Professional Norwegian Translation Services

Many people assume English to Norwegian translation is a relatively simple task. English and Norwegian are Germanic languages, so the two have significant similarities in grammar and vocabulary. Word order follows the Subject–Verb–Object structure in both languages, for example. Their vocabularies are also remarkably similar, as many English words have been borrowed from Norwegian. Ski, iceberg, and krill are three typical examples. Despite these similarities, considerable differences make high-quality Norwegian translation services challenging to master. For example, possessive pronouns can be placed before or after the noun in a sentence, and possessive apostrophes are not used. Subject–Verb agreement errors are also common in Norwegian to English translation projects and vice versa. These are only subtle discrepancies but distinguish between a skilled and sloppy translation. In addition, the similarities themselves pose more challenges for translators. The overlapping vocabularies are highly useful, but there are many “false friends” – words that are spelt the same in English and Norwegian but have entirely different meanings. For example, this includes words like bra (good), hell (good luck), love (promise), and travel (busy). Using these words assuming they carry the English meaning results in loss of context and, in worst cases, incomprehensible text. Trust our professional English to Norwegian translation services for the best results.

We are trusted by companies worldwide for our professional English to Norwegian translation services. Our global client base extends across all industries, and we’ve helped businesses in multiple sectors enter the Norwegian market. This has enabled us to gain specialised industry knowledge of various subject areas and has particularly made us the go-to Norwegian translation company for global businesses. Whether you want us to translate a general document, or a more specialised manual, our professional Norwegian translators are on-hand to meet your specific needs. Some documents contain industry-specific terminology and information. Therefore, we provide industry specialist translators for these documents. Some of the sectors we offer Norwegian translation services for are eCommerce translation, manufacturing translation, hotel translation, contract translation, healthcare translation, and much more.

There are approximately 5 million Norwegian speakers across the globe. These speakers predominantly live in Norway, where Norwegian is also the official language. Norwegian is one of the only tonal Indo-European languages – tonal languages are rarely seen outside of Asian languages. Many words in the Norwegian vocabulary are also incredibly long! One example is fylkestrafikksikkerhetsutvalgssekretariatslederfunksjonene, which is 58 letters long and refers to the role of a committee leader. Finally, there is a significant overlap in the English and Norwegian vocabularies. In other words, the words problem, finger, ski, over, under, and glass are all present in both languages.