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Industrial Automation Translation


Alafranga has translated documentation and interface texts for automation since 2002: PLC and control documentation, HMI and alarm texts, SCADA systems and robotics, in Turkish and more than 40 languages in total. Since 2009, our project system has recorded at least 209 projects with software, device and interface texts (April 2026).

In automation, translation affects how a plant runs. A truncated alarm text, an altered variable or an inconsistently named control leads to operator error, downtime or a safety risk.

Most of these texts live in exported lists with hard limits. The overview below shows what each text type demands.

 

▮Automation Texts and Their Constraints

Each type of automation text comes with its own technical limits. We work within them rather than around them.

Text type Typical constraint What we check
Alarm and message texts Fixed character length per line Length, variables, unambiguous wording under time pressure
HMI labels and buttons Display width, font Fit in the control, the Turkish i (İ/ı), consistency with the manual
Firmware and display strings Byte limits, character encoding Support for ç, ğ, ı, İ, ö, ş, ü; no truncated characters
PLC comments and tag names Often left untranslated Agreed with you before the project: translate, keep, or both
Manuals and training materials None Same terms as on the screen and in the spare parts catalogue

 

▮What We Translate

  • PLC and control systems: installation manuals, control logic descriptions, configuration guides, safety functions and wiring diagrams.
  • HMI and embedded systems: operator interfaces, firmware texts, display messages, warnings and alarms, and the related software documentation.
  • Robotics and smart factory: robot manuals, integration guides, digital twin documentation and documents for commissioning abroad.
  • SCADA and control rooms: interfaces, alarm and event messages, system documentation and training for control room staff.
  • Industrial IoT and data platforms: user guides, API and integration documentation, and cybersecurity documentation.

▮One Terminology for Controls, Manuals and Training

The same term must read the same on the display, in the operating manual, in the spare parts catalogue and in training materials. We build a client-specific glossary for variable names, controls, error codes and safety parameters and apply it to every document, whether a text is translated by a human or from an AI draft.

Without a Turkish locale, upper-casing and sorting produce the wrong letters, on displays and in log files too. → Turkish software localization


Planning to bring AI into your own translation work?
Before choosing a tool, decide which content AI can draft and which has to stay human. Our AI translation audit tests this on your own files, before you commit to a workflow.
→ How the audit works

 


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