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Free report · Updated November 2026
A two-page brief for manufacturers of machine tools and industrial automation equipment that sell across the EU. It explains what the new Machinery Regulation expects from translated documentation and how a managed workflow keeps manuals, software and catalogues consistent in every language.
What changes when Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 replaces Directive 2006/42/EC on 20 January 2027.
Instructions and safety information in a language users can easily understand, as decided by each country of sale.
User and maintenance manuals, safety procedures, risk analysis, spare parts catalogues, exploded views, HMI panels, assembly instructions and EU declarations of conformity.
Why the same part needs the same name in the manual, on the HMI and in the spare parts catalogue, in every language.
Machine translation guided by your own glossary and translation memory, with a portal upload and nothing to integrate.
An ISO 17100 certified process, terminology checked against your glossary and a final check of the translated layout before delivery.
Technical documentation managers, technical writers and after-sales teams at machine tool, CNC and automation manufacturers, and the export and compliance managers preparing machines for 2027.
It is most useful when you are updating manuals for the Regulation, entering a new EU market or bringing manuals, software texts and catalogues under one terminology.
Which languages each EU country requires, with official sources →
Checked against EUR-Lex on 10 November 2026.
From 20 January 2027. Machines placed on the EU market from that date must meet Regulation (EU) 2023/1230, while machines placed on the market in conformity with the Directive before then can still be made available. Manuals and declarations prepared now are best written to the new wording.
The Regulation does not list them. Each Member State decides which language its users can easily understand, and in practice most expect their national language or languages. Check every country you sell in before planning the translations.
No. Digital instructions follow the same language rule as paper ones, and users can still ask for a printed copy when they buy the machine. Going digital changes how the manual is delivered, not which languages it must be in.
Agree one glossary per product range, translate every document type against the same translation memory, and treat software texts and catalogues as part of the same project as the manual. A term corrected once is then corrected everywhere.
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