About Swedish and Swedish translation

Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is, to a considerable extent, mutually intelligible with Norwegian and to a lesser extent with Danish. Along with the other North Germanic languages, Swedish is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. It is currently the largest of the North Germanic languages by numbers of speakers.

Standard Swedish, used by most Swedish people, is the national language that evolved from the Central Swedish dialects in the 19th century and was well established by the beginning of the 20th century. While distinct regional varieties descended from the older rural dialects still exist, the spoken and written language is uniform and standardized. Some dialects differ considerably from the standard language in grammar and vocabulary and are not always mutually intelligible with Standard Swedish. These dialects are confined to rural areas and are spoken primarily by small numbers of people with low social mobility. Though not facing imminent extinction, such dialects have been in decline during the past century, despite the fact that they are well researched and their use is often encouraged by local authorities.

The standard word order is Subject Verb Object, though this can often be changed to stress certain words or phrases. Swedish morphology is similar to English; that is, words have comparatively few inflections. There are two genders, two grammatical cases, and a distinction between plural and singular. Older analyses posit the cases nominative and genitive and there are some remains of distinct accusative and dative forms as well. Adjectives are compared as in English, and are also inflected according to gender, number and definiteness. The definiteness of nouns is marked primarily through suffixes (endings), complemented with separate definite and indefinite articles. The prosody features both stress and in most dialects tonal qualities. The language has a comparatively large vowel inventory. Swedish is also notable for the voiceless dorso-palatal velar fricative, a highly variable consonant phoneme.

Professional Swedish translations mainly include Chinese-Swedish translation, English-Swedish translation, Japanese-Swedish translation, Korean-Swedish translation, German-Swedish translation, Russian-Swedish translation, Spanish-Swedish translation, Portuguese-Swedish translation, Italian-Swedish translation, Arabic-Swedish translation, etc.

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Swedish translation is one of the key languages of expertise at Findhow.

* Our translators are professionally qualified linguists and have extensive experience in Swedish.

* Our translators work only in subjects relevant to their qualifications and experience and are rigorously tested.

* Our translators work exclusively into their native language.

* Swedish translation services can be provided in any document format including the Microsoft Office suite, Adobe FrameMaker, Quark XPress, Adobe PDF, Adobe Illustrator, XML, InterLeaf and PageMaker.

* Our use of translation memory software can guarantee consistency of terminology, reduce lead times and costs of your translation, as well as help build up a company-specific terminology list.

Our Swedish translation services are respected globally for tight turnaround times, accuracy and our professional experience in a wide range of software formats. Findhow has over 10-year track record in providing technical translation services in all major world languages besides Swedish, such as Chinese, English, Japanese, German, French, Russian, Korean, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Vietnamese, Dutch, Burmese, etc.

We can provide professional Swedish translation and intepreting services in many countries or cities worldwide such as Hongkong, Beijing Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Changchun, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Seoul etc.

We specialise in providing Swedish translation services in a range of technical fields such as Aviation translation, Biological translation, Chemical translation, Construction translation, Electrical translation, Energy translation, Engineering translation, IT translation, Machinery translation, Medical translation, Patent translation, Pharmaceutical translation, Steel translation, Telecom translation, Textile translation, etc.

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