For sworn translators · BDÜ · SFT · ITI · ATA · ASETRAD
For the work AI can't take from you.
Folio translates your client's PDF and preserves the layout exactly. Names, dates, addresses, tables, stamps — all where they were. You stay the sworn translator; the formatting isn't on your clock anymore.
No credit card · GDPR compliant · Built with BDÜ feedback
Every sworn translator knows this story.
The PDF arrives. The deadline looms. The real work starts — and it's not the translation.
Birth certificates, contracts, court filings. Always PDFs. Often scanned. Always with addresses in the wrong format.
You translate the text — Trados handles that. But the output is a Word doc with broken tables, missing fonts, misaligned columns. Three hours of manual fixing follows.
By hand. Address by address. You're not paid for that work — your hourly rate drops from €100 to €30.
The math: A 10-page contract takes you 1 hour to translate and 3 hours to reformat. You bill €600 for 4 hours. Effective rate: €150/hr. Folio gives you those 3 hours back. Effective rate: €400/hr.
Three steps. That's it.
No CAT tools to configure. No settings to tweak. Just your PDF — and your translation.
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Drop your client's PDF. Any format — Word export, scanned cert, signed contract. Folio reads it. Even the ugly ones.
Translate
Pick your source and target. Both directions across 16 languages. DeepL quality, Folio precision.
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Review. Stamp. Send. Source layout preserved exactly. Names verbatim. Dates verbatim. Amounts verbatim.
Built for the specifics of sworn translation
Not a generic tool adapted for translators. Built ground-up for how you work.
Original fonts. Original spacing. Original tables. No more rebuilding in Word.
Multilingual NER detects every person name, place, organization, date, money amount. 'Müller' never becomes 'Miller'.
Upload your personal glossary. Folio matches semantically — handles plurals, conjugations.
€2.50 per finished page. No subscription. No fuzzy-match discounts.
EU-hosted. Auto-deleted after 24h by default. Configurable retention on Pro.
Folio handles intake + layout. Trados handles your translation memories. Use both.
Monthly tiers for sworn translators
Send leads to me. The public quote calculator does the routing.
End clients drop a PDF on Folio's public quote tool and get a JVEG-compliant quote in 30 seconds — page count, norm-lines, complexity, ETA, total with VAT. Quote requests can route directly to translators on the Folio network.
Try the public quote toolStop reformatting. Start translating.
Free tier: 10 pages per month, no card. Takes 30 seconds to set up.
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