Legal Translations:
Security in Legal Proceedings
What are legal translations?
Legal translations involve translating documents related to legal processes, such as contracts, agreements, court documents, certificates, and other legal texts. Their purpose is to provide an accurate and reliable rendering of legal concepts and terms from the source language into the target language, ensuring validity and security in legal procedures.
Who can provide legal translations?
Translating legal documents requires specialized translators with knowledge of legal terminology and experience in legal processes. Translators must have a thorough understanding of the legal systems in both the source and target countries to ensure precise and unambiguous translations.
When are legal translations required?
• Contracts: Real estate sale agreements, marriage contracts, loan agreements.
• Agreements: Business collaboration agreements, service agreements, employment contracts.
• Diplomas: Patents, educational diplomas, professional certifications.
• Court documents and decisions: Divorce decisions, compensation decisions, court rulings in civil cases.
• Patent applications: Patent registration application, invention application, international patent application.
• Certificates and personal documents: Family status certificate, educational certificate, birth certificate.
• Hague Apostille: Apostille for official translations, court documents, contracts.
• Government enforcement actions: Actions against tax evasion, enforcement of regulations in businesses, criminal penalties.
• Intellectual property rights: Usage licenses, authors’ rights, software rights.
• Corporate documents and regulations: Company statutes, internal staff regulations, strategic partnership agreements.
• Legal documents for businesses: Articles of Association, deeds of incorporation of companies, registrations with chambers of commerce, collaboration agreements, leases and purchase agreements, employee contracts, bylaws
• Legal documents for foundations and NGOs: Statutes, bylaws, partnership agreements between different bodies
• Court documents: civil actions and case files, such as intellectual property right infringements, disputes concerning social security contributions, divorces and other family cases, custody of children following divorce, inheritance disputes, injunctive relief, Criminal cases such as prosecutions against smuggling, terrorist acts, financial crimes, etc. As well as court transcripts, court judgments, affidavits
• Administrative legal acts: legislation, decrees, regulations, guidelines, circulars, decisions of the public administration
• Technical contracts: contracts for photovoltaic systems, patents, sale agreements for electricity and power management companies
• Insurance contracts: life insurance, third party liability, accident insurance, theft, natural disasters
• Terms and conditions: terms and conditions of use for products and services such as mobile SIM cards, online accounts for internet service providers, Terms and Conditions of use
• Notarial documents: powers of attorney, certificates of inheritance, wills, acceptance of inheritance deeds, adoption decisions
• Military and police documents: army recruitment certificates, loss or theft reporting forms
• Degrees and certificates: Marriage / birth certificates, capacity to marry certificates, marital status certificates, permanent residence certificates
Challenges and Importance of Quality Legal Translation
Legal translation demands particular attention to accuracy and fidelity in rendering. Mistakes or ambiguities can lead to legal consequences or negatively affect the credibility of the business or individual. Understanding the legal frameworks and correctly using legal terms is crucial to ensuring the validity of the translated documents.
Why Choose Alta Lexica Translations?
Alta Lexica Translations provides reliable and official translations in all languages, working with over 80 official and certified translators and 3 collaborating law firms. With a guarantee of quality and compliance with international standards, we are the most trusted choice in Greece and internationally.
Alta Lexica offers the possibility of translation validation in accordance with the Greek Presidential Decree 169 of 17 June 2002 (Official Gazette 156/2.7.02) through our certified translators and with the Code of Lawyer’s Conduct (Official Gazette A 235 195 41 008, Article 53) through our partnering law firms, which renders the translation official for any use in the private and public sector, in Greece and abroad, equivalent to those provided by the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs.











































