Ten years already! From a start-up launched in a Geneva condo by two lawyers dedicated to finding a real solution to the recurring problems faced by legal professionals, especially in the field of translation, Hieronymus has rapidly developed into a successful global operator. With 15 full-time employees and a network of 50 external translators, Hieronymus […]
Continue ReadingMore TagChristmas Card 2016: Intellectual property law
The year 2016 was marked by a considerable number of translation jobs related to trademark and patent law. We were called upon to translate numerous legal briefs and judicial opinions in a trademark dispute involving a major watchmaking company, a pharmaceutical patent dispute, and international telecom patent litigation, which rapidly reached extraordinary proportions. Such assignments […]
Continue ReadingMore TagChristmas Card 2015: General Terms and Conditions
This year, our card pays tribute to the long hours that our translators and Senior-Lawyer Linguists regularly devote to the art of terms and conditions. They are probably the only ones, apart from the authors of the original version, who read and ponder every single word, without jumping directly to the box “I confirm that […]
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We had the pleasure of translating dozens and dozens of documents and forms for our banking and financial clients in 2014, which has made us undisputed experts in sentences of more than 130 words, mainly thanks to the FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, whereas it should be noted that each assignment in this new […]
Continue ReadingMore TagChristmas Card 2013: Real Estate Contracts and Litigation
The year 2013 was marked by numerous real estate translation assignments: particularly, actions for damages against construction contractors who fell several years behind schedule in completing a building worth hundreds of millions of Swiss francs; architects who selected materials that “melted” in contact with certain substances used by the buyer and concrete slabs that never […]
Continue ReadingMore TagChristmas Card 2012: Insurance Contracts and Policies
Our 2012 Christmas card was inspired by the many translation assignments we carried out for insurance companies that year. In particular, a Swiss insurer entrusted us with the English translation of the Swiss Federal Act on Insurance Contracts (VVG). In addition, we translated directives and decisions of FOPI (the Federal Office of Private Insurance), now […]
Continue ReadingMore TagChristmas Card 2011: Paralegal Services
In 2011, Hieronymus still offered various paralegal services especially (staffing services for due diligence operations). Our legal translation services were in such high demand, however, that we quickly decided to devote ourselves entirely to such fascinating assignments.
Continue ReadingMore TagChristmas Card 2010: The beginnings of Hieronymus
A real start-up Christmas card: designed and laid out by our own staff, printed with beautiful horizontal roll marks and other special features. Thank you for believing in us and remaining loyal for all these years. Luckily, the high quality of our work has contributed to our success far more effectively than our home-grown marketing […]
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