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CB Multilingual - Providing Proactive, Precise, and Personalised Language Solutions in Zurich, Switzerland for over a decade.

Expert Language Strategy for Legal, Compliance and Regulated Environments

Based in Zurich since 2012, CB Multilingual is a Swiss premium language service provider specialising in legal translation, interpreting, and certified language solutions for highly regulated sectors. As an owner-managed consultancy with a global expert network, we combine agile, personal service with ISO 17100 standards.

Our ranking as Nr. 1 in Customer Satisfaction in Language Services (SIQT 2025/26), reflects our unwavering commitment to accuracy, compliance, and confidentiality.

Our core capabilities

1. rang in Customer Satisfaction Language Services. SIQT B2B Award 2025/2026 B2B Award 2025/2026 (SIQT)
  • Translation and localisation: Specialised expertise for complex documents and international markets.
  • Interpreting services: On-site or remote simultaneous, liaison, and consecutive interpreting
  • Editing and proofreading: Linguistic precision for a polished and error-free message
  • AI post-editing: High-quality human expert review of machine-translated content
  • Creative copywriting: Impactful storytelling tailored specifically to the Swiss market
  • Business Language Training: Personalised corporate coaching for global teams.
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Expertise and governance

Strategic communication. Zero-error standards. Swiss accountability.

Since 2012, CB Multilingual has been the trusted partner for organisations operating in high‑risk, highly regulated sectors. Based in the Zurich area, we operate as an owner‑managed consultancy, combining the agility and personal dedication of a boutique firm with the reliability and depth of a global expert network.

Under the leadership of Silvia Cerrella Bauer, we deliver Swiss‑quality linguistic and consulting services to renowned Swiss blue chips, global enterprises, and leading law firms across finance, information technology, high‑tech, HR, and corporate strategy.

Our reach extends to federal, cantonal, and public service institutions, where for more than a decade, we have supported the Swiss public administration with multilingual communication that meets the strictest standards of governance and public accountability.

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Silvia Cerrella Bauer

Founder and Managing Director


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Having graduated in architecture at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Lausanne, Silvia soon rediscovered her passion for languages and completed additional studies to qualify as a conference interpreter. She subsequently undertook further training in terminology, corporate communications and business administration. Silvia has many years of experience working in a variety of management positions on both the client and supplier sides of the language services sector, and as a consultant and trainer in terminology and translation. Her core competencies lie in forming and leading teams of translators to develop solutions for corporate language projects and in optimising linguistic processes.

Silvia has been certified member of the Swiss association of translators, terminologists and interpreters ASTTI since 2006. She also served as Vice President (2008-2011) and Board member (2007-2022) of ASTTI. As an ECQA-certified terminology trainer, she has led numerous ECQA Certified Terminology Manager certification training sessions. She is fluent in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish.

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As your language solutions consultant, Silvia acts as your strategic quality gatekeeper — ensuring that every deliverable is handled by a specialist, not a generalist, and that your communication remains risk‑free, consistent, and fully aligned with regulatory expectations.

We operate beyond the traditional agency model. Utilising a hub‑and‑spoke system, we provide direct access to a curated network of 500+ language experts, including mother‑tongue linguists, subject‑matter experts, and certified specialists across the globe. This model allows us to scale precisely to your project’s requirements while maintaining the strictest standards of governance and public accountability—a commitment that has supported the Swiss public administration for over a decade.

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Why CB Multilingual?

  • Sector‑specific expertise: Projects are handled by linguists with proven experience in legal, financial, technical, administrative, and strategic domains.
  • ISO‑aligned precision: Technical and linguistic accuracy guided by internationally recognized quality standards.
  • Technology‑enhanced workflows: Smart integration of AI, CAT tools, terminology management, and QA systems for consistency, speed, and cost efficiency.
  • Risk mitigation for regulated industries: Protection against compliance risks, reputational damage, and costly communication errors.
  • Established industry experience: Serving clients since 2012 (LLC since 2015), with deep roots in the language industry.
  • Zurich‑based core team: A seasoned team supported by a trusted network of highly qualified experts across legal, technical, and regulated fields.
  • Efficient communication: Short lines of communication and rapid response times.
  • Terminology excellence: European certification in terminology management.
  • Proven customer satisfaction: A consistent track record of delivering high‑quality, high‑precision services at competitive rates.
  • Leadership credibility: Guided by a Managing Director who is a former Vice‑President and Management Board member of ASTTI and a member of Swiss Leaders.

Our mission statement

CB Multilingual is a fusion of Latin passion and Swiss precision, reliability and quality.

  • We are dynamic, flexible and diverse.
  • We communicate with our partners as equals, whether they are suppliers or clients.
  • We seek to build long-term client relationships based on trust.
  • We keep abreast of technological innovations in the language services sector.
  • We focus on security and confidentiality in all that we do.
  • We play an active role in professional associations.
  • We are constantly learning and seeking opportunities to enhance our knowledge.

We put our heart and soul into ensuring your message is understood and achieves its purpose.

Social commitment

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an integral part of our daily work. This means that with your orders you don’t just support CB Multilingual – you also support organisations that are important to us and really make a difference.

At CB Multilingual, we are committed to helping our customers with their needs. But we are equally passionate about helping the people in our region who need help. And we prefer to do so via the direct route – such as by supporting Sozialwerke Pfarrer Sieber in Zurich, which assists people in difficult situations, looks after them and helps them get back on track, regardless of their religion, social status or political orientation.

However, we don’t just want to make a difference locally, but globally as well. Through small actions in our work and private lives, we support the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals to make our world a better place for everyone.