YABYLON is your one-stop shop for translation services in every subject area. Using the latest technology, YABYLON covers the entire spectrum of services, from translation to the ready-to-print, foreign-language document. YABYLON’s staff are highly motivated experts in their field, and can provide you with personalized advice on a fast, flexible basis. Our standardized quality processes ensure that our work is of a consistently high quality. Using long-standing business relationships and custom-tailored solutions, we can boost your image in foreign markets the world over.
Technical translation of operating instructions, workshop documentation, product and marketing information, catalogues, websites and training materials.
Translation of specialist texts, manuals, product specifications, performance specifications and patent applications.
Top-quality, reliable translations of documentation, procedural instructions and manuals for maximum safety.
Legally compliant translation of scientific papers, patents, agreements, studies and specialist publications.
Professional translations of contractual terms, terms and conditions, certificates, contracts, verdicts, correspondence, statements of claims, official records and official documents.
High-precision, highly detailed, professional translation for patent law documents, PCT applications, patent lawsuits, reports and correspondence.
Professional translations of documents, reports and specialist texts for credit institutes, banks, accounts, stock trading, auditors and state organisations.
Software localisation with UI texts to suit your target market, help pages, and product descriptions and manuals.
Marketing-oriented translations of advertising and specialist texts; idiomatic expressions and turns of phrase for presenting products in foreign-language markets.
TranslationTechnically accurate, reliable translation of texts into all world languages – from operating instructions and data sheets to annual accounts, stock market reports, as well as medical studies, contracts, official records and legal documents. All of YABYLON’s translations are carried out by professional translators from our extensive network, who specialise in the relevant fields and translate exclusively into their native languages. By combining this service with a standardised quality assurance system, we are able to guarantee consistently high-quality translations aimed directly at your target market.
InterpretingOur experienced interpreters can accompany you during negotiations or at conferences, business meetings, in legal matters, training sessions or trade fairs. Depending on your requirements, you can choose either a simultaneous interpreter, who will sit in an interpreting booth and provide you with immediate translations in your language, or a consecutive interpreter, who will use breaks in speech to relay the notes they have made to you in your own language. Whichever you choose, you can always rely on our highly reliable, excellent translation quality and speed.
Client PortalThe YABYLON Customer Portal simplifies the order process by providing you with direct access to our translation services. In simple steps the customer portal only requests the most essential information – including your preferred delivery date. If you’re in a hurry, you can order language services immediately or request a quote first. Whatever you choose: a fast response time is guaranteed due to the integration with our translation management system.
REST APIIn addition to being able to order our translation and language services through our YABYLON Customer Portal, you can also use our REST API to directly connect your own software systems, making the translation process even simpler. Through our REST API you can place orders directly from within your systems, ensuring a more streamlined process. All requests and orders are also visible in our Customer Portal, giving you a perfect overview.
AccreditationYABYLON offers legally certified translation for all types of legal documents – including certificates, identification papers, official records, legal statements and verdicts – for official authorities or courts of law. YABYLON’s sworn translators can accredit finished translations. To do so, they compare the translation to the original to ensure that it is correct and complete, thus increasing the authenticity of the document.
Desktop PublishingIn addition to the translation work itself, we also offer a comprehensive range of desktop publishing services. Once your translation is complete, we will arrange the layout of your documents so that they can be used without any problem in publications such as brochures, magazines, books or catalogues. The layout is always suited to your requirements, even for languages with complex characters, such as Chinese, Japanese and Arabic. Our desktop publishing service includes support for all conventional systems and formats, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, InDesign, Illustrator, FrameMaker and Quark XPress.
Terminology ManagementWith our services in terminology management, we help companies to maintain and communicate their corporate identities beyond the borders of their native market and country. This is particularly important for those trying to break into new international markets. We help our customers decide the best way of communicating their image and presenting their products and services to their target audience in a foreign language. We revise the existing terminology database, build up a vocabulary of specialist words for the market in question and develop specialist translation databases for specific target markets.
Project ManagementWe have been helping our customers with the translation of multi-lingual projects for many years now. During this time, we have always been particularly successful in the fields of project management and consulting. Our project managers are responsible, multi-lingual experts, and will work with you very closely to develop the best, most cost-effective strategy for you to achieve your goals in the field of international communication. Our process includes recognising and minimising potential risks, proposing creative solutions to complex challenges and compiling tailor-made service packages. Each customer is assigned a permanent project manager to work through, coordinate and document their processes.
The latest technologyWe always work with the latest technology – especially when it comes to Computer-Aided Translation (CAT). This allows us to deliver highly accurate, linguistically consistent translations while also saving time and costs, utilizing a number of key advantages. The use of translation memories means we never need to translate frequently occurring fragments of text more than once. This makes translation projects faster and more cost-effective. CAT also allows us to apply consistent terminology management and writing styles – in any language and for all translation projects.
Our team is made up of qualified, motivated staff from a wide range of fields who are devoted to the translation of languages, and boast in-depth training and years of experience in this area. We utilise our energy and work ethic to produce a continually outstanding quality of service that inspires a long-term sense of trust in our customers.
As our CEO, Heiko Ehrhard stands for expertise and security in negotiations with international customers. He gained experience abroad in the 1990s, working as an international operations manager in North America, Australia and Europe. Mr Ehrhard entered the world of Asian business in 2003, building up an extensive network of business contacts over the course of numerous postings in China and the neighbouring East Asian countries. Before founding Yabylon GmbH in 2010, he worked for a leading language service provider, where he was responsible for localisation and consulting projects for key multinational clients. In addition to his native German, Heiko speaks fluent English, Spanish and Chinese.
Li Yu is a founding member of Yabylon GmbH. In addition to working as a freelance economy and technology journalist, in 1997 he also began translating and interpreting for clients from a variety of economic sectors. His work in this area helped many customers from the Chinese industrial sector gain a permanent foothold in the European market. Thanks to his many years of experience in the field of international, multilingual project management, he has become primarily responsible for our operating business at Yabylon. Li has degrees in Germanic Studies and Communication and Media Studies, and speaks fluent German, English and French in addition to his native Chinese.
Motoko Yoshida has been working in the translation industry for many years. She is a well-established technical and patent translator, and her extensive experience and skills have played a key role in Yabylon’s success ever since the company’s foundation. Motoko is in charge of our Japanese translation team, and is responsible for quality management. In addition to her native Japanese, she speaks fluent German, English and Italian.
Katja Seidel completed her degree in Translation Studies in 2008, specialising in English and Russian. Since then, she has worked for a number of companies in the translation sector – from start-ups and medium-sized operations to corporation-sized businesses. This experience in the field of project management enables her to find specific, customer-oriented solutions for complex translation projects. In addition to her native German, Katja speaks fluent English and Russian.
Götz Baumeister discovered his faculties and his love for translation during his literal studies. He had made first contact while he was translating specialised texts during his work as a graduation assistant. Regular and extensive travels abroad gave him linguistic routine. Götz Baumeister has gained professional experience since 2008, working for local and global language service providers. Since that time he has worked with virtually all common file formats, with XML-based content management systems, and the usual CAT tools. He has also kept his avid eye as a proofreader as well as his sense for good linguistic style. Götz speaks fluent English and French, as well as Spanish and Indonesian on occasion.
Sarah Hebisch completed her studies in technical and media translation for English and French in 2023. She has spent a significant amount of time in the UK and also completed an extended exchange semester in South Korea, which allowed her to refine her language skills before joining our team. She impresses with her calm yet highly focused and precise approach to work, which is both thorough and efficient. Thanks to her keen perception, she quickly familiarises herself with new tools and introduces them to the team. Despite her limited professional experience, she demonstrates a strong interest in the latest developments in the translation industry—especially regarding Asian languages—by blogging about them. In addition to her native language, Sarah speaks English, French, and Korean fluently.
Tatiana Kichkina has been working as a project manager in the localisation and translation industry since 2008. With an academic background in English philology, media studies, and art history, she has gained international experience and deepened her expertise while working with various global companies. Born in Eastern Europe and now based in Germany, she bridges European and Asian cultures with particular sensitivity. Her mother tongue is Russian, and she is also fluent in English, German, and Ukrainian. With her keen linguistic awareness and intercultural expertise, she ensures that translation projects are not only linguistically precise but also culturally appropriate. Her commitment to continuous development is reflected in her openness to new languages and technologies, as well as in the integration of AI into translation processes.
Lei Gao graduated in German Studies with a focus on translation in 2008 before gaining valuable experience as a technical translator and project manager at one of China’s leading translation companies. She has been active in the translation industry ever since and has been strengthening our team since 2019. Having passed the state translation examination in China and specialised in technical texts and creative marketing content, she combines precision with stylistic sensitivity. With her extensive experience, she merges in-depth expertise with modern quality assurance tools to optimise translations and ensure the highest linguistic quality. A native speaker of Chinese, Lei is also fluent in German and English.
YABYLON GmbH
Obentrautstrasse 35
10963 Berlin, Germany
+49 30 208 98 59 00
info@yabylon.com