The NATIONS Difference: What Sets our Translation Service Apart

Communication is one of the most fundamental human needs, fostering connection and deepening relationships. For businesses and public sector organizations, good communication is essential to convey their message, provide clarity, and build trust. NATIONS can help on all counts with quality translation services that speak to your audience in their own language.

We’re linguistic experts with diverse backgrounds, giving us subject matter expertise across a broad range of industries, sectors, and mediums. Our team is proud of their reputation for high quality language offerings and exceptional customer service.

We’ve worked with blue chip financial institutions, multinational corporations, large-scale public sector organizations, and federal agencies. Whatever your needs - translation services, real-time interpreting, editing, process improvement - we’re your partner in communication.

Canada translation services - with a global focus

Our offices may be located in Ottawa and Toronto but our focus is global. NATIONS offers services in over 100 languages, going beyond Canada’s official languages of English and French to reach around the world.

We offer services in Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, German, Ukrainian, Indonesian, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Hindi, and many more. We also offer 34 Indigenous languages from Canada, South America and other areas. If you don’t see your language on our list, talk to our team! We are always happy to accommodate specialized requests.

Our range reflects our international outlook. We can help you reach audiences worldwide with services that go beyond translation to cater to culture, context, and nuance in your target destination. 

NATIONS provides tailored translation to support global marketing efforts. We’ll work with your marketing, sales, and advertising teams to ensure our translation supports and enhances your content strategy. 

With our transcreation services, companies don’t have to reinvent the wheel. Rather than eating into your budget to craft new campaigns for every market, we’ll take your original material and carefully adjust and adapt it to each audience. This eliminates the risk of those embarrassing ‘lost in translation’ moments that can cause severe reputational damage. It also ensures that every client, customer, or potential lead is receiving your message in a way that directly speaks to them. 

For businesses with subsidiaries and satellites all over the world, it’s important to give a consistent message when drafting corporate content. We understand these challenges and work with companies to localize all their content, external and internal. 

Websites, training materials, technical manuals, marketing campaigns - whatever you’re translating and whoever you’re translating it for, we can help.

Business translation services

Business translation comes with its own unique challenges.

Firstly, each industry has its own language with jargon that is very specific to the subject matter and audience. Material is often also highly technical and detailed, requiring contextual knowledge for accurate translation. There may also be security implications as many business communications are highly sensitive and/or confidential.

Lastly, businesses have to think about their bottom line. They need processes that smoothly integrate with existing workflows for efficient project management. Sprawling international corporations and small start-ups have one thing in common - they need their language services completed on time, and within budget. 

As a busy business ourselves, we understand these considerations and pride ourselves on being not just another contractor, but a partner. We align our workflows and processes with yours so that every translation is delivered seamlessly and reliably on deadline. Each client receives a dedicated project manager, laser-focused on their portfolio. 

Using the latest tech tools, we provide speedy service without sacrificing quality - blending human expertise and machine learning to offer highly accurate translations at scale and with competitive pricing.

Human input is essential in every translation of course, so clients don’t just get a project manager, they’re also assigned a subject matter expert for their industry who can provide quality translations localized to their sector.

With this big-picture approach and careful attention to detail, we can provide a seamless and efficient experience for our clients. Available 24/7, 365 days a year, NATIONS knows that your business never stops so neither do we. 

Official translation services

As Canada’s leading translation group, NATIONS has cultivated strong relationships with many public sector clients across the country. Our team has been involved in translations at all levels of government, from municipal documents all the way up to national federal projects.


We handle these sensitively and carefully, remaining mindful of the need for security and accuracy. From defence to transportation, and government to legal services, our public sector clients know they can trust us to deliver any project to their exact specifications and satisfaction.

Certified translation services

With three decades in the business, the NATIONS team has built up an impressive range of certifications and qualifications.

Our talented linguistics are the best at what they do. They’ve spent years honing their skills and gaining experience to better serve NATIONS’ clients. 

We’re deeply passionate about our industry and are always focused on developing the profession through robust training and stringent certification - offering our clients peace of mind that they’re working with language providers at the forefront of their field.

NATIONS is compliant with the latest industry standards including:

  • ISO 27001:2013 – Information Security Management Systems

  • ISO 17100:2015-05 – Translation Services

  • ISO 18587:2017 – Translation Services – Post-Editing – AI Machine Translation

  • Canadian translation standard: CAN/CGSB-131.10-2017

We’re also board members of the Canadian Language Industry Association (CLIA) and Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB), as well as active members of the Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario (ATIO) and l’Ordre des traducteurs terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec (OTTIAQ).

Indigenous language translator

As Canada’s largest Indigenous-owned language services provider, we’re the go-to Indigenous language translator for many of the country’s biggest companies and public sector bodies. 

We provide translations in 34 Indigenous languages including:

  • Algonquin 

  • Anishinaabe

  • Assiniboine

  • Blackfoot

  • Cree 

  • Inuktitut 

  • Mikmaq/Micmac 

  • Mohawk/Iroquois Languages 

  • Ojibwe 

  • Witsuwit'en 

We don’t just translate for these communities, we’re part of these communities. That rich heritage gives NATIONS a unique insight into the importance of engaging with First Nations audiences and supporting language preservation efforts in these communities.

Our work in this area includes translating the Royal Bank of Canada’s Indigenous Partnership Report, to help RBC reach Indigenous speakers and amplify Indigenous voices. 

As an advocate for change, NATIONS is proud to work with Indigenous communities across Canada, sponsoring youth initiatives and opening up opportunities for First Nations language keepers. It’s exciting for our clients to be a part of this movement and help further reconciliation efforts through the revitalization of Canada’s endangered languages.

Innovation in language services

At NATIONS, translation services are both an art and a science, combining tech-driven efficiencies with crafted translations that communicate, engage, and connect.

Our expertise, our values, and our forward-thinking, innovative approach are evident in everything we do. If you’d like to learn more about our services, or want to speak to a member of our team about how we can help elevate your communications, get in touch. We can’t wait to work with you!