How do I know my German has errors?
The German Error Check looks at the most important pages of your site and reports the most serious errors within 48 hours, each with a screenshot and the correct German.
How is this different from a translation agency?
I don’t just translate your text. I read your site the way a German customer does, find wrong meanings, English left behind and word-for-word sentences, and fix them. If you want, I rewrite the text from scratch so that it convinces German customers.
How good is your German?
Native-level, as is my English; I learned both. The best way to judge is the text itself: the German Error Check shows you how I work on your own pages.
Do you write the texts with AI?
No. I write and check every sentence and every word myself. I think AI models are quite bad at copywriting. The texts they write all sound alike. They lack creativity and feel soulless. With texts like that, it is very hard to find a sales voice that convinces customers. I use AI only for simple, repetitive, mechanical tasks. This makes me work much faster. To make sure not even a small mistake has slipped past me, I have AI scan the texts once more after my own proofreading. It is an extra safety check. If you prefer, I can work without any AI at all. Delivery will just take a little longer.
What does “from” mean, and when do I get the exact price?
The starting price is the lowest price of a package. After I look at your site, you get one fixed price in a written quote before any work starts.
Can you adapt the German for Austria or Switzerland?
Yes. Readers in Austria and Switzerland use some words of their own, and German in Switzerland is written without ß. I write for readers in Germany unless we agree otherwise; adapting a text for Austria or Switzerland is extra work, so it costs extra. You see the price in the written quote before any work starts.
How does payment work?
50% deposit, balance before handoff; invoiced. Prices are in USD, excluding any taxes that may apply in your country.
How long does it take?
The German Error Check delivers its report within 48 hours. The German Version Build’s delivery date is set in the written quote; the other packages are delivered within days.
Who enters the text into our CMS?
You choose. I deliver the texts ready to paste, and you or your team enter them. If the quote says so, you give me access and I enter them.
What if we don’t like it?
One revision round is included. Nothing goes live without your approval.
What do you need from us to start?
Your site’s address. For the German Error Check that is all; for the other packages, I send you a written quote after looking at your site.
Do you sign NDAs?
Yes. Send it with your first email; I sign standard NDAs before work starts.
How do you invoice from Türkiye?
In US dollars or pounds sterling. You pay by a local bank transfer, with no international transfer fees and no Turkish tax.
Which industries do you work with?
Any business with German-speaking customers. That includes SaaS companies, Shopify apps, online stores, consumer brands and mobile apps.
Who fixes machine-translated German on a US or UK company’s website?
I do. I’m Umut Talipoğlu, a German copywriter in Istanbul with native-level German and English. I fix machine-translated German for companies in the US and the UK that sell to German-speaking customers.
