Translations in this area are handled by teams of professional translators with specialized knowledge and work experience in the fields of environmental science and chemistry working with native speakers of the target language. A strong awareness of technology and commerce enables us to craft sophisticated documents for overseas projects.

MSDS Translation and Authoring

Experienced translators with extensive knowledge of MSDS creation guidelines work with Alvis staff to craft MSDS translations. We can also author GHS-compliant MSDS documents for you to ensure compliance with relevant Japanese, U.S., and EU national regulations. In determining document content, which is governed by the JIS Z7250 standard in Japan and the ISO 11014-1 standard internationally, we observe the most recent international standards and practices based on Japanese regulations such as the Chemical Substances Control Law, Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law, Industrial Safety and Health Law, and PRTR Law, as well as trends in UN, ISO, and OECD standards and national laws in the U.S. and EU.
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Conforming to the Most Up-to-date International Standards

Our translations conform to the most recent international standards and practices based on Japanese regulations such as the Chemical Substances Control Law, Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law, Industrial Safety and Health Law, and PRTR Law, as well as trends in UN, ISO, and OECD standards and national laws in the U.S. and EU.

Patent Translation

Experienced translators and specialists work together to create technical translations of patent specifications in the fields of chemistry.

Examples of translated documents

Chemical papers and experiment/research reports

Documentation related to acquisition and maintenance of ISO 9001 certification

Applications for regulatory registration of pesticides

Documents for submission to the FDA or to Japanese authorities to comply with the Chemical Substances Control Law

Information detailing physical properties of PRTR/MSDS target chemical substances

Manuals, catalogs, and advertisements

Manufacturing work manuals, instruction manuals, maintenance manuals, sales promotion manuals, news releases, online content, product catalogs, advertisements, journal articles, production plant warnings, specifications

Planning documents

Market surveys, technology introductions, plans for attracting corporations, production plans, commercialization plans, sales plans, development plans, tradeshow exhibit plans, experiment plans, legislation, protocols

Inspection guides for items procured from overseas suppliers or imported/exported items; quality control standards

Chemical plant engineering documentation

Project management, process design, chemical process design, equipment design, construction technologies, machine maintenance, control system maintenance

Fine and specialty chemicals

Biochemical products, pharmaceutical products, active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates, pesticides, catalysts, synthetic dyes, coatings, oils and fats, detergents, reagents, clinical diagnostics, food products, animal feed, organic rubber chemicals, natural chemicals, petroleum additives, fine ceramics

Chemistry devices and equipment

Measuring devices, distillation equipment, absorption equipment, extraction equipment, heat exchangers, mixing and stirring equipment, pumps, pulverizers, solid mixing equipment, precipitation/filtration equipment, dust collection equipment, membrane separation equipment, wastewater treatment equipment, liquid waste treatment equipment, gaseous waste treatment equipment, deodorization equipment, etc.

Chemical engineering

Inorganic chemistry

Organic chemistry

MSDS (material safety data sheets for chemicals and other substances)

High-frequency laminated chip components, specialty chemical materials for use as coatings, aircraft fuel and lubricants, special industrial cleaners, etc.