Business Details
29 Years
experience
Your Trusted Partner for Tourism Translation Solutions
Established in 1997, Telelingua specialises exclusively in travel translation, combining linguistic expertise with in-depth tourism knowledge. Our founders, Jeremy Kerrison and Helen Isaacs, leveraged their extensive travel industry experience and professional linguistics backgrounds to create a niche service tailored to tourism and leisure sectors. Over two decades, we have built strong partnerships with major tourism entities including guidebook publishers, national tourist boards, museums, and hospitality providers.Our expertise spans cultural nuances, technical terminology, and creative adaptation across languages, ensuring translations that resonate with target audiences while maintaining factual accuracy. We offer comprehensive linguistic solutions including written translation, proofreading, typesetting, and interpreter services for travel-related events and industry functions.
Services
Translation
Proofreading
Brochure design
Interpreting
Typesetting
Details
- Year established: 1997
Highlights and features
- We have over 25 years' experience in tourism-specific translation services
- Our team combines professional linguistics qualifications with travel industry expertise
- We work with major tourism entities including national tourist boards and guidebook publishers
- Our translations maintain technical accuracy while ensuring cultural appropriateness
- We offer comprehensive solutions from written translation to event interpreting services
What people say
Fast, high-quality service
Highly competent translators
Excellent value for money
Second to none service
In-depth tourism knowledge
Services
Translation
We provide specialist translation services for tourism and leisure sectors, converting content between multiple languages while maintaining technical accuracy and cultural appropriateness. Our team handles complex materials including guidebooks, websites, and marketing collateral. With expertise in travel terminology, we ensure translations that resonate with target audiences while preserving original meaning and intent.
Proofreading
Our proofreading service ensures linguistic accuracy and stylistic consistency across all translated materials. We check for grammatical correctness, terminology consistency, and cultural appropriateness in tourism-related content. This service complements our translation offerings, providing quality assurance for clients requiring precision in their multilingual communications.
Brochure design
We offer brochure design services that combine translated content with visually appealing layouts for tourism marketing materials. Our team ensures typographic consistency and proper text-image integration while maintaining linguistic accuracy. This service caters to clients needing professional presentation of travel-related information across multiple languages.
Interpreting
Our interpreting services support travel industry events, familiarisation trips, and hospitality functions. We provide professional interpreters for tourism trade shows, conferences, and business meetings. This service facilitates real-time communication between industry professionals speaking different languages, supporting international collaboration in the tourism sector.
Typesetting
We offer typesetting services for multilingual tourism publications, ensuring proper text layout and typographic consistency across languages. Our expertise handles complex scripts and language-specific formatting requirements while maintaining visual coherence. This service supports clients producing professional-quality printed and digital travel materials in multiple languages.
People
Jeremy Kerrison
Co-founder
Co-founder with 25+ years' experience in travel translation. Former tour guide and translator for Michelin guides. Specialises in French and Spanish to English translations. Maintains industry connections through Abercrombie & Kent guiding roles.
Helen Isaacs
Co-founder
Co-founder holding postgraduate translation qualifications. Former university lecturer and tour director. Specialises in French and Italian to English translations. Qualified Wales Blue Badge Guide with extensive cultural tourism expertise.
Questions
What specialist translation services do you offer for the tourism industry?
We provide translation, proofreading, and typesetting services specifically for tourism sectors including hotels, museums, tourist boards, and travel publications.
How do you ensure cultural appropriateness in translations?
Our team combines linguistic expertise with travel industry knowledge to adapt content while maintaining technical accuracy and cultural sensitivity.
What language pairs do you specialise in?
We primarily handle French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese to English translations, with additional support for other European languages.
Can you handle large-scale translation projects?
Yes, we've successfully completed projects including 100,000-word databases and multi-language brochure translations for major tourist boards.
Do you offer interpreter services for travel industry events?
We provide professional interpreters for tourism trade shows, hospitality events, and familiarisation trips across Europe and Latin America.
