Business Card Translation Services

Dual-sided business cards in any language

Here is a question: What do former Vice President Dan Quayle, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani of New York, Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago and legendary news anchor Tom Brokaw have in common? Answer: they all carry business cards translated by PLG.

PLG, an ISO 17100 Certified Company, has been offering business card translation and typesetting services since 2000 to individuals, companies, printers, and major stationery manufacturers. Since then, we have translated more than 15,000 business cards, averaging a translation of 1,200 cards per year.

How do we do it?

• Project management - Single contact window for your multiple card needs
• Quick turnaround
• Database and terminology management to maintain high consistency within a company or an industry

Have your international business cards ready when traveling abroad. If you are traveling overseas on business travel, let PLG introduce you to your host in foreign countries when you land. Hand them a card of top quality, both in appearance and in content.

For pricing information, please feel free to request a free no-obligation quote by clicking on the button below.

 

Bilingual Business Card Samples

PLG has translated business cards for employees of many Fortune 500 companies as well as those of mid and small size businesses. Below are a few real work samples of business cards that we have translated in the past. Please contact us if you would like to see the full sample.

We Translate Your Cards in More Than 60 Languages

We offer business card translation services in more than 60 languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Below is the full list of languages that we offer:

French	Spanish	Chinese (Simplified)	Chinese (Traditional)
Japanese	Arabic	German	Korean
Portuguese	Italian	Polish	Bulgarian
Russian	Romanian	Croatian	Czech
Dutch	English	Filipino	Greek
Hebrew	Hungarian	Indonesian	Lithuanian
Norwegian	Serbian	Slovenian	Ukrainian
Afrikaans	Albanian	Belarusian	Catalan
Danish	Esperanto	Estonian	Finnish
Galician	Haitian Creole	Hindi	Icelandic
Irish	Latvian	Macedonian	Malay
Maltese	Persian	Slovak	Swahili
Swedish	Turkish	Ukrainian	Vietnamese
Welsh	Yiddish	Hmong	Laotian
Tagalog	Cambodian	Farsi	Urdu
Gujarati	Cantonese	Surinamese	Punjabi
			and more...

Industries that we cover

Advertising	Arts and Crafts	Banking/Financial	Certificates
Cosmetics, Beauty	Diplomas	Education & Training	Electronics
Engineering	Farming	Food	Household Goods
Gaming	Government	IT	Insurance
Internet, e-Commerce	Legal	Marketing	Material
Materials	Medical	Medical	Public Relations
Retail	Technology	Tourism	and many more...

 

Clients

Below are a few big name clients for whom we have translated in the past.

Business Card Client Testimonials

Read below to see what our customers have to say about our business card translation services.

Defibtech, LLC

"Outstanding job! Very short notice and you saved the day." – Defibtech, LLC, December 2012

Steve

"Excellent communication. Able to meet a tight deadline. Execution was flawless for this project. Keep up the good work." – Steve C., October 2012

Protocol Partners

"Very easy to provide information for quote/order and received a follow up call to let me know that all info was received and able to process." – Nancy M., June 2012

AssetPoint

"Very professional, delivered quality business cards on time. Very easy to do business with." – Matt S., May 2012

Anonymous

"Very courteous and knowledgeable. This was my first encounter with PLG and my request was somewhat unusual as well as timely and you handled it beautifully!" – Anonymous, March 2012

ABNote

"Very responsive. Pricing competitive. Quick Turn Around...can't ask for more!"
– Cheryl B, February, 2012

Gerri S.

"It is always a pleasure working with your company. Everyone is very kind, quick, and efficient. That's why we only come to you :)" – Gerri S., February 2012

A. Fassano & Company

"Thank you so much. You guys are THE BEST. Not sure when I will need these services again - but you have a customer for life!" – Warren. P, December 2011

Telepress

"I just wanted to extend Boeing's gratitude out to you, your colleagues and translators. They are just thrilled and so thankful of your quick response." – Akiko N., November 2011

Simio LLC

"We were so impressed with the professionalism of Precision Language & Graphics.  Not only did the quality of the finished business cards exceed my expectation, but the assistance of yourself and the staff made the process so easy.  I would recommend your services to anyone looking for high quality professional service with a quick turnaround period.  Thank you again for all of your assistance." – Christie Miller

Design Matters

"I am quite pleased with the cards you sent me. I will certainly contact you first the next time I need business cards." – Del Coates

Business Card Service, Inc

"Thank you for turning this one around so quickly. I'm always impressed with the service you provide and I really appreciate what you do for us" – Jeff K, Account Manager

Business Card Details

We offer two ordering options, one is "Translation/Typesetting Only" for customers who already have a preferred printer, and the other one is the "Printed cards with translation" option for customers who would like us to print the business cards for them.

Option 1: Printed Cards with Translation
Option 2: Translation Only

Required Files from Clients

So that we can best meet your needs please send us your English card file or template file. The file should include the company logo, card color and contents (address, numbers and other information listed on the card). All contents should be accurate so they can be easily “transferred” to another language on the back of the card. We accept common file formats such as Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and EPS format. If you do not have an English card and wish that we design one for you, you can choose from one of our business card templates.

We do not recommend sending your artwork as a JPG or TIF, but if it is only available in these formats, you may send them and we will tell you whether these files can be used. With these files, graphics resolution and color matching is the main concern. Generally speaking, 300 dpi or higher resolution is necessary to maintain quality.

Option 1: Dual-sided Printed Cards with Translation

Turnaround (includes shipping times):

• Standard - 10 business days
• Rush - 4 business days

We have partnered with a local printer to offer our customers a one-stop high-quality printing option at a lower cost. This allows us more flexibility in providing a higher level of quality assurance and faster turnaround times. Below are the characteristics and properties of these business cards.

Weight and Thickness of Paper (Stock)

16pt Thick C2S (Coated to 2-Sides) Cardstock, Card size: 3.5x2

At PLG we use 16pt cardstock for all of our business card printing. This means that the paper thickness is .016 inch. In the printing business, either paper thickness or weight (in terms of "lb") is used to characterize the tier of paper quality. Generally speaking, heavier paper is higher quality.

NOTE: To provide customers a low cost solution, our printing process is standardized to one type of paper stock. If you have very specific standards for your business cards, we recommend using a local printer.

Coating

• Base coating: Our cards are printed on paper with a base coating that protects the paper. The text is then printed on top of the coating layer.
• UV coating: UV coating serves two purposes—it protects the text from wearing off and it gives the card a shiny finish. The use of UV coating is simply a question of customer preference. Please note that the UV coating will prevent you from writing on the card. If you foresee the need to make notes on the card, we recommend UV coating on one side only.

Coating options do not change card price.

Color

4/4 or 4/0 (4/1 is same price as 4/4) [4/4: 4 colors on both sides; 4/0: 4 colors on one side; 4/1: 4 color on one side and 1 color on the others.

We use CMYK color indices taken from the file you provide as the color print parameters for color cards. The logo artwork and template may include CMYK colors; however, due to a variation of ink material manufacturers, equipment setup, and printing processes by individual printers, the output of CMYK colors on the cards may not be EXACTLY identical to the color of your original English cards or the color on your computer screen. In most cases, there is not a noticeable difference. If it is critical that your cards be an exact color match to your English cards, we recommend that you provide the PLG translated artwork to your original printer.

Additional Options

We offer the following popular options at additional costs:

• Perforation
• Corner Rounding
• Hole Drilling
• Numbering
• Spot UV
• Metallic Ink

Please request a quote for pricing information.

Option 2: Translation/Typesetting ONLY

Translation and layout only, does not include printed cards. Please provide an English card artwork file if available. If you do not have an English card available, we can create one for you at a low cost.

Turnaround

• Standard - Within 3 business days
• Next Day - Less than 24 hours
• Same Day - Less than 12 hours

3rd Party Options

Under this option, a 3rd party printing company will print your business cards. Below are some affordable options.

• Avery
  http://www.avery.com/avery/en_us
• Vistaprint
  http://www.vistaprint.com/
• FedEx Office (previously Fedex Kinkos)
  http://fedex.com/us/office/

Please request a quote for pricing information.