FAQ
To order proofreading and translation between Danish and English, complete and send our order form, found here.
We no longer accept orders by email, but if you have a question or need help with your order, please write to us at sprog@sdu.dk
Please note that you will not receive confirmation that your order has successfully been submitted when you send the order form. We will only contact you if there are any problems or questions regarding your order.
For translations in other languages, contact us by email sprog@sdu.dk. Please provide a brief description of the translation you require, including which languages are involved, how many words are in the text and what your deadline is.
Tip: To help us save time, please perform a spellcheck and grammar check before submitting your texts.
Internal processing time is 10 days for proofreading of article length jobs (max. 15,000 words, excl. lists of references), subject to availability.
Internal processing time for jobs under 1,000 words (proofreading/translation) is 3–5 days, subject to availability.
Scientific articles, news items, speeches, notifications, guidelines/instructions, reports, presentations, exam regulations…
Drop us a line at sprog@sdu.dk to discuss your options.
We are unable to accept large jobs, such as complete PhD dissertations (monographs) or books.
For video subtitles in English/Danish, please contact Marianne Havndrup (TV2) at maha@tv2.dk. Note: This is a cost-based service.
We do not offer transcriptions of audio recordings.
We translate between Danish and English (both directions).
If you wish translation in other languages, please email us.
If we are fully booked and your job is urgent, we will refer you to our external partner, Semantix.
Files in other formats will not be accepted.
Simply drag and drop your file(s) into the file upload section in our online order or click anywhere within the field to browse for and select your file(s).
To upload more than 10 files, compress them into a single .ZIP file and upload it
You are always welcome to give us a heads-up about a forthcoming job and discuss your options. In the event of any delays on your side (e.g. your handoff date), your order will be cancelled and you must place a new order.
No, but if we are fully booked and unable to accommodate your schedule, we will refer you to Semantix. Please note that Semantix’s services are subject to payment of a fee.
our services are available to all SDU employees (including PhD students), but not undergraduate, graduate and other non-employed students.
The first/primary author must have SDU as their primary workplace, and the text must be written under the auspices of SDU.
We do not accept private tasks.
AI tools translate words and not opinions. This means that if an AI-translated text is received, it will require extra time as both source text and AI text must be reviewed for opinions and SDU words/terms that AI tools typically do not know.
Orders for translation and proofreading must therefore be of the source text.
Staff:
Jeff Duckett
Linguistic Consultant
sprog@sdu.dk
T: 65 50 82 33
Carole Jepsen
Linguistic Consultant
sprog@sdu.dk
T: 65 50 37 36
Find us here:
SDU Communications
Nearest entrance: R30
Office: V9-304a-0 and V9-304b-0.
In text(s) containing personally identifiable information, these details must be neutralised before submitting the text(s) for translation.
For instance, you may want to replace names in the text, e.g. 'John Doe', with PERSON-1 osv. This is to protect the translators from gaining unintended access to confidential information.
Upon receiving the translation, simply replace the generic person names with the real ones.
