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Start your business in Portugal: Translation agency

You coordinate translations for businesses and individuals in Portugal. Specify languages, subject expertise and quality checks, separating commercial translations from documents needed for official procedures.

Before you incorporate

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01 / Your business

How you earn shapes the questions to ask

  • Translating commercial and technical content.
  • Editing translations and maintaining terminology.
  • Coordinating documentary translations with suitable certification when needed.

Plan translation, review and any certification

IRN distinguishes translation from certification and describes exemptions. Check the document's use and the recipient's requirements before promising certified delivery. Forming a translation company does not make every translation automatically acceptable in official proceedings.

For a sample order, record languages, editable files, terminology and revision rounds. Identify translators, reviewers and any certification provider. Plan confidentiality and client approval of changes. The quote should explain what is included, from processing scans to final delivery. Keep fees charged to the customer separate from the subcontractors' costs and allow time to resolve terminology questions before release.

02 / Next steps for your project

Questions to prepare your application

  1. Who translates and who reviews each language pair?
  2. Are the documents for commercial or official use?
  3. What volumes and file formats do customers supply?
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Portugal

Before you incorporate

Registering as self-employed and incorporating a company are different routes. The choice depends on how your business actually operates. A Portuguese company alone does not determine your tax residence or the treatment of every source of income.

Information to gather

  • Your country of residence and where you actually work.
  • A description of the services or products you sell.
  • Whether your customers are businesses or individuals, and their countries.
  • Any shareholders, existing business structure and your planned timing.

Next steps for your project

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