What are Legal Translation Services?
Legal translation deals with texts within legal systems, all of which vary from country to country. The process requires a translator’s mastery of both languages and in-depth knowledge of both legal systems. Only then will the translation of legal expressions be accurate and natural.
Law is culture-dependent, so – as with technical document translation – the linguist must understand the ‘legal speak’ to recreate the documents. Every legal system has grown from the use of different legal expressions, all of which are unique within that jurisdiction.
Adding to this complexity, there are also different laws which apply to various areas such as media, technology, finance, and manufacturing.
For these reasons, a simple translation of a legal document is not possible.
The precise correspondence of legally binding rights and duties in the source text is crucial. There is no room for error as mistakes can lead to lengthy delays, or more seriously, lawsuits and financial losses.
Legal document translation services
Swan provides the world’s leading law firms and corporate legal departments with professional legal translation services for international M&A, global regulatory compliance, data and cyber security, PCT patent filing, legal service automation, as well as multilingual litigation support. We help our clients stay ahead of the competition in the global legal services market, one accurately translated legal document at a time.
We deliver a full suite of legal translation services, including:
- Non-competition clauses, non-confidentiality clauses
- Terms and conditions
- Processes
- Regulations
- Complaints
- Powers of attorney
- Estate files
- Criminal procedures
- Divorce proceedings
- Legal releases
- Company statutes
- Survey reports
- And more…
