WellDone Translations -
professional business translators
specialising in
legal,
financial and
economic
translations.
We don't stretch it.
We stick to the point.
Our Offer
The WellDone Translations team offers translation and interpretation, ordinary and certified, of all types of documents used in business dealings.
The types of texts translated by WellDone Translations include:
About Us
Our background
WellDone Translations is a team of legal and business translators. The team members are professional translators with degrees in linguistics and English studies: Dorota Pawlak, Anna Popow and Paweł Mastalerz, who for over 20 years worked as in-house translators at one of the largest international law firms in Poland. They have now for several years been successfully operating in the freelance market, providing services to large, small and boutique law firms, investors and other players in the legal and investment market.
Our strengths
- Over 20 years of experience in delivering Polish-English and English-Polish translations in various fields of law and business.
- In-depth understanding of the requirements of dynamic international working environment.
- A network of trusted colleagues, including sworn translators of other languages and specialist translators in other fields, as well as editors.
Why us?
WellDone Translations is a fine-tuned and efficient team of professionals, completing translation projects on time, accurately and with attention to the highest standards of quality and confidentiality.
Experience - Expertise - Proven track record
Meet the Team
Dorota Pawlak
I am a graduate of the English Department at the University of Warsaw. My entire professional career revolves around providing business and legal translations. In 1995 I joined Baker & McKenzie, one of the biggest international law firms, as an in-house translator. I worked for Baker & McKenzie for twenty years. During that time I had an opportunity to gain a deep understanding of legal terminology and industry-related know-how.
Since 1995 I have translated hundreds of thousands of pages of all sorts of business and legal documents in all areas of law. My specialty is Polish-English translation with a special focus on court letters, legal opinions and business correspondence.
In 2015 Ania, Paweł (who are also featured on this website) and myself decided to launch an independent translation project called WellDone Translations. The idea of the project is to put into practice our years of legal translation experience underpinned by industry experience to deliver
accurate and timely translations to the most demanding customers, and I am pleased to note that –
judging by the volume of translation requests we receive – we are doing a great job.
I am customer-oriented and get the job done on time and within budget.
You can contact me at
(+48) 502 069 109
pawlak@translationswelldone.pl
Anna Popow
As far as I can remember, I have always envisaged myself as a translator. I started freelancing as a student at the Instituted of Applied Linguistics of the University of Warsaw. My first significant assignment was in 1995 when I participated in the creation of a Special Report on Poland for BusinessWeek. When my journalistic adventure was over, I came back to my main focus of interest: legal translations. Having completed my Master thesis on Polish-English legal glossaries, I grabbed the opportunity of joining Baker & McKenzie law firm as one of their in-house translators in 1996. The following year, I qualified as a sworn translator of English.
Over 18 years with Baker & McKenzie gave me the privilege of being part of some of the biggest and front-page deals in Poland.
In 2015, I realized that it was high time to move on professionally. It was at that point that the WellDone Translations project surfaced. It originated as a common idea of Dorota, Paweł and myself: a group of colleagues, who have collaborated for years, respect each other and find
each other trustworthy both on the professional and personal level. Our joint experiences and ideas resulted in a translation co-operative far more flexible and corporate client-oriented than average translation agencies operating on the Polish market.
As a team, we translate all sorts of, mainly legal and commercial, documents. My particular area of expertise are English-to-Polish translations of corporate and IP documents, and agreements, and court files. I believe that a good translation, while being accurate on the level of content, must never slavishly copy the formal aspect of the original language.
I am also an active sworn translator providing certified translation services.
I am detail-oriented. Uncompromising as far as quality is concerned. I am meticulous and in my translations prefer relying on my brains than on translation software.
You can contact me at
(+48) 504 285 094
popow@translationswelldone.pl
Paweł Mastalerz
I have more than twenty-five years of experience as a translator. I began translating in the mid-1990s. Right after graduating from the Łódź University English Studies Department, I joined one of the English-speaking media outlets in 1994. A couple of years later, I joined one of the big auditing firms and until 2000 I gained a very good understanding of accounting and finances.
In 2000, Baker & McKenzie offered me the position of an in-house translator, and I accepted it. I worked for them for more than 15 years.
Today, I specialise in translating all sorts of legal, financial, and business documents. My particular area of expertise is Polish-to-English translations of court documents and legal opinions. These types of documents give me the greatest challenge and an opportunity to put my many years of experience to good use. As a staunch advocate of Plain English, I strongly believe that while the complexities, nuances and often noncommittal nature of legal documents must always be precisely put across, this should never be done at the expense of the comprehensibility of the translated text.
In 2015, I teamed up with my long-term colleagues Anna Popow and Dorota Pawlak to establish WellDone Translations. This project takes up all my professional time now. Our goal at the outset was to morph into a boutique translation agency, which we are today.
I am strongly convinced that our combined pool of experience, knowledge and years of practice make up an attractive offer to clients who want an added-value, reliable, fast and trouble-free translation service.
You can contact me at
(+48) 603 064 164
mastalerz@translationswelldone.pl
Work with Us
This website, available at www.translationswelldone.pl, is a platform for contacting and requesting translations from three entrepreneurs: (1) Dorota Pawlak, trading as Biuro Tłumaczeń Focus Dorota Pawlak, NIP 527-127-58-98, REGON 363076217; (2) Anna Popow, trading as ANNA POPOW, NIP 522-144-74-46, REGON 140131009; and (3) Paweł Mastalerz, trading as Paweł Mastalerz – Biuro Tłumaczeń Transfluence, NIP 726-122-42-68, REGON 470905814 (hereinafter collectively referred to as WellDone Translations or WDT).
When engaging with clients, WellDone Translations strives to adapt their offering to the individual needs of the clients. WDT performs translations in accordance with the contract concluded with the client, good practice, due diligence and its best knowledge.
All orders are accepted by WDT in accordance with the following procedure:
The client submits the request for translation or interpretation either by telephone (+48) 600 798 399) or by email to the following address: biuro@translationswelldone.pl.
WDT establishes the terms and conditions of the translation (number of characters with spaces, time required for translation, preliminary quote, etc.) and sends the above information to the customer’s email address.
The client accepts the terms and conditions of the order by emailing the order confirmation and payment details to the above email address. (biuro@translationswelldone.pl).
Poufność
All documents and supporting materials provided by the client and the subject matter of the meetings interpreted by the interpreters are treated as confidential and are not made available to third parties. At the client’s request, each of the translators and interpreters cooperating with WDT will sign a written NDA. The terms and conditions of NDA will be agreed with the client or proposed by WDT.
Wycena
The standard billing page for written translations is a page of 1600 characters with spaces. Invoices are billed based on the number of characters in the output translation. The minimum number of billing pages is one.
Płatności
Payment for translation commenced or completed is based on a VAT invoice, issued by the 15th of the following month. We also issue invoices to foreign entities. Invoices are issued in electronic form, sent to the email address indicated by the client. Upon request, the invoice can be issued and forwarded to the client in another form. Payment term: 14 days.
WDT reserves the right to request an advance payment from a client commissioning work with us for the first time.