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}}UniTranslate is a translation agency based in Switzerland. They own two websites, [https://www.unitranslate.ch/en unitranslate.ch] and [https://www.uebersetzung.zuerich/en/ uebersetzung.zuerich]. UniTranslate is a subsidiary of NLP GmbH which, according to the [https://www.zefix.ch/en/search/entity/list/firm/1381160 Swiss Central Business Name Index], has been founded in January 2019. | }}UniTranslate is a translation agency based in Switzerland. They own two websites, [https://www.unitranslate.ch/en unitranslate.ch] and [https://www.uebersetzung.zuerich/en/ uebersetzung.zuerich]. UniTranslate is a subsidiary of NLP GmbH which, according to the [https://www.zefix.ch/en/search/entity/list/firm/1381160 Swiss Central Business Name Index], has been founded in January 2019. | ||
==False advertizing regarding office locations== | ==Incidents== | ||
UniTranslate has an address in Küsnacht, near Zurich, as declared at the bottom of their website. This is the only concrete address that can be found on the entire website. | |||
===False advertizing regarding office locations=== | |||
UniTranslate has an address in Küsnacht, near Zurich, as declared at the bottom of their website. This is the only concrete address that can be found on the entire website.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UniTranslate |url=https://www.unitranslate.ch/en |access-date=2025-06-07}}</ref> | |||
[[File:UniTranslate website footer.png|thumb|Website footer containing links in which UniTranslate apparently has offices]] | [[File:UniTranslate website footer.png|thumb|Website footer containing links in which UniTranslate apparently has offices]] | ||
The bottom of the website contains internal links referring to several major Swiss cities, like Basel, Bern, Zug. When visiting any of those pages, the respective city is mentioned several times (e.g. "Our services in Basel" or "Translation agency UniTranslate Basel stands for high-quality translations"), but no concrete address is mentioned anywhere on the website. | The bottom of the website contains internal links referring to several major Swiss cities, like Basel, Bern, Zug. When visiting any of those pages, the respective city is mentioned several times (e.g. "Our services in Basel" or "Translation agency UniTranslate Basel stands for high-quality translations"), but no concrete address is mentioned anywhere on the website. | ||
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An internet search for "Unitranslate St. Gallen" or "Unitranslate Luzern" (e.g. with search engines Google or Ecosia) also produces relevant pages on the UniTranslate website, but they all use the same template as the other cities listed at the bottom of the website and mention no concrete address. | An internet search for "Unitranslate St. Gallen" or "Unitranslate Luzern" (e.g. with search engines Google or Ecosia) also produces relevant pages on the UniTranslate website, but they all use the same template as the other cities listed at the bottom of the website and mention no concrete address. | ||
According to a comment in a Reddit post about this issue, when asking clarification about office locations on the UniTranslate website chat, only dismissive answers were given.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@Desairem |date=2025-01-28 |title=Is this Swiss translation agency deceiving its customers? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Switzerland/comments/1ic891p/comment/m9wyiof/ |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=Reddit}}</ref> | |||
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