Contracts and Commercial Agreements
Sales and purchase agreements, NDAs, distribution agreements, licensing contracts, employment contracts, terms and conditions, and SLAs translated by linguists with commercial law experience.
Legal Translation Services
Every contract, court filing, and sworn document goes to a legal translator trained in both legal systems involved, then through independent review. We translate between common law and civil law across 50+ languages, with sworn and USCIS-compliant certified translation on request.
Legal Translation by Specialists Who Understand Two Legal Systems
A French notarial deed (acte notarié) is not a US notarized document. An English common-law trust has no exact civil-law equivalent. A Spanish poder notarial carries procedural requirements that an English-trained lawyer would not anticipate.
Legal translation liability
An Italian atto means different things depending on whether the context is corporate, criminal, or administrative law. Legal translation requires understanding two legal systems at once, not just two languages.
Every legal project we accept goes to a translator with formal training in both jurisdictions, with the procedural knowledge to format the document correctly for the destination court, registry, or regulator. Apostille and Hague Convention legalization are coordinated where the receiving authority requires them.
Legal translation specialists
We work with law firms, in-house counsel, government agencies, courts, arbitral tribunals, and corporate clients across 50+ languages. Sworn translations (traducteur assermenté in France, traductor jurado in Spain, traduttore giurato in Italy, beëdigd vertaler in the Netherlands and Flanders, beeidigter Übersetzer in Germany, perito tradutor in Brazil) are delivered by court-appointed sworn translators registered with the relevant ministry of justice or court of appeal.
Every certified translation carries a signed statement of accuracy, and our USCIS-compliant certified translations follow the format USCIS asks for in immigration filings. Where a foreign court, a Spanish Registro Civil or a German Standesamt needs proof of accuracy, we issue certified legal translations in the format it requests, and the receiving authority decides whether to accept them.
For high-volume matters such as litigation discovery and virtual data room (VDR) productions, shared translation memories and approved glossaries keep terminology consistent across every translator on the project. A second linguist revises every translation before delivery.
Hearings, depositions, arbitrations and client meetings need a live voice as well as written documents, and our interpreters for hearings work in consecutive, simultaneous and remote formats.
Documents We Translate for Legal and Corporate Teams
Court Documents and Litigation
Pleadings, judgments, witness statements, expert reports, depositions, and court orders translated for cross-border litigation, arbitration, and enforcement of foreign judgments.
M&A and Virtual Data Room Documents
Due diligence reports, virtual data room (VDR) document sets, share purchase agreements, articles of incorporation, board resolutions, and shareholder agreements for cross-border M&A, joint ventures, and restructurings.
Intellectual Property Filings
Specialized IP translation for patent specifications, trademark applications, copyright registrations, and licensing agreements, prepared for filings with USPTO, EPO, WIPO, and national IP offices.
Sworn and Certified Translations
Sworn translations by court-certified translators for jurisdictions that require them (France, Spain, Italy, Germany, etc.). Certified translations prepared for USCIS, embassies, and government agencies worldwide.
Regulatory and Compliance Documents
GDPR documentation, AML and KYC policies, regulatory submissions, and compliance reports for industries from finance and pharmaceutical regulatory work to telecommunications.
Sectors We Serve
- Law firms
- In-house legal departments
- Courts and arbitration centers
- Government agencies
- Financial services
- Insurance and reinsurance
- Pharma and medical devices
- Real estate
File Formats Accepted
What Our Clients Say
“They offer great and reasonable prices for sworn translations. Thank you for your help in translating my documents for my legal process.”
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Accreditation and Compliance
- Second-Linguist ReviewEvery project revised before delivery
- Sworn TranslatorsCourt-appointed in EU jurisdictions
- ATA Member TranslatorsAmerican Translators Association
- USCIS-Format CertifiedAll 50 US states
- Hague Apostille CoordinationCross-border legalization
- GDPR-Compliant WorkflowEU client-data protection
Legal Translation: Common Questions
What is legal translation?
Legal translation is the rendering of legal documents from one language into another by a translator trained in both legal systems involved, not only both languages. It covers contracts, court filings, corporate and M&A documents, intellectual property filings, and regulatory material. Because legal concepts often have no exact equivalent across jurisdictions, accurate legal translation means transposing meaning between legal systems such as common law and civil law, not substituting words one by one.
What is the difference between legal, certified, and sworn translation?
Legal translation is the broad practice of translating any legal document. A certified translation adds a signed statement of accuracy, the format bodies such as USCIS ask for in official filings. A sworn translation is produced by a court-appointed translator (for example a traducteur assermenté in France or traductor jurado in Spain) and carries legal standing in civil-law jurisdictions. Many legal projects need only a standard legal translation; filings for courts, immigration, or foreign registries usually require a certified or sworn translation.
Do your legal translators have legal qualifications?
Yes. We assign legal work to translators with a background in law or long experience in legal translation, alongside their translation qualifications. Every project is matched to a translator with experience in the relevant practice area: corporate, litigation, IP, real estate, criminal, or family law. Subject-matter expertise is a baseline, not a differentiator.
Can you provide sworn translations for European authorities?
Yes. We provide sworn translations (traduction assermentée, traduzione asseverata, traducción jurada, beglaubigte Übersetzung) by court-certified translators registered with a Cour d'appel, the Court of Appeal, and equivalent authorities in France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and across Latin America. Apostille legalization is available on request.
Do you offer USCIS-compliant certified translations?
Yes. Our certified translations include the signed Certificate of Accuracy that USCIS requires for foreign-language documents in immigration applications. They are prepared for USCIS, US immigration courts, and US embassies worldwide. Faster delivery can be arranged case by case for urgent filings.
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How do you handle confidential legal materials?
Every translator and project manager signs a project-specific NDA before any document is shared. Files are transferred over encrypted channels, stored on secure servers, and deleted after project completion on request. Every project is covered by a confidentiality agreement, and privileged material is handled only by the linguists assigned to it.
Can you handle large litigation document sets?
Yes. We process litigation document sets of any size, from a few briefs to multi-thousand-document discovery and virtual data room productions. Translation memory and glossaries maintain consistency across the set, and dedicated project managers coordinate teams of translators on time-pressured matters.
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- Court-certified linguists
- Sworn translations available
- USCIS-Compliant