.Your web pagesProducts and technical textsTranslation memoryTranslation MemoryYour TermBoyanalysesDefinitionImagesGroupShare-Serverat TTN, Genevayour-website.com/terms/kingpinKingpinDEENFRITESZHDefinitionExample sentenceStandardISO 337available on the web in several languagesCAT toolKingpinTermbase hitDE Königszapfen · FR pivot d’attelageas a translation aid

1Your TermBoy analyses your web pages and your translation memory

  1. Your TermBoy analyses your web pages and your translation memory
  2. Your TermBoy stores definitions and images on our GroupShare server
  3. The multilingual definitions and images are available on the web
  4. The terms appear in the CAT tool as a translation aid

02Prepare knowledge for AI systems

So that AI understands your expertise better.

TermBoy adds semantic tags to the generated term and product pages and creates sitemap files. In this way it prepares your expertise, your skills and your products for chatbots and search systems, so that they can find your content more easily and classify it correctly.

Prepare knowledge for AI systemsTermBoy assigns the term and the product to a category and generates semantic tags for chatbots and AI assistants as well as sitemap files for search engines.Your TermBoycategorisesKingpinTermVehicle engineering › CouplingsFifth-wheel coupling SK 50ProductProducts › CouplingsActivityProductLanguageTarget groupsemantic tagsChatbotAI assistantsitemap.xmlsitemap-products.xmlSitemap filesSearch engineAI search

1Your TermBoy categorises the terms and products

  1. Your TermBoy categorises the terms and products
  2. Your TermBoy generates semantic tags for chatbots
  3. Your TermBoy generates sitemap files for search engines

03Become visible as a source

Your expertise as a source for chatbot answers.

Structured term and product pages can serve as sources for chatbot answers. The example shows how a chatbot explains a technical term and refers to the matching page on your website.

Become visible as a sourceA customer asks the chatbot "What is a kingpin?", the chatbot accesses the TermBoy term page, and your website appears as the source in the answer.Your customersWhat is a kingpin?ChatbotaccessesYOUR TERMBOY · TERM PAGEKingpinDE · EN · FR · IT · ES · ZHPin on the semi-trailer that engageswith the fifth-wheel coupling of the tractor unit.Standard: ISO 337.Verifiedyour-website.com/terms/kingpinReply to the customerChatbot's answerThe kingpin is the pin on thesemi-trailer that engages with thefifth-wheel coupling of the tractor unit.Source: your-website.com/terms/kingpinYour reference – example, no guarantee

1The chatbots receive enquiries from your customers

  1. The chatbots receive enquiries from your customers
  2. The chatbots access your TermBoy
  3. Your references appear in the answers

Quality check

More about AI checks

So that your translation is also correct in content.

The QA check runs in the translation tool (CAT tool): the sentence in the source language is on the left, the translator edits the target text on the right. If a number differs or a term does not match the termbase, the system reports an error.The AI Check sends every sentence pair to Claude and ChatGPT and checks source and target text for consistency of meaning – for AI translations, the other model does the checking. The AI finds translation errors and omissions – and clumsy wording.QA check and AI Check work with a separate check profile for each client, in three levels: country rules, sector rules and client-specific requirements such as style guides, ISO standards, codifications or gender rules.

Check profileSwitzerlandFinanceClient
Source text FR
12

Le montant est de 15 millions d’euros.

Target text EN Suggestion
12

The amount is 50 million euros.

NoteNumber differs.
Termbase

The QA check checks numbers and formal aspects of the translation.The QA check checks the use of the prescribed terms.The AI Check reports obvious errors and omissions.The AI Check finds clumsy wording and suggests improvements.In Switzerland, the rules of the Federal Administration apply.In the financial sector, Swiss GAAP FER and IFRS apply; in the construction sector, the SIA standards.Gender star, gender gap or capital I? Your company's style rules are applied.

  1. QA check + AI Check: The sentence pair is in the translation tool: source text on the left, target text on the right. The check profile Switzerland · Finance · Client is active from the start.
  2. QA check · Numbers: Number differs: 50 instead of 15 million – the QA check marks both places and suggests the correct number.
  3. QA check · Terminology: Term deviates from the termbase: "chiffre d’affaires" is defined as "turnover", not as "revenue".
  4. AI Check · Omission: Negation missing: "ne … pas" was lost in the target text – the AI Check compares the meaning of source and target text.
  5. AI Check · Wording: Clumsy: nominal style and filler words – the content is right, the wording is not. The AI Check suggests a clear version.
  6. Check profile · Country: Switzerland: writing rules of the Federal Administration – British spelling ("organisation", not "organization") and Swiss usage apply to the whole order.
  7. Check profile · Sector: Finance: terms according to the accounting standard – "compte de résultat" is the "income statement", not the "profit and loss account".
  8. Check profile · Client: Client: the client's style guide – here the gender-neutral "chair" instead of "chairman"; plus company names, ISO standards and codifications.
  9. More certainty for your translation.: QA check, AI Check and check profile work together. Notes and suggestions – the approval stays with you.

Terminology and translation memory

More about AI translation More about term injection TM-augmented translation More about Retrofit

AI translates with your knowledge.

Claude, ChatGPT and DeepL translate your slogans and product descriptions differently every time. The German word "Läufer" has 27 possible translations – the AI does not know your company terminology.With term injection, TermBoy first looks up the terms that match your context and inserts them into the AI job. If a term is missing, TermBoy researches it and adds it to your termbase.Term injection only controls individual terms. For whole sentences, the translation memory is needed: a similar sentence that has already been translated is found and given to the AI as a template. The known part stays the same, only the new part is translated.You send back your corrected text – Retrofit transfers it to the translation memory and changed terms to the termbase. Corrected once, corrected for good: a learning system.

Your termbase · Electric motor

Läuferrotor

matching term
AI job

Den Läufer vor der Wartung ausbauen.

27 possible translations Läufer = rotor
  1. ClaudeRemove the runner before maintenance.Remove the rotor before maintenance.
  2. ChatGPTTake out the slider prior to servicing.Take out the rotor prior to servicing.
  3. DeepLDismantle the carriage before maintenance.Dismantle the rotor before maintenance.

The same request, three AIs – three different translations."Läufer" has 27 possible translations. Which one is right?TermBoy finds the matching term in your termbase: Läufer → rotor.The term is injected into the AI job – every AI now translates "Läufer" as "rotor".A similar sentence has already been translated: 70% match.The known part stays the same; the AI only translates "Reinigung" → "cleaning" anew.You correct once – Retrofit saves your version in the translation memory.Next time, your version is used. Corrected once – corrected for good.

  1. The same request, three AIs – three different translations.
  2. "Läufer" has 27 possible translations. Which one is right?
  3. TermBoy finds the matching term in your termbase: Läufer → rotor.
  4. The term is injected into the AI job – every AI now translates "Läufer" as "rotor".
  5. A similar sentence has already been translated: 70% match.
  6. The known part stays the same; the AI only translates "Reinigung" → "cleaning" anew.
  7. You correct once – Retrofit saves your version in the translation memory.
  8. Next time, your version is used. Corrected once – corrected for good.

Technology

What sets TTN apart.

TTN has been developing its own translation management technology since 1988. Our system combines automated workflows with your terminology and proven translations – for less administration and consistent texts.

TTN TMS

Our AI-supported translation management with autopilot coordinates your orders from ordering to delivery.

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TermBoy

The AI agent maintains your technical terms and, with structured term pages, supports the visibility of your products in search engines and AI applications.

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AI Check

For classic translations, Claude and ChatGPT check every sentence. For AI translations, the other model performs the cross-check.

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Term injection

Your technical terms flow directly into the AI job and prescribe the desired terminology.

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TM-augmented translation

Proven translations from your translation memory serve the AI as a template for new texts.

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Retrofit

Your approved corrections go back into the translation memory, changed technical terms into the termbase. Corrected once – corrected for good!

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Quick-Order

Get a quote immediately and order your translation in three clicks.

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Translator database

With more than 1,500 publicly accessible translator profiles, TTN creates transparency about qualifications, language combinations and fields of expertise.

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Security

Information security management system certified to ISO/IEC 27001. Our own server farm in a Swisscom data centre in Geneva.

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About TTN

TTN in figures.

TTN Translation Network is a translation service provider in Geneva, founded in 1988 and part of Extran SA. Since 2006 the group has included the AI subsidiary Keybot GmbH.

  • 1988Founded – the world's first translation server
  • 150+Languages in the ordering system
  • 58File formats with automatic processing
  • 16Different writing systems
  • 3Clicks from quote to delivery
  • 1500+Translator profiles in the public database
  • ISO 17100Translation services
  • ISO 9001Quality management
  • ISO/IEC 27001Information security

Fields of expertise

Who we translate for.

Specialist translators working into their native language, dedicated teams per client, terminology per field.

  • Law and public administration

    Legislation, directives, reports and calls for tender in line with Federal Administration requirements; legal translations with verified terminology.

  • Research and universities

    Scientific reports and specialist publications with the institute's own termbase – since the first orders for the SLF in Davos.

  • Associations and vocational training

    Teaching materials, regulations and member communications; new terms approved by the association's subject expert.

  • Finance and insurance

    Annual reports, supervisory documents and client information under time pressure – with Retrofit, the TM stays up to date.

  • Medicine and pharma

    Sensitive documents in secure online workspaces, anonymisation before translation, data stored in Geneva.

  • Engineering and industry

    Manuals, data sheets and software interfaces in 58 file formats, terminology synchronised across all languages.

Frequently asked questions

In brief.

Detailed answers and instructions can be found in the Info System.

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How do I order a translation?

In three clicks: choose the target language, upload the file, choose the deadline. The system immediately proposes seven delivery deadlines – around 90% of clients choose one of them; your own date is also possible.

What is the AI Check?

In the AI Check, every sentence of the source text is sent to ChatGPT or Claude together with its translation. Using a client-specific check profile, the AI checks whether the rules are followed and whether the two sentences match in content. For clumsy wording it suggests improvements. For post-editing translations, the pre-translation is checked by a second AI.

What is TermBoy?

TermBoy is an AI agent that builds, maintains and harmonises your terminology on its own. It searches your web pages and all translation orders for new technical terms. For each term it researches definitions, translations, synonyms and sources and creates complete term pages with images and references. The terms appear in the translator's CAT system. The term pages can also be published on the client's website, given semantic tags and included in sitemaps to improve the website's visibility.

Where is my data processed?

TTN TMS runs on-premises in a high-security Swisscom data centre in Geneva. TTN is certified to ISO/IEC 27001. Highly sensitive documents can be processed in anonymised form in secure online workspaces without ever leaving the server.

Which file formats does TTN process?

58 file formats are processed automatically, including Office, InDesign, XML and HTML. PDF files are converted to Word for translation; the formatting of the original is preserved. TTN works with 16 different writing systems and translates into more than 150 languages. The company runs one of the largest public translator databases in the world.

Can I view earlier translations?

Yes. The translation archive contains all your company's orders since 1988 with full-text search in source and target texts. Archive groups control which department sees which texts – the press office for everyone, the HR department only for itself.

Can we use TTN TMS with our own translators?

Yes. Companies and organisations with their own language service can use the platform as TTN TMS Enterprise SaaS – on-premises or hybrid, with autopilot, GroupShare, AI Check and TermBoy. They can integrate their own logo and corporate identity.

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