PPD Translate Solutions
Translation is just the beginning
PPD™ Translate combines the capabilities of a full-service Language Solutions Integrator (LSI) and a language services Master Service Provider (MSP). We deliver a comprehensive range of translation and localization services, leveraging highly qualified linguists and advanced Language Technology Platforms (LTPs) to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability. In the pharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostics sectors, translation is just the first step in a broader journey toward global communication excellence – where integrated solutions and cutting-edge language technologies play a vital role in enabling success.
We are fully ISO 17100, 18587, and 27001 certified and connect your content to the world with exacting accuracy, timeliness, and cultural awareness. Adherence to strict quality standards, quick turnarounds, and competitive pricing are part of our DNA.
Every year we support more than
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PPD Translate solutions
Our translation support isn’t outsourced – it’s fully integrated. From the intake of non-English case reports to global regulatory filings, safety database documentation, and post-approval life-cycle management, PPD Translate solutions delivers industry leading, AI-enhanced quality, speed, and global consistency. Seamlessly embedded within our broader operational ecosystem, it drives efficient, compliant, and accelerated drug, device, and diagnostic development across global geographies.
Together, we don’t just break down silos – we redefine development as truly global, multi-lingual, consistent, and accelerated.
Learn how we can support your drug development and clinical research needs with our global clinical research solutions from the PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific and our integrated Accelerator™ Drug Development 360 CDMO and CRO Solutions.
Our solutions use AI to deliver better quality, faster turnaround, and lower costs
By being part of the world’s leading company that supports life science research and commercialization, PPD Translate is 100% focused on language services for life sciences. This means that our AI is trained on 10+ years of life science content in over 300 language pairs, giving us an industry leading AI for language services translation. Not just AI, but industry-leading AI for life sciences.
PPD™ Translate solutions ensure high-quality deliverables, on-time delivery and rapid turnaround
How a centralized MSP model improves quality and compliance, drives 99.7% on-time or early delivery, and delivers meaningful cost savings.
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Translations
Global drug, device, and diagnostic development requires translation services you can trust.
PPD™ Translate solutions delivers 80,000+ projects each year and supports 300+ language pairs, utilizing one of the world’s largest life-sciences datasets powered by AI. Our ISO-certified workflows, life sciences-dedicated experts, and fully integrated technology platforms work together to deliver exceptional quality, accelerate timelines, and reduce costs.
Linguistic Validation and eCOA
Linguistic validation built for global studies.
Linguistic validation ensures that translated Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs) remain conceptually equivalent, culturally appropriate, and clearly understood by target populations — supporting reliable multinational data collection. Using ISPOR-aligned methods, including cognitive debriefing and expert clinician review, we validate COAs in 250+ languages, supported by 80+ in-house clinicians across 22 countries. Our GxP-validated TMS/CAT tools, ISO 17100 and 18587-certified processes, and seamless eCOA migration with your vendor ensure COA content is built for global scale. To see this approach in action, read our case study on accelerated multilingual diary harmonization in rare APAC language pairs.
E-learning and Training
Global-ready, multi-lingual training —built to deploy.
We localize eLearning natively in leading authoring tools such as Storyline/Rise, Captivate, and Lectora, delivering LMS-ready modules with fully adapted UI, visuals, interactions, voiceover or dubbing, and subtitles. All content is accessible by design, with captions and transcripts included. Backed by terminology governance, subject matter expert review, bilingual quality assurance, ISO-aligned controls, and a 99.7% on-time or early record, teams worldwide get training right the first time.
Interpretation
Interpretation when it counts — clear, compliant, and seamless.
Across 100+ languages, our certified life sciences partners support onsite, remote, and phone delivery for inspections, investigator meetings, patient interactions, global events, and more. With conference-ready systems, secure workflows, and seamless integration with leading virtual platforms, we ensure every conversation precise, confidential, and culturally clear — reducing risk and strengthening global collaboration.
Transcription
Accurate transcription, built for regulated environments.
Our transcription services convert spoken content into precise, secure written records that stand up to regulatory scrutiny and real-world use. From investigator training to patient interviews to advisory boards, we combine industry-leading AI-assisted workflows with expert human review and quality checks to capture tone, nuance, and critical detail. Supporting 290+ languages at global scale, we deliver consistent turnaround through secure, GxP-aligned workflows, with redaction, time-stamping, and configurable templates — keeping records audit-ready and communications protected.
Transcreation
Transcreation that resonates across markets.
Our transcreation services transform content into compelling, culturally resonant messaging that engages audiences across global markets. Supporting 290+ languages, we help ~100 life sciences sponsors elevate patient engagement, recruitment, and enrollment communications. Supported by AI-powered language assets and ISO 17100 and 18587-certified rigor, our specialists ensure messaging feels native in every market, without losing global consistency.
Web Localization
Web localization built for global scale and regulated environments.
With 250+ large-scale projects annually across 200+ languages, supporting 2M+ products (SKUs), we localize websites for cultural relevance, technical accuracy, and SEO performance, so launches, updates, and global campaigns scale smoothly. Powered by AI-enabled workflows, continuous localization pipelines, and a GxP-validated TMS/CAT stack, we maintain brand consistency while simplifying platform integration. The result is a stronger global digital presence that drives greater visibility, higher traffic, and more meaningful engagement in every market.
Post-Approval Services
Global drug, device, and diagnostic success doesn’t stop at approval — and neither do we.
Leveraging a scalable delivery model that supports 2M+ SKUs and over a dozen launches annually, we manage high-volume, fast-turnaround programs with consistent precision. We help pharma and medical device companies bring every piece of global content to market with speed and consistency — from labeling, packaging, and IFUs to regulatory updates, commercial campaigns, training, and patient communications. Our AI-enabled workflows and scalable delivery model keep content moving as products evolve, simplifying updates and maintaining a consistent brand voice across markets. The result: faster launches and change control, smoother global operations, and clear, compliant communication that reaches regulators, HCPs, and patients — everywhere you do business.
Text to Speech
AI voiceover and text-to-speech, built for global scale.
Our AI voiceover and text-to-speech solutions convert written content into natural, multilingual audio for training, accessibility, and global communications. With hundreds of lifelike voices across 100+ languages, and control over tone, pacing, emotion, and style to keep messaging on-brand. Designed for scale and security, our workflows support everything from eLearning and compliance modules to patient communications and multimedia localization, delivering consistent, high-quality audio faster than traditional recording.
What makes PPD Translate different?
Better
- All processes comply with ISO 17100, ISO18587, and ISO 27001 standards
- Streamlined services through Thermo Fisher’s Practical Process Improvement (PPI) methodology to “find a better way every day”
- Stringent service level agreements for PPD Translate and all vendors to reduce errors
Faster
- Up to 40% faster – critically important for safety case processing and EU CTR compliance
- Leveraging the latest technology, including AI, delivers high-quality deliverables as quickly as possible
- Integrated multilingual content is a foundation of nearly all Thermo Scientific™ services
Easier
- Designed for ease and efficiency, our Requestor Portal and Agentic AI software tools reduce manual steps, accelerate delivery, and help ensure quality across all translation services
- PPD Translate handles vendor management and administrative tasks – so you can enjoy less admin and hassle and focus on what matters most
What does BETTER, FASTER, EASIER mean for You?
For clinical trials
PPD Translate helps drive 30% faster study start-up when regulatory submissions as well as site contracts require multi-lingual content, fewer comments or delays from Competent Authorities and Institutional Ethics Committees and Review Boards, faster protocol amendments and Informed Consent Forms (ICF) updates.
For post-approval commercialization
Teaming up with Thermo Fisher’s broader manufacturing, packaging and label printing, PPD Translate drives on average a 40 day reduction from approval to actual launch, as well as reducing time to reach maximum market potential, allowing our customers to accelerate timelines to achieve full return on investment (ROI). Most importantly, PPD Translate reduces the time required to make drugs, devices, and diagnostics available to patients and providers.
Join the leading health care and clinical research LSI
The best people make us the best language service solution. PPD Translate is adding linguists, translation project managers, desktop publishers and other key experts to make translation and localization better, faster and easier.
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