Technical & Scientific
Engineering manuals, scientific papers, pharmaceutical documentation, agricultural and food industry texts, and technical specifications translated with domain precision.
About this service
Sicily has more classical heritage sites per square kilometre than almost any other place in the world. The Valley of the Temples at Agrigento, the Baroque towns of the Val di Noto, the mosaics of the Villa Romana del Casale, the ancient theatres of Syracuse and Taormina, the Norman cathedrals at Monreale and Cefalù. We know this cultural landscape from first-hand experience and understand the historical and archaeological context that visitor-facing content needs to convey.
Tourism translation for Sicily is not just a language exercise. A visitor guide for the Valley of the Temples needs to explain not just the names of individual temples but the historical context of Akragas, the relationship between Doric architecture and colonial Greek religion, the archaeological discoveries and what they tell us about the ancient population. Getting this right for audiences from Germany, France, or Japan requires a translator who understands the cultural reference points of those markets and knows what prior knowledge can be assumed.
Services cover visitor guides and audio guide scripts, museum labels and exhibition texts, heritage site interpretation panels, destination marketing copy for tourism boards, hotel and hospitality materials with cultural content, event and festival programmes, cultural institution websites, and heritage conservation project documentation.
We have a specific depth of knowledge about Sicilian archaeological sites, Baroque architecture, Norman heritage, and the Arab-Norman cultural synthesis that is a defining feature of Sicilian identity. This expertise directly improves the quality of cultural translation work compared to a general translator working from reference only.
WHAT IS INCLUDED
3-6 working days for standard tourism materials; large heritage programmes by agreement