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Professional legal translation services require precision, specialist legal terminology and a thorough understanding of the purpose for which a document will be used. Kitz Global has provided professional legal translations since 2005 and translates legal documents into and from virtually all languages.
We work with private clients, law firms, companies, courts, notaries and other organisations requiring reliable translations of legal and official documents.
Our legal translation services cover everything from contracts, court judgments and powers of attorney to commercial register documents, inheritance records and corporate documentation.
Where a document is required for official submission, Kitz Global also provides certified legal translations by appropriately qualified sworn and authorised translators.
Whether you need a single certified court document or a multilingual legal translation project involving hundreds of pages, we provide the appropriate translation workflow for your requirements.
You can send us your legal documents electronically – there is normally no need to visit a translation agency personally.
For larger legal projects, we can establish dedicated translation teams, terminology management and coordinated delivery schedules.
Have a lengthy contract, court case, corporate transaction or several legal documents?
Send us the complete files by e-mail for a customised, non-binding quotation.
Legal translation is the professional translation of documents containing legal terminology, legal rights and obligations or information relating to legal and administrative procedures.
It requires more than excellent language skills.
The translator must understand:
Legal systems do not always use equivalent concepts or terminology.
A term used in Austrian or German law, for example, may not have a direct one-to-one equivalent in English, French, Spanish or another legal system.
The translator therefore needs to reproduce the meaning accurately without changing the legal content of the source document.
Kitz Global translates a broad range of legal documents for private individuals, companies and legal professionals.
These include:
If your legal document is not listed, simply send it to us for assessment.
Many legal documents are not translated merely for information. They have to be submitted formally to a court, authority, notary, university, company or another institution.
In these cases, a certified legal translation may be required.
Kitz Global provides certified translations by appropriately qualified sworn or authorised translators for documents such as:
The certification requirements depend on the country and institution receiving the document.
Tell us where your translation will be submitted so that its intended use can be taken into account.
A sworn translator is often required when a translated document is intended for official use.
Depending on the jurisdiction, professionals with the relevant formal status may also be referred to as:
These terms do not necessarily have the same legal meaning in every country.
Kitz Global selects the appropriate translator according to the language combination, document and intended use.
A legal translation and a certified translation are not necessarily the same thing.
Legal translation describes the subject matter of the document.
Certified translation describes the formal status or certification of the translation.
For example:
A commercial contract may require highly specialised legal translation but no formal certification.
A one-page court judgment submitted to an authority may require both legal expertise and formal certification.
Before ordering, determine whether your document requires:
If you are unsure, ask the institution receiving the document.
There is normally no need to visit a translation office personally.
You can order your legal document translation online:
Upload document → Get price & delivery time → Order → Translation → Delivery
For standard certified documents, a scan or high-quality photograph is often sufficient to begin.
For larger legal projects, send us the complete files and we will prepare an individual quotation and delivery schedule.
Usually not to start the translation.
For many legal documents, a clear electronic copy is sufficient for us to assess and translate the document.
Please provide:
The institution receiving the translation may separately require presentation of the original or a certified copy.
A certified translation, notarisation and an apostille are different formalities.
A certified translation concerns the translation of the document.
Notarisation may authenticate a signature or legal act depending on the procedure.
An apostille authenticates certain public documents for international use under the applicable rules.
Depending on the case, you may need one or several of these.
Always check the requirements of the receiving institution before arranging additional formalities.
One of the main challenges in legal translation is that legal systems are not identical.
A legal concept in Austria or Germany may not have a precise equivalent in:
A professional legal translator must therefore understand the legal context and avoid creating false equivalence between concepts.
The goal is to communicate the meaning of the source accurately in the target language while respecting the legal context of the document.
Kitz Global selects professional translators according to their linguistic and specialist expertise.
For legal translations, particular attention is paid to:
Where certification is required, the appropriate formal qualification of the translator is also taken into account.
Consistency is essential in legal documents.
Defined terms, company names, contractual terminology and recurring legal concepts should be handled consistently throughout a document or group of related documents.
For larger projects, we can work with:
This is particularly valuable for contracts, corporate documentation and recurring legal translation requirements.
Legal translation requires professional judgement.
The translator needs to understand:
Translation technology can support professional workflows, but legal documents require appropriate human linguistic expertise and quality assurance.
Additional review can be arranged for complex or particularly sensitive projects.
Not every legal translation needs certification.
For example, a company may require a contract translated for internal review without formal certification.
Certification is more likely to be required when a document is submitted officially to:
The receiving institution determines its requirements.
If you are unsure, ask whether it requires a professional legal translation or a certified translation by a sworn or authorised translator.
