Skinner Language Services
Professional translation for legal, financial, technical and editorial clients. AI where it serves. Human judgement where it counts. Boutique language consultancy outside Zurich, Switzerland.
The problem with AI translation
AI doesn't make translation errors. It makes fluent ones.
Machine output reads well. That's the risk. In a legal contract or a financial disclosure, a fluent mistranslation is harder to catch — and more costly — than an obvious one. Human oversight isn't a luxury. It's what the workflow requires.
What we do
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No machine in the loop. For clients who require — or whose clients require — a guarantee of pure human work. Contracts, regulatory filings, sensitive communications.
No AI at any stage.
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AI-assisted translation with a specialist at every stage. The speed of AI. The judgement of someone who knows what's at stake. The human isn't a final check — they're part of the process throughout.
AI-assisted, human-led throughout.
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Proofreading, post-editing and quality review for existing translations. Whether the source is in-house MT, a previous supplier's work or an earlier version — we tell you what it needs.
Independent quality review.
Who we work with
Legal
Contracts, litigation documents, regulatory submissions. Every word has consequences.
Financial
Disclosures, reports, fund documentation. The numbers — and the language — have to be right.
Technical
Manuals, specifications, engineering documentation. Terminology that holds across languages.
Editorial
Journalism, analysis, long-form publishing. Journalism that reads like journalism.
slangs atelier
You send us a document. A specialist returns a draft the same day, refined the next — with slangs atelier handling translation memory, terminology and review in a single workflow behind the scenes.
slangs atelier is the software infrastructure behind slangs' AI-assisted service. It manages translation memory, client-specific terminology, style and tone of voice and human review in a single integrated workflow — so machine efficiency doesn't come at the expense of professional accountability. Available as a standalone service or integrated into existing workflows.
Request a demonstrationContact
Send us a document or outline your project — we'll review it and advise on the appropriate approach.
About
Based outside Zurich in Schindellegi, Switzerland, Skinner Language Services is a boutique language services consultancy established in 2011. For over a decade we have served clients across Switzerland, the EU, the UK and the US in the legal, financial, technical and editorial sectors.
We operate under strict confidentiality protocols. All documents and source materials are handled with the discretion that sensitive legal, financial and technical content demands. We do not share or retain client materials beyond the requirements of the translation workflow, and non-disclosure agreements are standard practice.
Our core languages are English, German and French, with additional capacity in Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian.