LEGAL · LEGAL TRANSLATION

Legal Translation

Legal wording must be precise, rigorous and authoritative, and ambiguity in translation can cause real financial loss. Etrans assigns translators with a legal background who understand the differences between legal systems. Cross-border contracts, litigation and arbitration, patents and articles of association go through translation, editing and review, with an official translation stamp available.

15
years of experience
Legal
background translators
Accepted
courts · arbitration · embassies
SCOPE · DOCUMENT TYPES

Legal documents we translate

Contracts / agreements
Litigation / arbitration documents
Patent specifications / claims
Articles of association
Tender documents
Legal opinions
Notarised / certified documents
Business licences / certificates
Equity transfer documents
Regulations / case-law references
Employment contracts / rules
Guarantees / powers of attorney
EXPERTISE · CORE CHALLENGES

The core challenges of legal translation

Handling legal-system differences

The same concept can carry different meanings in civil-law and common-law systems. Translators handle modal wording such as "shall/may" accurately and annotate concepts with no direct equivalent, avoiding assumptions based on the literal text.

Precise, consistent terminology

Using authoritative legal dictionaries and the client's existing contract terminology, parties, amounts, dates and deadlines are mapped precisely; translation memory keeps terms consistent across the full document set.

Validity & stamping

Documents submitted to courts, arbitration bodies and embassies can carry the registered translation stamp with a Declaration of Translation; we can also meet the format requirements of lawyers and notary offices.

Projects run to judicial standards

  • Upfront confirmation: purpose (litigation/contract/registration), submitting authority and format
  • Matching legal-background translators, grouped by foreign jurisdiction where needed
  • Translation, editing and review, with dedicated checks of amounts, dates and parties
  • Stamped delivery, hard copy and electronic version together, with NDAs supported
FAQ · COMMON QUESTIONS

Questions about legal translation

Can a translated contract be signed directly?
The translation helps all parties understand the contract; where the contract designates one language version as authoritative, we recommend a lawyer confirm the language-effect clause. We work with several cross-border lawyers and can coordinate as required.
What do courts/arbitration tribunals require of translations?
They generally require translation produced and stamped by a qualified translation agency, noting translator information and the translation date. Our standard stamped translations meet these requirements; individual courts may have prescribed formats — please tell us the specific court or tribunal at quoting.
What is special about patent translation?
Patents are both legal and technical documents, and the scope of protection in the claims depends heavily on wording. We assign translators with patent-agency or relevant technical backgrounds, strictly preserving figure markings and terminology.
Our cross-border case is urgent — is rush service available?
Yes. Litigation and arbitration often have evidence deadlines, so we can arrange coordinated teams and priority handling, and work directly with your lawyers on formatting and copy counts.
RELATED · YOU MAY ALSO NEED

Related services

Certified translation & stamping Medical translation Document translation

Legal documents demand rigorous translators and proper stamping

Etrans, your Shenzhen translation company · rush and NDAs supported · replies in 30 minutes

Request a Quote Call Us