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A few facts about Slovak

Around seven million people around the world speak Slovak (slovenský jazyk). Approximately five million Slovak speakers live in Slovakia, while two million live elsewhere – and around a million of these people live in the USA. Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, an official language of the EU and Vojvodina (in Serbia) and a recognised minority language in Croatia, Austria, Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

While written Slovak has been standardised since around 1840, spoken Slovak has numerous regional dialects. Some Slovaks living in the Czech Republic speak a mixture of Slovak and Czech, and this hybrid language is commonly referred to as Czechoslovak. Slovak is the easiest language to understand for those who speak another Slavic language, so it is often considered to be the Slavic “Esperanto”. The Czech and Slovak languages are so similar that Slovaks and Czechs can often understand each other relatively well. Due to the shared history of the Czech and Slovak peoples (when their two countries once formed Czechoslovakia), Czech and Slovak are recognised languages in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, respectively, and can still be used for official documents in both countries. Indeed, the use of both languages in official business is stipulated bilaterally in law.

Your partner for Slovak translations

As experts in our field, we at probicon are always happy to provide you with professional Slovak translations.

All of our customers are assigned experienced project managers. They are there to help if needed and make sure that everything runs smoothly and that all expert translations into or from Slovak are delivered on time.

We exclusively use native speakers with specialist knowledge in their respective fields in order to ensure that our Slovak translations are well-formulated, clearly written and technically, grammatically and orthographically correct.
Each professional Slovak translation is checked in an in-depth correction and proofreading process in order to guarantee outstanding quality.

Whether it’s management or business texts, websites, technical or legal documents, product data sheets, press releases or newsletters that you need translated – with more than 20 years of experience, probicon is the right choice for you.

Doing business in Slovakia

Slovakia is playing an increasingly important role in the European economy. The economies of Central and Eastern Europe underwent extensive structural transformation after 1989. Today, companies in Slovakia’s chemical industry, mechanical engineering industry, electrical industry, metallurgical industry, construction materials industry, food production industry, automotive industry and timber and paper industries all produce goods that are important for Western European and international markets.

The growth rate of Slovakia’s GDP is one of the highest in the EU. The nominal wage level is still comparatively low, however. Due to its central geographical location, EU membership (and having the Euro as its currency), stable economy, comparatively low labour costs and qualified workforce (35% of all jobs are in industry and over 60% are in the services sector), Slovakia has one of the highest inflows of foreign investment in Central and Eastern Europe. Germany is Slovakia’s largest foreign investor and trading partner.

Whether it’s management or business texts, websites, technical or legal documents, product data sheets, press releases or newsletters that you need translated – probicon exclusively uses native professional translators with industry-specific knowledge and offers experienced specialist translators for every specialised field. Naturally, this also applies to translations from Slovak into English/German as well as texts from English/German into Slovak.

probicon in a nutshell

• probicon – your translation agency in Berlin
• High-quality translations
• Translations by native speakers only
• Professional translators with expertise in a wide range of industries and subject areas
• More than 35 languages from one source
• Experienced project managers
• On-time delivery – always
• Rapid response times
• Quick turnaround
• Large capacities
• Ability to work with a variety of file formats (including DTP formats like Adobe InDesign^®)
• Use of professional translation software
• Terminology consistency and creation of cost-saving translation memories
• Use of AI translation tools and provision of post-editing services if requested

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