--- title: "Blog—Jetzt Übersetzt" description: "Field notes from 17 years of DE↔EN specialist translation: annual reports, sustainability reporting, MTPE, and CAT tools—first-hand." url: "https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog" language: en-US alternates: de-DE: "https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/blog" en-US: "https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog" x-default: "https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/blog" image: "https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/assets/images/og-image.en.png" organization: name: Jetzt Übersetzt telephone: "+49 157 9259 6395" email: "alexander@jetzt-uebersetzt.de" address: "523 Jackson Street, Unit #210, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101, US" --- Blog # Blog Field notes from a working DE ↔ EN specialist translator—annual reports, sustainability reporting, MTPE, and CAT tools. - CSRD §289d HGB sustainability reporting ## [Germany still has no CSRD law: which legal basis your sustainability report cites—and how to translate it into English](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/csrd-germany-no-transposition-law-legal-basis-english-translation) The Umsetzungsgesetz is stuck in committee and the EU infringement proceeding is live—yet wave-one sustainability statements are shipping in German and English. As of October 2026. October 20, 2026 · 9 min - Trados Studio 2026 CAT tools reporting workflow ## [Trados Studio 2026: A safe upgrade checklist for reporting teams](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/trados-studio-2026-before-reporting-season-migration-checklist) A staged go/no-go pilot for annual-report and sustainability teams—copies, termbase caution, AI governance, and a rollback plan October 13, 2026 · 8 min - EU AI Act MTPE disclosure obligation ## [MTPE and the EU AI Act: when post-editing counts as human review—and when AI translation must be disclosed](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/mtpe-eu-ai-act-human-review-disclosure) The binary answer under Article 50, the Commission guidelines of July 20, 2026, and the documentation path that survives an audit. October 6, 2026 · 10 min - ESRS CSRD terminology management ## [The ESRS text just changed: auditing your DE→EN termbase before FY2026 reports go to translation](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/esrs-glossary-changed-2026-german-english-termbase-audit) The Simplified ESRS were published on September 21, 2026, the German version is still moving, and early adoption is optional for FY2026. Here is the version-decision rule, the term handling it forces, and the audit I run before a file goes into production. September 29, 2026 · 11 min - CSRD ESRS sustainability reporting ## [From brief to delivery: the step-by-step workflow for translating a German CSRD sustainability report into English](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/german-sustainability-report-translation-workflow-brief-to-delivery) A 138-page report lands three weeks before the deadline. Here is what actually happens between that email and the file that ships—six phases, not one per-line rate. September 22, 2026 · 11 min - remuneration report annual report translation corporate governance ## [Translating the German remuneration report: proxy advisors, ARUG II, and the terminology that cannot afford to be wrong](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/remuneration-report-german-english-translation-proxy-advisors) Why the English version of your § 162 AktG remuneration report gets read more critically than almost anything else in the annual-report package—and what that means for the person managing the translation. September 15, 2026 · 10 min - IFRS 18 annual report translation financial translation ## [IFRS 18 in annual report translation: new subtotals, MPMs, and the terminology traps of the new presentation standard](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/ifrs-18-annual-report-translation-mpms-terminology) The first IFRS 18 reporting season is also a terminology project. Here is what breaks in a DE→EN translation—and what you have to lock down before you send me a single file. September 8, 2026 · 11 min - financial translation IFRS HGB ## [HGB, IFRS, and US-GAAP in English: why your accounting standard dictates the right translation language](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/hgb-ifrs-us-gaap-english-translation-accounting-standard) The same German word can need three different English renderings—and the file itself rarely tells you which one applies. Here’s how I decide. August 25, 2026 · 10 min - annual reports financial translation DE↔EN ## [Why your German–English translator should be a native speaker of both languages](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/why-german-english-translator-native-speaker-both-languages) The standard advice—translate into your mother tongue—only covers half the job. For an annual report, the other half decides whether the English sounds written or merely translated. August 11, 2026 · 11 min - annual reports financial translation project planning ## [Annual report translation: when to brief your specialist translator, and what they need from you](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/annual-report-translation-briefing-timeline) A concrete season-by-season timeline and a briefing checklist, written by the person who does the translating. August 9, 2026 · 10 min - data security confidentiality GDPR ## [Translating confidential corporate documents: what to demand from your LSP on data security](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/confidential-corporate-translation-data-security-vendor-checklist) An NDA protects the relationship. It does nothing about where your text actually travels. Here’s the difference—and the eight questions that expose it. July 28, 2026 · 11 min - translation memory annual reports IFRS ## [Translation memory in annual report translation: how CAT tools deliver IFRS consistency and repeat-segment savings](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/translation-memory-cat-tools-annual-reports-ifrs-consistency) A quarter of your Geschäftsbericht is last year’s Geschäftsbericht. Here’s how a translation memory turns that repetition into both a lower rate and a defensible consistency record. July 21, 2026 · 10 min - annual reports financial translation Denglish ## [Denglish in annual reports: how anglicised source text undermines your English translation](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/denglish-annual-reports-anglicised-source-text-english-translation) The problem isn’t in the translation. It’s in the German you handed me—and almost nobody in the briefing chain can name it. July 14, 2026 · 11 min - CSRD sustainability reporting ESRS ## [CSRD in English: translation risk, audit liability, and the workflow IR teams need](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/csrd-sustainability-report-english-translation-audit-compliance) A published English version of a regulated sustainability statement isn’t a courtesy. It’s a parallel legal document—and a material discrepancy between language versions is a disclosure risk. July 7, 2026 · 11 min - Fachübersetzung Normzeile Translation pricing ## [What a specialist German–English translation really costs in 2026: rates, Normzeilen, and every factor that moves the price](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/what-specialist-german-english-translation-costs-2026) A working financial translator publishes his actual per-line rate, explains the standard line in plain terms, and walks through every factor that moves the number up or down. June 30, 2026 · 10 min - annual reports GDPR MAR ## [Can you use DeepL for your annual report? NDA, GDPR, and inside information explained](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/deepl-annual-report-nda-gdpr-inside-information) A pre-publication earnings draft isn’t just confidential—it’s a regulated category of information. Here’s what binds you before you reach for a cloud translator. June 23, 2026 · 11 min - ESRS CSRD sustainability reporting ## [ESRS in English: The terminology conflicts every CSRD report translation must resolve](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/esrs-in-english-terminology-conflicts-csrd-report-translation) Why translating a German sustainability statement into English is a compliance task, not a stylistic one—and how I reconcile three competing official vocabularies that no single document maps to each other. June 16, 2026 · 11 min - MTPE annual reports financial translation ## [MTPE for annual reports: when AI translation helps—and when it fails](https://jetzt-uebersetzt.de/en/blog/mtpe-annual-reports-when-ai-translation-helps) A segment-level decision framework for using machine translation post-editing on your Geschäftsbericht—from 17 reporting seasons of actually doing the work June 10, 2026 · 10 min