Kjelsen Translations

at a loss for words? we provide the right word for any occasion, in english, french, german and italian. according to umberto eco, translation is not merely a transfer of meaning from one language to another, but the interpretation (or decoding) of a text in one language and the re-encoding it in a different language, involving a shift between cultures. translators are thus ambassadors, i.e. mediators between languages and interpreters between cultures. this is why, despite a great interest in many other languages, we concentrate solely on those we master perfectly and whose culture we know very well. we pride ourselves on great flexibility and responsiveness, a strong commitment and personal relationship with our clients, on providing individually tailored solutions that take into account our clients' special wishes, and ensuring that each translation is individually crafted instead of mass-produced. in an era of automatic translations, often of poor quality and sometimes with most