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Translation for Legal Practice
Translation for firms working across borders.
Discovery, evidence, contracts, foreign judgments and filings — handled with the confidentiality privileged material requires and terminology consistent across the whole matter, however long it runs.
What firms need
Litigation is where inconsistency becomes expensive
A firm commissioning translation is rarely buying words. It is buying the assurance that a document can be relied upon in front of a court, an arbitrator or opposing counsel — all of whom are reading adversarially and looking for exactly the discrepancy an inconsistent translation creates.
The characteristic failure on long matters is not a mistranslation. It is drift. A defined term rendered one way in an early exhibit and differently in a later filing, because six months and three translators separated them. Explaining that to a judge costs considerably more than preventing it would have.
The second requirement is discretion that is structural rather than promised. Our linguists never see whose matter they are working on — they receive documents, languages, a deadline and a brief. Not because they would misuse it, but because the information should not be available to misuse.
How we work with firms
What legal practices get from us
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A matter glossary from the outset
Defined terms, party names and key phrasing fixed before translation begins, then enforced across every subsequent document.
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Linguists who cannot see the client
Assigned translators receive documents, languages, deadline and brief. Client identity and commercial detail stay in the coordination layer.
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Certified translations for filing
Signed Certificate of Accuracy, prepared to the requirements of the receiving court or tribunal.
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Volume handled as a production
Discovery sets scoped as a whole so naming, formatting and terminology are uniform throughout.
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An auditable record
Every action on a project recorded with the person and the time — useful when a matter is examined long afterwards.
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Honest deadline assessment
If a filing date is not achievable at the volume involved, we say so before accepting rather than after missing it.
What we translate
Work we handle for firms
Correspondence, records and exhibits at volume, with uniform treatment.
Contracts and agreements
Commercial, employment, licensing and shareholder documents.
Court filings and pleadings
Complaints, motions, briefs and responses prepared for filing.
Foreign judgments and orders
For recognition, enforcement and comparative analysis.
Affidavits and declarations
Sworn statements requiring precise, defensible rendering.
Corporate and due diligence
Articles, resolutions, registers and transaction documents.
Certified civil documents for family and employment petitions.
Medical records in injury claims
Clinical evidence in personal injury and negligence matters.
Timing
How long it takes
| Type of project | Typical delivery |
|---|---|
| Short certified documents Affidavits, powers of attorney, single certificates | 1–2 business days |
| Standard legal documents Contracts, pleadings, judgments | 2–3 business days |
| Discovery and case bundles High volume, multiple languages, ongoing production | Scoped before quoting |
Larger or more complex matters may require additional review time. If you are working to a filing deadline, tell us at the outset — we would rather decline than miss it.
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Questions
Law Firms, answered
Yes. Send it before work begins and we will review and sign it. Our default handling is already restrictive — documents stored outside public paths, access limited to the coordinator and assigned linguists, and linguists who see the documents and deadline but not the client identity — but if your firm or your client requires specific terms, we work to those.
Large sets are scoped before work begins so that terminology, formatting and file naming are consistent across the whole production. Where a matter involves several source languages, a single glossary governs all of them. Tell us the volume, the languages and the deadline and we will give you a realistic assessment rather than an optimistic one.
That is what translation memory and a matter glossary exist for. Defined terms, party names, contractual language and previously filed renderings stay identical from the first exhibit to the last, regardless of which linguist works on a given batch or how many months separate them.
Yes, with a signed Certificate of Accuracy naming the translator and confirming the translation is complete and accurate. Requirements vary by jurisdiction — some courts want notarization or a declaration in a specific form. Tell us the court and we will prepare it accordingly.
Tell us the date at the outset and we will confirm whether it is achievable. We would rather decline a matter than accept it and miss a court deadline, and we will say so plainly if the timeline is not realistic for the volume involved.
Yes — foreign judgments for recognition and enforcement, arbitration filings, letters rogatory, evidence from foreign proceedings and corporate records. Cross-border matters frequently involve several jurisdictions and languages at once, which is where a single point of coordination matters most.
Per project, with a quotation before work begins so there is no ambiguity about cost. For firms with continuing work we can agree payment terms rather than requiring payment on each matter — tell your coordinator and it will be set on your account.
The Project Coordinator responsible for your matter and the linguists assigned to it. Assigned linguists receive the documents, the language pair, the deadline and a brief — not the client name, the fee, or anything else held in our system. Every action on a project is recorded with the person and the time.
Discuss a matter with us
Tell us the volume, languages and deadline and a Project Coordinator will assess it honestly before quoting. Confidentiality agreements can be signed before any document is sent.
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