Legal systems develop their own concepts and terminology. A familiar term in one system may have a different meaning in another, and some concepts have no direct equivalent. The language of the document alone does not establish which legal system it concerns.<\/p>\n
The Court of Justice of the European Union explains these challenges in its guidance on comparative multilingual legal terminology<\/a>. For your own request, identify where the document comes from, its subject and how the translation will be used.<\/p>\n Tell the translation provider whether the document is a contract, a court decision, a deed or another type of legal text. Include the country or legal system concerned and the intended reader, such as a lawyer, business partner or public authority.<\/p>\n Provide relevant attachments and any earlier documents needed to understand references in the text. Identify the final version for translation and explain which terminology or approved translations should be followed.<\/p>\n Supply any agreed glossary and explain who can answer questions about the source document. A similar-looking word should not be treated as an exact equivalent without considering the underlying concept and context.<\/p>\n If the source wording is ambiguous, refer the question to the person responsible for the document. Translating a contract does not amend it to comply with another country\u2019s law. Ask an appropriately qualified legal adviser about changes to legal rights, obligations or the document itself.<\/p>\n Ask the receiving organisation whether it requires a sworn translation and which language, certification and delivery format it accepts. The required translation service depends on the purpose and recipient; the legal subject alone does not settle this.<\/p>\n Our guide to sworn and certified translations<\/a> explains the terminology. If authentication is also requested, include those instructions in the brief and consult our legalisation service information<\/a>.<\/p>\n Urgent Vertalen arranges legal document translations<\/a>. Request your no-obligation quote<\/a> with the agreed documents, language combination, relevant legal-system context, recipient\u2019s instructions and deadline. We will confirm the scope, price and delivery time before you order.<\/p>\n For the provider-selection stage, read our guide to choosing a translator for legal documents<\/a>. Once the service is selected, use our document preparation checklist<\/a> to organise the files and references.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A legal term can carry a different meaning in another legal system. Explain the source document, intended use and recipient\u2019s requirements before translation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":140066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geen-onderdeel-van-een-categorie"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urgentvertalen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urgentvertalen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urgentvertalen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urgentvertalen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urgentvertalen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/urgentvertalen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141332,"href":"https:\/\/urgentvertalen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141323\/revisions\/141332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urgentvertalen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urgentvertalen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urgentvertalen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urgentvertalen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Provide the context behind the document<\/h2>\n
Agree how terminology and questions will be handled<\/h2>\n
Check the recipient\u2019s formal requirements<\/h2>\n
Arrange the legal translation you need<\/h2>\n