The work of translation is the work of trust.
Top Notch was founded in 2003 in Cairo with the support of a small group of senior translators — specialists with decades of experience in business, law, finance, IT, telecommunications, medicine, pharmaceuticals, banking, oil and gas.
Over two decades later, the principle has not changed. Every document is translated by a specialist in the field. Every translation is revised by one or more editors. We dedicate all the time and effort needed for each and every job — we never measure the time against its financial return.
Today we work with world‑leading clients across the Middle East and beyond — McKinsey, Thomson Reuters, USAID, Mercedes‑Benz, Central Bank of Bahrain, Saudi Skills Standards, Telecom Egypt. We are registered at Dun & Bradstreet (D‑U‑N‑S No. 535285977).
Sherifa El Kerdany
Founded Top Notch in 2003 with a small team of senior translators. Continues to personally oversee senior legal and financial engagements.
A selection of work.
Selected engagements where Top Notch served as the preferred strategic partner — see the case studies for detail.
- 2003Top Notch founded in Cairo.A small team of senior translators sets out to build “the international bureau of allied translators”.
- 2007–2010Mercedes‑Benz advertising campaigns.Multi‑year creative localization partnership.
- 2010–2017McKinsey & Company “on call” provider.Including the MERS‑CoV crisis support in Saudi Arabia.
- 2011Central Bank of Bahrain Rulebook.Public tender. Translation of the full CBB Rulebook.
- 2014–2015Saudi Skills Standards programme.One of the world’s largest vocational‑training upgrades — 100K → 400K students.
- 2020sUAE branch established.Expanding to serve clients across the GCC from a Gulf base.
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Every project is led by a translator with field expertise — lawyers for contracts, doctors for clinical reports, engineers for technical manuals.
Every staff translator signs a project NDA. Documents are transmitted and stored encrypted at rest.
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