German → English · Machine documentation only
English manuals your engineers don’t have to rewrite.
I’m Jo Fernwood, a mechanical engineer who translates technical documentation from German into English for machine builders: operating manuals, maintenance instructions, specifications and safety notes. Nothing else.
Why machine builders work with me
An engineer who translates
I trained as a mechanical engineer. I understand what a component does before I put it into English, so the translation describes the machine, not just the words.
Only machine documentation
I don’t translate marketing, contracts or websites. Operating manuals, maintenance instructions, specifications and safety notes are all I do.
Your terminology, kept
Send me your terminology list, or we build one together on the first job. I keep it and use it on every job after that.
A fixed price first
Work is priced per word. You get a fixed price and agree to it before I start, so there are no surprises on the invoice.
What that means for your team
- Fewer review rounds for your own engineers. They check the English, rather than rewrite it.
- The same words for the same parts in every manual. Your terminology carries over from one job to the next.
How a job works
Send the documents
Email the German files and, if you have one, your terminology list.
Agree a fixed price
I count the words and send a fixed price. Nothing starts until you agree.
Terminology settled
I use your list, or we build one together on the first job.
Receive the English
You get the translation, and your terminology is kept for the next job.