Product Label Translation

Most product labels carry the product name, ingredients or composition, directions, warnings, storage details, net quantity and the maker or importer. The exact list depends on the product type and the market where it is sold. Tomedes translates every item on the list once your team confirms it.

Put the product name, ingredients, allergens, net quantity and maker details on the label, in the language the selling market requires. Rules differ by market, so a label made for one country often needs changes for another. Tomedes translates the text and fits it into your artwork, and the brand owner checks the final label against the market rules.

Under the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard in the United States, a hazardous chemical label needs six items: product identifier, signal word, hazard statements, pictograms, precautionary statements, and the name, address and phone number of the maker, importer or other responsible party. The standard requires the text in English and allows other languages to be added. Other markets set their own rules, so confirm each one before translation.

Product label translation turns the text, units and warnings on packaging into the language of the target market. Compliance matters because each market sets its own language and content rules, and a label that breaks them can delay a shipment or a launch. Tomedes confirms the rules of the target market with your team before translation starts.

All text a buyer reads or uses needs translation: product name, ingredients, allergens, directions, warnings, storage, maker or importer details, country of origin, dates, and net quantity with the right units. Barcodes and certification marks usually stay unchanged, but the text next to them changes. Send editable files, the current ingredient list and any earlier translations so terms stay consistent.

Yes, most phones do. iPhone has a Translate app that can translate text with the camera and Android phones offer similar apps. Use them to understand a label while shopping, not to write text that will be printed on a product.

For your own reading, photograph it and use a phone translation app. For anything official or printed on a product, send a clear scan or the editable file to a professional translator. Tomedes accepts scanned and other non-editable files and extracts the text before translation.

Yes, ChatGPT can translate text, but a qualified linguist does not review its output, and it can miss allergens, units or warning wording. It works for a quick draft or to understand a label. Anything printed or sold needs human review, and Tomedes uses AI translation only with human post-editing under ISO 18587:2017.

No. Free camera and app translations can miss allergens, units or required warning wording, and no one reviews them. Use them to understand a label, then use a human translator and a documented review for anything sold or inspected. Tomedes returns reviewed text and, with layout, a print-ready file.

Sometimes, but markets that share a language can still differ in units, date formats, warnings and bilingual rules. Canada, for example, requires English and French on prepackaged food. List every target market, compare their rules for your product type, then build one base layout with a variant for each market that needs changes. Tomedes translates each variant.

Tomedes confirms the rules of the target market with your team before translation starts, covering language, units, dates and warnings. Linguists use the glossary agreed with you, and a second linguist reviews the translation. Tomedes does not approve the final label for a market. The brand owner or a regulatory specialist does that.

The process has five steps: scope and file preparation, translation with an agreed glossary, review by a second linguist, layout in your packaging file, and a final check of the designed file. Approving key terms up front catches issues early. Layout is added when the project includes it.

Price depends on word count, language pair, subject and layout work. Technical translation at Tomedes starts from $0.08 per word, and prices vary by language pair. Labels are short, so the number of languages affects the total as much as the word count. Tomedes replies within 15 minutes, 24/7, with one quote for translation and layout.