# Can bilingual written translations be performed?
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Bilingual translation in a parallel layout
The source and translation can share one document so that each paragraph, field and value is easy to compare across the two languages.
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Yes. La Fit Trans prepares bilingual written translations combining Bulgarian with a foreign language or two foreign languages. The two texts may appear in facing columns, in consecutive language sections or in another agreed structure suited to the document and its intended use.
A parallel layout works well for contracts, certificates, forms, corporate materials, technical tables and documents reviewed by parties using different working languages. A particular clause, name, date, number or field can be located in both versions at once, without moving between two separate files.
The layout follows the source structure. Columns suit short passages whose units correspond closely, while consecutive language sections are more readable for long text, complex tables or language versions of very different length. Headings, numbering, names, amounts and recurring terms are aligned between the texts, and the controlling language version is identified clearly.
When the source document is already bilingual, the parties first establish which text is controlling and whether the two versions correspond fully. A translation into a third language follows the selected source; differences found between the existing language versions are not silently harmonised. This keeps the content and origin of each formulation traceable.
A bilingual layout does not by itself make a translation official or certified. Signature certification and other formalities are included according to the intended use and the receiving party's requirements. An EU multilingual standard form for certain public documents is a different instrument: it is issued by a competent authority as a translation aid, not created by a translation agency.
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