
Back Translation
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Single and Double Back translation services to ensure that your documents have the same meaning as the original content
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What is Back Translation?
Back translation is the process of bringing a previously translated text back to its original language without reference to the original source. It is employed to provide additional quality assurance for the most sensitive material. While translation revels in subjective expression and stylized paraphrasing, back translation is supremely objective. Its sole aim is to ensure conceptual equivalence. Ulatus handles this complex process with dexterous ease and expertise.
We understand that the purpose here is not to produce a text that is appealing to the reader in another target language, but to create one that is accurate and faithful to the original material in terms of its intended meaning. It requires a thorough understanding of the possible degree of achievable formal and conceptual equivalence in the specific language pair. It also needs an in-depth knowledge of the connections between the linguistic symbols as well as the abstract semantic field they encompass.
Ulatus has optimized this most rigorous form of translation to provide two highly specialized services that address your needs.

Service Tiers
Translation
High-quality contextual translation by native specialists matched to your domain, culture, and communication objectives.
Translation + Editing
A thorough language review by a second linguist refines tone, terminology, and ensures conceptual equivalence.
Translation + Editing + Proofreading
A fully publish-ready document, error-free and validated through our complete three-step quality assurance process.
Our Back Translation Solutions
Rigorous quality assurance for your most sensitive documents.
Single Back Translation Solutions
Ulatus's Single Back Translation service provides the ultimate test of any translated text. It spotlights errors so that even the slightest inaccuracies or misinterpretations are clearly visible. A translator will take your translated file and bring it back to its original language. We then compare the back translation with the original document and prepare a comparison report that lists any divergences in the two files. The reviewer's comments provide a clear perspective on the accuracy of the text. The translated document is then revised to remove these divergences to reflect the original more precisely and perfectly.
Deliverables
- Our Back Translated file
- Document that certifies that we referred only the translated file and not the original source while back translating
- Comparison Report that details any differences between our translation and the original source
- Final edited file

Double Back Translation Solutions
Ulatus' Double Back Translation service is a highly specialized process that provides an extra level of security. It provides clients with an absolute assurance of accuracy, precision, and a certified level of high quality when you need to be absolutely certain that there are no potential ambiguities. It includes a forward translation of the original source, a back translation of this translated text, a comparison report which lists any divergences along with the reviewer's valuable comments. It is a service ideally suited to clients working in sectors where precision is crucial. Questionnaires, informed consent forms, market surveys, and legal and medical texts in particular often need to be precisely accurate, as any mistakes or misunderstandings caused by translation may result in inaccurate data or results and can actually be dangerous or have legal consequences.
Deliverables
- Translated file
- Back translated file
- Document that certifies that the original translator and the back translator worked independently; also, that we referred only the translated file and not the original source while back translating
- Comparison Report that details any differences between our translation and the original source
- Final edited file

Client Testimonials
We are trusted globally for delivering quality translation and localization solutions, as aptly
reflected by our customer satisfaction index of 99.45%.
"We have been thrilled with Ulatus' accuracy, flexibility and professionalism. Having one company that can do the translation and the desktop publishing all in-house was a tremendous advantage. We are already planning out our next projects with Ulatus."
Dr Carolyn Mein
Health and Nutrition Expert
"I have been using Ulatus services regularly for some time now and their quality of work is really good. The style and accuracy with which they translated my various documents was exactly what I expected it to be. I am really impressed with their team who worked closely with me to translate our vision into reality."
Desiree Lui
Abbott Informatics Asia Pacific Ltd.
"When we approached Ulatus, we initially asked for literal translation. But when the authors reviewed the translation style, they wanted the text to be more fluent. So right in the middle of the project, Ulatus changed the style from literal to paraphrasing. We are so thankful to Ulatus for accommodating this change."
Dr. Makoto Inoue
University Of Tokyo Press
"We have been thrilled with Ulatus' accuracy, flexibility and professionalism. Having one company that can do the translation and the desktop publishing all in-house was a tremendous advantage. We are already planning out our next projects with Ulatus."
Dr Carolyn Mein
Health and Nutrition Expert
"I have been using Ulatus services regularly for some time now and their quality of work is really good. The style and accuracy with which they translated my various documents was exactly what I expected it to be. I am really impressed with their team who worked closely with me to translate our vision into reality."
Desiree Lui
Abbott Informatics Asia Pacific Ltd.
Our Success Stories

World's reputed academic publisher approaches Ulatus for double back translation
Our ISO Certifications
As a professional translation service provider, our certifications demonstrate our commitment to clients and business partners worldwide.
Translation Services
ISO 17100:2015
Requirements For Translation Services
Information Security
ISO/IEC 27001:2022
Information Security Management System
Medical Devices
ISO 13485:2016
Medical Devices - Quality Management System
Quality Management
ISO 9001:2015
Quality Management System


