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About Apostroph

Apostroph Group is the leading language service provider in German-speaking Europe, working for SMEs and international corporations, NGOs, government offices and public authorities. We employ highly qualified linguists and have access to a worldwide network of select freelancers who write texts, translate, subtitle and edit. We combine this wealth of human language intelligence with the latest translation technologies to offer you all the services you need for smart language management.

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Over 5,000 customers know and value what we have to offer

  • Towards the end of the 19th century, customers in the upmarket stores on Zurich’s Bahnhofstrasse were served in High German, as it was assumed that dialect would soon be history.

    Fun fact

  • Every year we translate 120 million words – or to put it another way, the equivalent of 1,400 Harry Potter books.

    Capacity

    discretion and maximum security for your confidential data thanks to ISO 27001 certified processes.

    Security
    100%

  • of our employees speak at least four languages.

    Your contact
    67%

    of our 2,000 language professionals have two or more university degrees.

    Linguists
    59%

  • Apostroph was founded as one of the first translation offices in Switzerland.

    Experience
    Back in 1994
Apostroph Group language service provider

Our vital statistics: 100, 160, 2,000, 5,000

Apostroph is sometimes referred to as a language musician. Whether it’s English or Urdu, easy language or German texts – we always hit the right note. We have over 2,000 carefully selected language professionals in our database of freelancers.

We translate into 100 languages, and 160 dedicated in-house employees support your project from the initial contact to the end. We are particularly proud of our reference list of 5,000 customers.

Foundation of Apostroph Group in 1994

From local translation office to leader in German-speaking Europe

Apostroph Switzerland

1994 Apostroph was founded by Dr Elisabeth Stofer and Wolfgang Krebs in Lucerne. Even at this early stage, the “young child” was already fluent in 27 languages.

1996 The translation office became the second Swiss company in the industry to receive the SQS ISO 9001 certificate.

Apostroph Group language service provider CEO Philipp Meier

Expansion thanks to new management

2010 Apostroph was taken over by private investors. Philipp Meier became the new CEO and he remains at the helm of the company to this day.

2013 With the acquisitions of Rolf Lüthi Übersetzungen AG in Bern, TraDoc SA in Lutry and allingua Übersetzungen AG in Zurich, Apostroph was able to boast three new sites in Switzerland.

2014 In an asset deal, Transdoc SA was integrated into the language service provider.

2017 Wieners+Wieners GmbH from Ahrensburg, Germany, took over Apostroph in March. The Apostroph brand was retained as a strategic brand in the German-speaking area. In October, Apostroph Switzerland acquired Transcript Übersetzungen AG in Zurich.

2020 The customer portfolio of USG AG in Bern was acquired by Apostroph as was Global Translations GmbH in Sutz-Lattrigen.

2021 Philipp Meier became CEO of Apostroph Group. Apostroph Group consists of the brands Apostroph Switzerland, Apostroph Germany, Wieners+Wieners and medDOC.

2022 Apostroph Switzerland acquires Marco Gehring Communications SA in Ticino.

Wieners+Wieners Apostroph Group

Synergies are used: Wieners+Wieners GmbH and Apostroph Group join forces

1990 Wieners+Wieners GmbH was founded in Ahrensburg, near Hamburg, Germany.

2017 Wieners+Wieners GmbH merged with Apostroph Group, making it the leader in the DACH region.

2018 Strengthening of the north German location through the acquisition of Bremen-based López-Ebri Fachübersetzungen GmbH with the specialist brand medDOC.

2019 Acquisition of the Munich-based agency Burton, Van Iersel & Whitney to establish a greater presence in southern Germany. Ulrich Barnewitz, until then authorised representative and Head of Sales / Marketing and Service, assumes management of the company.

2020 López-Ebri and Burton, Van Iersel & Whitney merged and now operate under the name Wieners+Wieners.

2021 Further market penetration through the launch of the Apostroph Germany brand.

2022 Change of name from Wieners and Wieners to Apostroph Germany.

Language service provider with an international focus

The result: an exciting combination of talent and technology

Today, Apostroph Group is not only the leading provider of high-quality and individual language services, but also advises clients comprehensively on multilingual communication and translation technology.

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Apostroph: language service provider

A career at Apostroph?

We are always on the lookout for motivated employees to work in the areas of proofreading, project management, sales, marketing, vendor management, translation technology and administration. If you have good qualifications, talent and a positive attitude, visit our job portal.

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Achieving goals together

  • Your projects in the best hands

    We work with single points of contact. As a result, you will be looked after by a highly experienced contact person who takes your needs into account and keeps you up to date at all times.

  • A spirit of partnership

    We have long-standing partnerships with many of our clients. In addition to quality, they appreciate our values such as reliability, transparency and fairness.

  • Certified security

    Both our information security and our quality management are ISO certified, which guarantees secure processes.