Food packaging translations
that deliver international results

Communicate with your international consumers like a local, in their own language. K International help you translate and localise your product range to appeal to a global audience, from legal descriptions that adhere to international regulations, right through to packaging artwork and associated POS.

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Free consultations for all packaging localisation projects



Global food retailers rely on our translations daily

Food packaging translation clients

Get your products on shelf around the world!

From small artisan food producers all the way through to well-known supermarkets, effective overseas growth has become a key method of generating revenue in a crowded marketplace. K international have been helping to support this trend by providing a specialist food packaging translation service to retailers for more than 5 years. We have built up a reputation for reliable, quality translation, working with our long-standing partners. We have reached a point where we are now producing thousands of legally compliant pack translations per month, helping multinational food producers and food retailers compete all over the world.

Through the ongoing development of our systems, we are fully equipped to provide a complete solution for your packaging translation projects. This includes, but is not limited to, compliant translation of titles, legal descriptions, ingredient lists in addition to creative marketing text and ancillary POS. Our accompanying services include complete artworking facilities to recreate your packaging designs and a guaranteed label check service to ensure legal requirements are adhered to for target regions. We are also able to integrate our language management systems into automated artwork production applications such as ESKO. This enables you to streamline your translation workflow by letting us take care of the translation and regulatory side.

As a valued packaging translation client, you will benefit from…

  • Experienced linguists with a proven track record working alongside food retailers

    All of our linguists are selected for projects based specifically on your individual requirements, be that for food labelling, localised artwork or international product marketing. They only ever translate into their native language to guarantee that your translations are accurate and read naturally, communicating your intentions as if you had penned them yourself. We deliver your voice in the language of your customers!

  • International Legal Compliance

    We work with qualified international food technologists to ensure your translated product packaging conforms with the local legislation of your intended target region. This is a vital step in avoiding the possibility of costly product recalls that can damage your brand’s international credibility.

  • Dedicated account management for food producers

    Every client we work with is assigned a dedicated account management team,  this ensures you can always talk to someone with a working knowledge of your projects and who understands your unique brand requirements. They are always available to answer your questions and are responsible for providing you with regular translation progress reports. Our team are here to assist you in every stage of our working relationship, whenever you need them, without exception.

  • Simple to use with a rapid turnaround

    We know that any delays can cause problems within your supply chain. Our processes and systems streamline the whole translation process, ensuring we deliver the most efficient service possible to retailers. We adapt to your existing workflow so working with us is straightforward for your teams, with no admin slowdown. Due to our ongoing work with leading retail businesses, we have fine-tuned our capabilities  and routinely deliver urgent requests with no drop in quality.

  • ACCREDITED QUALITY AND DATA SECURITY

    All of our procedures are certified to ISO 27001 for data security, by the British Standards Institute. Quality management is accredited to ISO 9001 by independent organisation ISOQAR. Our staff are security cleared to at least CTC level and regularly handle documents of a secret or sensitive nature.

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“K International have played an integral role in our requirements for translations. Our ability to create POS for several different CE countries has enabled us to deliver a fast and accurate service to our clients. We are very pleased with the friendly and timely services that K International has provided to our company.”

Account Manager at Blackdog Marketing Communications

Blackdog Marketing Communications

“After working with K International on several projects, we always receive a friendly and professional service with an impressively quick turnaround time. I would highly recommend their team!”

Brand Manager at Glorious Foods

Glorious foods

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Providing legally compliant, quality translation to
leading international food retailers on a daily basis

Our experience is second to none, so contact us today to see how
we can start to helping you to get your products on shelf anywhere in the world

Translation geared for retailers that delivers results for your customers!

retail packaging translation

Through close relationships with commercial brands, we have designed a translation service specifically for the retail sector. We work closely with our clients to engineer flexible solutions to their translation challenges, making the process simple and delivering to exacting standards.

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Creative copywriting that adapts your message to suit a global audience!

Packaging transcreation service

Sometimes standard translation isn’t quite enough, for product descriptions, marketing and creative packaging you may be better served by re-imagining your copy and message to appeal to individual regions. We call this process Transcreation and we are experts in the field.

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We have a team of in-house designers and typesetters available to work on your business information. Creative layout conversions or even a complete re-design of your document to suit your overseas audience is no problem. Take a look at our dedicated studio page for more information.

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