Transcreation: Grow globally. Inspire locally.

We ensure that your global brand communications never miss the mark and adapt your marketing texts in over 80 languages. Humour is one of them.

Branding is all about working on relationships. Only when you truly understand your target groups can you capture their hearts with the right communication. It takes more than literal translations for you to be able to impress anyone with your global brand campaign, your claim, the title of your film and any other marketing texts you have. Transcreation combines eloquence with marketing expertise. For texts that are just as popular in every country as they are in the original and turn brands into household names.

The benefits for you of transcreation with Schmieder.

Our translators are also copywriters and understand brands just as well as foreign languages.

Consistent branding.

We make sure that your corporate language speaks for itself in every market and country – with our central terminology database, which gets better and better with every project.

International expertise.

More than 450 native translators with target market and subject-specific knowledge and marketing experience ensure that your message packs the right punch.

A full service.

Fast, reliable, uncomplicated. We do everything that global branding needs. Usually, we even do a bit more.

Optimal interfaces.

No more copying and pasting: we deliver your translations in the target format. Catalogues, brochures or flyers in Adobe InDesign, presentations in PowerPoint, and website texts in your CMS.
“At the end of the day, it’s like flirting: you say things as a brand to woo the target group.”
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Your partner for the global transcreation of marketing texts.

We get to the heart of what appeals to your target groups. Give us a call or send us an e-mail.

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What our clients have to say.

PETER HAHN GmbH

Peter Hahn is synonymous with high-end and exclusive fashion, Schmieder with high-quality translations – so it stands to reason that we have our communications translated by Schmieder.

PETER HAHN GmbH
Tobias Brede

Schmieder is our partner for all manner of high-quality publications, catalogues, brochures and reports. Thanks to the way they process the files, Schmieder delivers the finished translations in the original format, which saves us a lot of unnecessary work. This enables us all to save time and resources, and to focus on the quality of the end products instead.

Tobias Brede
Senior Strategic Communications Consultant
New Communication GmbH & Co. KG
Sebastian Schnell

There’s a good reason why we’ve been partners for so many years – Schmieder always strikes the right note! Schmieder is synonymous with quality, professionalism and creativity, especially when it comes to the translation of PR and marketing texts. Our customers are happy, and we’re happy – that says it all.

Sebastian Schnell
Head of Project Management
Schindler Parent GmbH
Annika Schebetka

We’ve been working together for over 20 years and have undergone many changes and processes in that time, but Schmieder has always been on our side providing us with help and advice and top-quality translations – and always with a smile. 

Annika Schebetka
Head of Print Advertising Management
Walz Leben & Wohnen GmbH

Got a question? We have the answer.

  • What is the difference between transcreation and translation?

    While a translation transfers the content and structure of a text into the target language, transcreation goes one step further. It also reproduces the meaning of the source text, but in a very free way. The text is precisely tailored to the target group, which is especially recommended for marketing texts containing puns and proverbs.

  • How do you guarantee technical accuracy?

    Our team consists of experts who specialise in a wide variety of fields and their translations are checked with the aid of an in-house quality tool. This makes it easy for us to find a specialist for your translation. Should we still have any questions about your source text, then we will of course contact you and look forward to receiving your explanations.

  • Why do only native speakers translate into their own language?

    Native speakers simply have the best feel for their language. Only a handful of people have native level command of a second language. What’s more, native speakers have an understanding of the local culture and customs – this is exactly what is needed for marketing texts and is the reason why native speakers translate exclusively into their own language.