Legal Translation Services

Translation Services

When it comes to selecting a translation company for Asian inclusive language pairs, you've come to the right place. We specialise only in Asian languages. And no, unlike other specialist services we don't charge you a premium. In fact, we offer you greater value because we typically benefit from a wider choice of translators compared to generic translation companies.

We ensure the highest quality delivered translations. Our professional translators meet the following basic criteria:

Right and Wrong

Let's face it, legal translations have the potential to go disasterously wrong. They can also go without a hitch. It's about putting all the things in the right places they should be - much like preparing a legal case. That means getting the right type of translator with a specialist legal background to do the job. We use professional translators working into their mother tongue and specialising in your subject area, e.g. patents, business law, copyright, IP etc. And there's a bit more. Asia Translate only uses professional translators that are in-country for all legal projects.

The Same Language - Different Applications

A mainland Chinese specialist legal translator would be suitable for work based in Shanghai. But if that same translator was used in a civil dispute case 764 miles away in Hong Kong, things become very different. For instance, the case may well be conducted in Chinese but the linguistic style, culture and legal framework are different enough to be significant. It's why we choose our translators who work within specialist areas very carefully. Legal translation work is only asssigned to suitably qualified in-country translators.

Law is culture based and it's essential that this is understood as well as areas like terminology. Legal translation is without doubt one of our most complex subject areas. Medicine is the other. We rarely have the comfort of coming back to you if an error is found. It's especially critical when the smallest error can deem your translated document unbinding or ambigious - we believe it's a risk not worth taking. We achieve our high level of quality through meticiulous project management whilst providing you with the industry's best and most suitably qualified translators.

Areas We Translate

We provide translation services specialising in business contracts, purchase or sale of overseas property, court summons, patent applications, employment contracts, insolvency and more. We offer specialist translators in English law, Vietnamese law, Japanese law, Thai law and Chinese law to name a few.

Our Translators

All of our translators have a minimum of 3 years experience, a recognised university degree and always translate into their native language. Our senior translators hold membership to an accredited translation association (such as ATA, ITI, ATLF, WATA etc).We set every translator a test before they join us as well as making qualification, background and job reference checks. And we've worked it out that we turn away an average of 6 out of 10 applications.

Human Translation Aided By Technology

Our legal translators use TM (Translation Memory) software to ensure repetitions are only translated once. This is not MT (Machine Translation) software that translates word for word and often makes non-sensical sentences. TM software is entirely different and is used in the professional translation context.

If a clause such as "the aformentioned covenants and agrees that during the term of this Agreement", is repeated throughout your document, TM software will automatically scan your document (after the translator has initially translated the clause) and suggest the change wherever it appears. This ensures optimal accuracy of the final translation, which is especially critical for legal translation projects.