Legal Translations

In a contract or a court document, every term carries legal meaning and financial consequence. A mistaken rendering of a clause or a condition can affect how an agreement is interpreted, whether a provision is enforceable, your position in litigation, even the company's liability towards third parties.

Legal translation leaves no room for interpretive ambiguity: terminology is rendered precisely, terms stay consistent throughout the document, and the work demands an understanding of the legal systems involved. In cross-border transactions, the translation functions as a legal instrument.

Legal translation includes carrying concepts between different legal frameworks. A common-law institution does not always have an exact equivalent in Greek law; the experienced legal translator knows when to render it, when to keep the foreign term, and when to explain it.

Our range spans commercial and investment contracts, NDAs and GDPR policies, patents, European enforcement orders, terms of use and SaaS agreements: each rendering adapted to the destination legal system, so that the meaning and the force of the document are preserved.

In practice, "legal document" covers dozens of different texts, each with its own structure, terminology and acceptance requirements. We translate commercial and investment contracts, partnership and distribution agreements, articles of association and board minutes, and due diligence files for mergers and acquisitions. We handle pleadings, court judgments and appeals, sworn affidavits, expert reports and powers of attorney.

Our routine workload also includes wills and notarial deeds, regulatory and compliance documents, bank guarantees and letters of credit, patents and intellectual-property filings, and immigration and asylum papers. For each category we know what the receiving authority requires, and we tell you before the translation starts.

Whether a legal translation is accepted depends not only on its quality but on the correct form of certification. Depending on the authority and the destination country, a translation may need certification by a lawyer, while the original may require an Apostille or consular legalisation. Choosing the wrong form means delay, cost and often repeating the whole process.

Our legal department handles certification in-house, so you have one assignment and single accountability, with no intermediaries. We guide you on the Apostille where it is required and on the steps that depend on third-party authorities. Because every authority has its own requirements, we confirm the correct route before the assignment, so your document arrives where it needs to, without surprises.

Legal documents carry confidential information: trade secrets, personal data, acquisition strategy. We sign a non-disclosure agreement in advance, for you or for your own clients, we maintain a strict file-access policy, and every text is handled in line with GDPR principles and our certified procedures.

On large files (contracts running to hundreds of pages, multilingual matters, a continuous flow of documents) terminological consistency becomes critical. We maintain client-specific glossaries and translation memories, so the same term is rendered the same way across every document and across years of work. That is what holds an entire legal file together, regardless of its volume or of how many translators work on it.

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on artificial intelligence concerns companies that develop or use AI systems. We translate AI policies, terms of use and compliance documentation, with legal terminology and independent revision. We do not give legal advice: what applies to your company is for your legal counsel to decide.