Professional Legal Translation Services

Although they both have expertise in law, their roles are distinct. A lawyer or attorney drafts, analyses and applies laws on behalf of their client. A legal translator, on the other hand, is an expert linguist who translates legal texts from one language into another. To ensure the your documents are understood overseas, the legal translator must have a good understanding not only of the two languages, but also of the legal systems of the countries in question (e.g. French civil law versus Anglo-Saxon common law). This dual semantic and technical skill-set prevents significant misinterpretations and guarantees your files will be understood.

The price of legal translation generally depends on several specific criteria:

• The volume of text: The calculation is mainly based on the number of source words.
• The technical complexity of the document: A merger and acquisition (M&A) contract, or an intellectual property patent requires more specialised expertise than standard T&Cs.
• Language combination: Languages which are rare or highly complex affect the cost.

While an AI translation of a standard text nowadays is typically about 90% acceptable, the remaining 10% poses a major legal risk. Reproducing an unchecked AI translation presents three critical dangers:

1. Terminological inconsistency: AI frequently confuses similar concepts (e.g. ‘company’ and ‘business’), even though these have different legal implications. Over a 40-page contract, these subtle deviations weaken the legal certainty of a document.
2. Literal translation of certain elements: Algorithms have a tendency to translate official details, such as proper names or addresses, unnecessarily (e.g. to transform ‘Rue de la Petite Rivière’ into ‘Small River Street’), which could render a document invalid.
3. Breaches of confidentiality (GPDR): Uploading a confidential document to a public AI platform means passing highly sensitive data (names, transaction amounts, clauses) through third-party servers. The problem is that it is impossible to anonymise these documents without them losing their meaning.

Data security is our number one priority. All our professional specialist legal translators are bound by the strictest professional confidentiality. At your request, we will always be happy to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). For your highly sensitive cases (mergers and acquisitions/M&A, financial disputes, intellectual property), we employ an enhanced security protocol:

• 100% human translation: No use of artificial intelligence or unsecured third-party servers.
• Secure data flows: Transmission and hosting of documents via dedicated encrypted interfaces.
• Data deletion: Permanent deletion of all files (source and translated) immediately after delivery and approval of your order.