The ESG points you lose in translation.
You did the work. Your Thai report is thorough. Then a defined term gets flattened, a Scope boundary drifts, a governance control turns into boilerplate — and the English edition an assessor reads no longer proves what you actually do. That is where a good Thai company quietly under-scores.
Four places a term costs you.
Materiality — and double materiality
Rendered as a generic word for “importance,” the specific disclosure concept (impact vs. financial materiality) collapses. A rater reading the English can no longer tell you ran a proper materiality assessment — so the indicator goes unawarded, even though you did the work.
Scope 1 / 2 / 3 boundaries
When the operational-control boundary or a Scope definition drifts in the English edition, your emissions figures stop reconciling with your methodology. To an assessor that reads as a data-quality flag, not a rounding difference.
Transition plan vs. targets vs. commitments
These are distinct, scored things. Flatten “transition plan,” “target,” “commitment” and “aspiration” into one vague English word and you forfeit credit for the specific, higher-scoring disclosure you actually made.
Governance & oversight language
Board oversight of climate, committee mandates, remuneration links — precise governance terms mistranslated become unverifiable claims. The control exists in Thai; in English it reads as boilerplate, and boilerplate does not score.
The gap is the handoff.
Renders the language accurately — but doesn’t know what GRI or IFRS S2 is looking for. Preserves words, not the scored distinctions.
Knows the frameworks — but isn’t a certified translator. Writes in Thai, or hands the English to someone who isn’t either.
Between those two desks is where the meaning — and the points — fall out. Othello is built to be one desk.
ISO 17100 certified translation และ in-house ESG methodology (IFRS S2 · GRI · TGO · ISO 14064), with a linguist-approved Thai↔English ESG glossary. The framework distinction and the language are held by the same team — so nothing is lost in a handoff that never happens.
Terminology-locked, clause for clause.
We fix the exact rendering of every framework and carbon term for your report up front, hold it consistent across both editions and every reporting cycle, and reconcile figures and boundaries clause for clause. The version your SEC reads and the version your rating is built on finally say the same thing.
Translation risk, answered.
How can a translation error affect an ESG score?
Isn’t a good translation agency enough?
What is a “terminology-locked” bilingual disclosure?
Can you fix an English edition that’s already published?
Find out what your English edition isn’t saying.
Send your latest Thai and English reports. We flag where meaning and figures have drifted — and rebuild the English to reconcile. Fixed quote within ภายในหนึ่งชั่วโมงทำการ, under NDA.
