Legal and Contract Translation for Cross-Border Work.
Contract translation requires the translator to understand what the contract is actually doing, not just what it says. The structure of a German GmbH shareholders agreement differs from an English LLC operating agreement in ways that go beyond vocabulary. German concepts like Geschaftsfuhrer, Gesellschafterversammlung, and Stammkapital do not map cleanly to English equivalents, and a translator who tries to handle them without understanding the legal function of each clause produces a document that may be technically accurate in language but misleading in legal effect.
We translate legal documents between German, English, French and other European languages, with translators who hold legal qualifications or have worked in legal environments. For contracts that will be reviewed by lawyers in the target jurisdiction, we provide accompanying notes on translation choices for terms that carry jurisdiction-specific legal weight.
Delivery includes the translated document in your agreed format and, for longer agreements, a bilingual term list that documents how key defined terms were translated. This term list becomes part of the project record and is reused in all subsequent work for the same client.
What this includes
- Contracts, agreements and MoUs
- Corporate governance documents
- Employment contracts
- Regulatory filings and compliance documents
- Court documents and legal opinions
- IP and licensing agreements
- Jurisdiction-aware terminology notes
Cross-border M&A, joint ventures, employment contracts, EU compliance documentation, IP licensing, corporate governance.