German to English legal translation, certified where required
- Specialist translators with legal experience
- Authorised translators for certified translations
- Revision by a second specialist translator (dual control principle)
- Encrypted data transfer, strictly confidential handling
A legal translation renders a legal text in another language, taking account of the different legal systems, the specific terminology and the formal requirements. Specialist translators with legal experience produce it, as a rule working into their native language.
Legal translation covers court, company, employment and contract documents
- Court documents: judgments, statements of claim
- Corporate and commercial: extracts from the commercial register (Handelsregisterauszug), articles of association (Satzung), company agreements, commercial law documents
- Employment and education: employment law documents, employer references (Arbeitszeugnis), academic transcripts
- Contracts and general terms: contracts with jurisdiction and liability clauses, tenancy and brokerage agreements, standard terms and conditions (AGB)
- Inheritance and marriage: wills, marriage contracts
Supply, framework and distribution contracts without jurisdiction or liability questions belong to business translation. Annual reports and balance sheets go to financial translation, patent specifications to technical translation.
From request to delivery, certified where required
- Request
Send the file, name the language pair and say whether the translation must be certified.
- Quote
For a certified translation, name the country and the receiving authority.
- Translation and revision
Specialist translators with legal experience translate; a second specialist translator revises (dual control principle).
- Delivery, certified where required
Data transfers are always encrypted.
Send us the legal document and name the target language. You will usually have a quote on the same working day.
Two specialists read every legal text
A specialist translator with legal experience translates, and a second specialist translator revises the text against the source, as ISO 17100 requires. Law is expressly named in the certified scope of both DEKRA certificates: translation services in technology, business, trade, law and medicine, in Germany and abroad.
Each legal document gets its own quote
Each legal translation is quoted individually. The quote states the price and the delivery date. The general basis of billing is explained under specialised translations.
Legal translations are certified where the receiving authority requires it
A certified legal translation carries the certification of an authorised translator. Eurolingua issues certified translations of contracts, official certificates and court documents, and translates the same documents without certification where none is required. Which form a document needs depends on the authority or court that receives it.
Who may certify a translation in Germany, and in which form: certified translations by authorised translators.
Contracts and judgments, into and out of German
| Aspect | What applies |
|---|---|
| Document types | Contracts with jurisdiction and liability clauses, judgments, statements of claim, corporate and employment law documents |
| Languages | Into and out of German: English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Polish, Russian and further languages on request |
| Certification | With or without, as the receiving authority requires |
We also translate other legal documents. Name your document type and language pair for a quote.
Legal terms are placed within the target legal system
Legal texts are closely bound to their legal system. Many terms and concepts cannot be carried over directly: each has to be placed correctly within the target legal system and then translated. That takes sound knowledge of the relevant area of law. Legal translations at Eurolingua follow four fixed steps under ISO 17100. A translation produced this way ensures terminological accuracy and consistent content. It does not assess the document legally.
- Translation by a legal specialist
A specialist translator with sound knowledge of the relevant area of law places each term and writes the target text.
- Revision under the dual control principle
A second specialist translator compares the target text with the source.
- Systematic terminology management
Terms are recorded, so a concept placed once in the target legal system reads the same in related documents.
- Documented workflow
Each step, from translation to revision, is documented and traceable.
Confidential handling and encrypted transfer for court files
- Only qualified specialist translators handle legal documents, under defined processes.
- Data transfers are always encrypted.
- Personal data is processed under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Law firms and companies anywhere in Germany order legal translations from Dortmund
Eurolingua is based in Dortmund, Germany, and has been translating since 1976. Legal documents reach the office as files, so companies, law firms and institutions anywhere in Germany can order a legal translation, certified or not, without a visit.
Questions about legal translations in Germany
How is the price for a legal translation calculated?
Each legal translation is quoted individually. Send the file, name the language pair and say whether the translation must be certified. The quote states the price and the delivery date.
Will a certified translation be accepted abroad?
That depends on the destination country. Name the country and the receiving authority when you send the document. Background: where certified translations are recognised.
Send the file or a scan with the target language and purpose, and you will usually have a quote on the same working day.