Case Study: End-to-End Annual Report Translation for a Global Banking Institution

Client Overview

A leading multinational bank operating across 20+ countries approached us for Bank statement translation and annual report translation services to support its global investor communication.. The project required accurate multilingual financial reporting across French, Spanish, and Arabic, with strict adherence to IFRS-aligned terminology.

Project Scope

• Document Type: 120-page Annual Report
• Languages: French, Spanish & Arabic
• Content Profile: CEO message, MD&A, auditor’s report, risk disclosures, balance sheets, cash-flow statements, notes to accounts, and dense footnotes
• Volume: 35,000+ words plus 40+ tables and financial charts
• Requirement: High-precision certified annual report translation delivered within a compressed timeline

Key Challenges

• Complex Financial Terminology – Required consistency with IFRS/GAAP terminology, banking ratios, and regulatory references aligned with bank certified translation standards.
• Dense Tables & Footnotes – Complex numerical layouts had to be translated without disturbing the structure.
• Terminology Consistency Across 3 Languages – Required alignment with previous year’s disclosures and investor presentations.
• Tight Delivery Deadline – The client needed the translated annual report ready for its quarterly investor call.

Our Solution Approach

1. Customised Multilingual Financial Glossary

We developed a client-specific glossary covering:

🔹 IFRS terms

🔹 note-to-accounts definitions

🔹 regulatory abbreviations

🔹 banking & risk-management terminology

This ensured 100% consistency across French, Spanish, and Arabic.

2. Leveraging Translation Memory (TM)

We imported the client’s previous year’s annual report into our advanced Translation Memory system as part of our translation methodology, enabling:

🔹 consistency with past disclosures

🔹 faster translation cycles

🔹 reduced rework and human error

3. Three-Level Quality Review

Our standard Financial Translation QA Workflow was applied:

Stage 1: Translation by a financial-domain linguist

Stage 2: Review by a Subject Matter Expert (SME) specialising in banking & IFRS

Stage 3: Final proofreading to ensure structural and linguistic accuracy

All numerical data, tables, charts, and cross-references were revalidated manually.

Final Outcome

✅ Delivered 48 hours ahead of the deadline
✅ Revision rate below 1% during the client’s internal audit
✅ 100% structural accuracy across tables, notes, and disclosures
✅ Glossary reuse in the following year helped the client achieve a 22% cost reduction
✅ Boosted consistency across multilingual investor communication

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