The Bulgarian language belongs to the family of Indo-European languages and incorporates several linguistic innovations that distinguish it from other Slavic languages. As of January 2007, Bulgaria is the second EU country, after Greece, not to use the Latin alphabet. The Bulgarian language uses the Cyrillic alphabet, either singly or along with the Latin. The Cyrillic alphabet was invented around the 9^th century by the brothers and Byzantine scholars Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius and bears similarities to the Greek alphabet. The Cyrillic alphabet was adapted to the particularities of the various regional languages, and led to the creation of numerous contemporary variants.

The post-World War II emigration wave brought the Bulgarian language to the Americas, Germany, Australia and New Zealand, while the second major such wave, following the collapse of Communism, spread it to regions throughout the world. Furthermore, the business opportunities recently appeating in the former eastern bloc have increased the need for Bulgarian translators, taking into account Bulgarian entry in the EU in January 2007 and the declaration of Bulgarian as one of the three new official languages of the Union, a fact which is expected to further increase the need for Bulgarian translations.

At InterTranslations,  the translation of a Bulgarian text is not a matter of routine. The project managers analyse the parameters of the client's business, the target audience and assign the texts to specialised translators in order to achieve timely delivery of top-quality translation projects.