Spanish is the business language not only in Spain but also in most of Latin America. mots Tercüme translates contracts, tender files, product documents and commercial correspondence between Spanish and Turkish.
Spain or Latin America
The two variants differ in some terms, in the form of address and in everyday expressions. The market the document is going to is identified at the outset and the file is kept in a single variant.
Differences within Latin America
The commercial language of Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Chile also differs from one country to another. If a single document is going to more than one country, a neutral language that everyone will understand is chosen.
Level of address
In Spanish, formal and informal address are built with separate forms. In a corporate document formal address is the rule; in marketing copy the choice is made according to the target audience.
Inverted marks
In Spanish, questions and exclamations open with an inverted mark at the beginning. If these marks are missing the delivery looks careless; they are checked separately at the typesetting stage.
Company types
Company types such as S.L. and S.A. are not translated; they are kept together with the trade name. The types used in Latin American countries differ from country to country and are carried over in the form found in the source.
Product and export documents
Exporting firms have their product catalogues, user manuals and label texts translated into Spanish. Term consistency in product registrations is decisive for the inspections in each country.
Number and date format
In Spain the decimal separator is a comma; in some Latin American countries a full stop is used. The preference of the target country is checked separately in financial documents.
Latin American tenders
In Latin America public tenders usually run in Spanish through the country's own electronic procurement system. The names and the order of the bid documents are prepared in the form the system requires.
Set phrases of correspondence
The opening and closing formulas of Spanish corporate correspondence are longer and more formulaic than in Turkish. The Spanish version of a short Turkish letter is built to suit these formulas.
Two surnames
In Spanish-speaking countries people generally carry two surnames. In documents the order of the surnames and their spelling in full are preserved as in the source.
Contract language
Long sentences joined by conjunctions are common in Spanish contracts. Clause numbers and internal cross-references are preserved exactly as in the source.
From Spanish into Turkish
When commercial texts with a Spanish source are carried over into Turkish, the sentences are built for the way Turkish reads. For country-specific terms a descriptive rendering is used where necessary.
When certification is needed
If the country where the document will be used is not a party to the Apostille Convention, consular legalisation may be required. The legalisation chain is determined at the start of the job according to the target country.
Services requested together
Spanish jobs most often come under product catalogue translation, marketing copy adaptation and legal translation.
Summary
In Spanish corporate translation the first decision is the target market. If the variant is not chosen at the outset, the text can feel foreign to the recipient even if it is correct.