Business trips
Delegation visits, supplier and factory tours, exhibition attendance and meetings spread across several days and several offices. See also business interpretation for the formal sessions.
Your global travel partners
Making every destination understandable
Travelling to a foreign country is exciting and challenging at once, and not knowing the local language is most of the challenge. AGATO provides escort and travel interpreting to take that part away. Our interpreters accompany you on the journey, from airport pickups to business destinations and everywhere in between, and they bring cultural insight alongside their languages.
Escort interpretation, in short
In travel or escort interpretation, an interpreter accompanies a client during domestic and international visits, facilitating communication across business trips, leisure trips, medical visits and legal proceedings. During the journey they help you make sense of unfamiliar environments, connect with local people, and understand the customs, etiquette and traditions of the host country.
What you are booking is availability and local knowledge across whole days, rather than a session in a single room. That is why it is priced by the day, and why the interpreter’s familiarity with the place matters as much as their fluency.
The process of escort interpretation
From itinerary to arrival
The trip is planned first, then the interpreter is chosen to fit it.
Tell us the plan
You share your preferences and interpretation needs, and we take the time to understand the itinerary.
We match an interpreter
A skilled interpreter with the right languages and cultural knowledge is chosen for your trip.
They join you
The interpreter meets you at the arrival point and stays with you through the journey.
You get more than translation
Interactions stay accurate and culturally appropriate, and you get the local context as you go.
Why the cultural part matters
A literal rendering of a greeting, a refusal or a price can land badly if the etiquette behind it is missing. An escort interpreter who knows the host country tells you what was meant as well as what was said — when a gesture is expected, when a direct answer is not, and what the local convention is in a situation you have never been in before.
Kinds of trip
Where a travel interpreter earns their keep
Anywhere the day involves more than one conversation and more than one location.
Medical visits
Patients travelling for treatment, accompanied from arrival through appointments, admissions and follow-ups. See medical interpretation for clinical settings.
Legal proceedings
Visitors attending hearings, signings or official appointments, with legal interpreting where the setting requires it.
Leisure travel
Sightseeing, shopping and cultural visits, with historical sites and local attractions explained by someone who knows them.
Industries we serve
Interpreters matched to your subject
Not only the language, but the field the trip is about.
Legal
Depositions, hearings and legal consultations attended during a visit.
Medical
Hospitals, clinics and consultations, supporting accurate diagnosis and treatment.
Business
Meetings, negotiations and presentations that lead to international collaboration.
Government and diplomacy
Official delegations, summits and inter-governmental visits.
Education
Academic exchanges, campus visits and study delegations.
Tourism
Historical sites, cultural landmarks and local attractions, explained accurately to foreign visitors.
Why AGATO
Explore new horizons with clarity
AGATO provides premium translation and interpretation services to organisations across Dubai and the UAE. With a global network of proficient interpreters, clients choose the languages and the service that suit the trip.
Our interpreters bring linguistic precision and cultural understanding together, which is what escort work demands more than any other mode: the assignment is a whole day of unscripted conversation rather than a prepared agenda.
Discretion on personal trips
Medical and legal travel is private by nature. Interpreters treat everything they hear during an assignment as confidential, and an NDA is available on request.
What to tell us when you book
- The dates and the itinerary, as far as it is settled
- The language pair and any dialect that matters
- Whether the trip is business, medical, legal or leisure
- Which meetings are formal, so we match the subject too
- How many people the interpreter is accompanying
- Any travel outside Dubai, including overnight stays
Escort interpreters are reserved for whole days, so availability is the constraint. Book as early as your itinerary allows.
Certified
An interpreting company for more than 20 years
FAQ
Travel interpretation questions, answered
What is travel or escort interpretation?
Travel interpretation, also called escort interpretation, is an interpreter who accompanies you throughout a trip rather than sitting in one meeting. They travel with you from the airport onwards, interpreting conversations as they arise and explaining local customs, etiquette and context along the way.
How is it different from booking an interpreter for a meeting?
A meeting interpreter works in one room for a set period. A travel interpreter is with you across a day or several days, moving between hotels, offices, sites and restaurants, handling whatever conversation comes up. You are booking availability and local knowledge, not a single session.
What kinds of trips do you cover?
Business trips, leisure travel, medical visits and legal proceedings, both within the UAE and for clients travelling abroad. Airport pickups, site and factory visits, supplier meetings, hospital appointments, shopping and sightseeing are all typical.
Do travel interpreters explain local customs as well as language?
Yes, and that is much of the value. Our interpreters bring cultural insight alongside language, so you understand the etiquette, the customs and the traditions of the place you are in rather than only the words being spoken.
How is travel interpretation priced?
By the day or the half day rather than by the hour, because the interpreter is reserved for you across the trip. Travel between locations, and any overnight stay if you are going outside Dubai, is agreed and quoted up front.
How far in advance should I book?
As early as your itinerary allows. A travel interpreter is committed to you for whole days at a time, so availability is the constraint, especially for rarer languages and during exhibition season in Dubai.
Which languages do you cover?
More than 120 languages, with Arabic and English in both directions the most requested, followed by Chinese, Russian, French, German, Hindi and Urdu — the languages of the delegations that most often visit the UAE.
Can the same interpreter handle a formal meeting during the trip?
Yes. Tell us which meetings are in the itinerary and we will assign an interpreter with the right subject background, so the person walking you through the airport is also equipped for the negotiation on day two. For a large formal session we may recommend adding a simultaneous interpreter.
Related
More interpretation services
All interpretation servicesEvery mode we offer, and when to use each.
Business interpretationMeetings, negotiations and delegation visits.
Consecutive interpretationFor the formal meetings in your itinerary.
Whispered interpretationFor one listener inside a larger meeting.
Medical interpretationHospitals, clinics and patient consultations.
Phone interpretationAn interpreter on the line within minutes.