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Chief Executive Officer: Martin Boberg
Telephone: +45 2227 7016
Mobile: +45 2227 2868
E-Mail: [email protected]

Links: Proff.dk, LinkedIn, Facebook, CVR.dk

About Diction

Diction is one of the fastest-growing translation agencies in Denmark. It was established in 2010 under the name Diction I/S and later registered as Diction ApS in 2014. In 2021, our translation agency offers services in both Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. Diction has 11 employees in the administration and collaborates with over 2000 freelance translators. In 2020, Diction ApS had a turnover of DKK 10,2 million excluding VAT, and in 2021 the turnover is expected to exceed DKK 12 million excluding VAT.

Diction provides translations of texts for the business sector, public services, and private customers. Our clients consist of both small, midsize, and large companies, including: University of Copenhagen, Meyers Køkken, Bonnier Publications, Momondo, Berlingske Media, Santander Consumer Bank, PwC, Copenhagen Municipality, Red Bull, Europcar, Arriva, Altan.dk, Anti Doping Danmark, Dansk Supermarked, The Royal Library, DMI, Express Bank, Experimentarium, Danish Regions, DJØF, Nybolig, the Prosecution Service, Red Cross, and Aarhus University.

Martin Boberg

Martin Boberg is today 30 years old and established the translation agency Diction, when he was a student at Copenhagen Business School at the age of only 20. He started the company with a start-up capital of only DKK 3.000 and had a turnover of DKK 71.000 after the first year. Last year, however, the turnover was DKK 10.200.000 excluding VAT, and Diction now has office in both Oslo, Stockholm, and Copenhagen. Privately, Martin is from Frederiksberg, and he has a cand.merc.int degree from Copenhagen Business School. Before dedicating all his time to Diction, he worked with telemarketing in Spain and Schweiz, and later street trading in Denmark for Berlingske Media. Furthermore, he has worked for the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in both Copenhagen and in New York, when he was an intern at the Consulate General of Denmark in New York for half a year.

Hard facts about Diction:

• Established in 2010 as a general partnership (GP)
  
• Established in 2010 as a general partnership (GP)
• Established as a limited liability company in 2014 (LLC)
• Office in Copenhagen since 2010
• Office in Stockholm and Oslo since 2017
• 11 employees in the administration
• Collaborates with over 2000 freelance translators
• Has more than 4000 clients at home and abroad
• Turnover in 2020: DKK 10,2 million excluding VAT
• Estimated turnover in 2021: DKK 12 million excluding VAT
• CVR (VAT number): 35636455
• Diction translates more than 10 million words per year.
• Diction collaborates with translators from over 70 different nations

Fun facts about Diction

• Diction was established in 2010 with a start-up capital of DKK 3.000 and has not received any additional contribution since. In 2020, its turnover was DKK 10,2 million excluding VAT
• Diction started as a translation agency made up of language students
• Founder Martin Boberg’s salesmanship comes from his time at Berlingske, where he through several years sold papers on Strøget (the main walking street in Copenhagen)
• From 2011 till 2014, Diction’s office was in Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship (An incubator for student startups)
• Diction collaborates with translators from over 70 different nations