Legal Translation Services Singapore

We back it in writing. Our legal translator prepares a signed statement setting out their qualifications, the source text, and why each disputed term was rendered that way. Where a word has more than one fair reading, we say so openly rather than pretend there is only one. Most disputes end there, because the other side is usually testing whether anyone actually checked the file. Send us the objection note and we will answer it clause by clause.

Yes, and this trips up a lot of people. A governing language clause decides which text the court rules on. It does not remove the need for the judge or officer to read the other version. So we certify the English as an accurate translation, and we add a clear note that it is a translation for reference and not the operative text. That protects you. A contract translation presented without that note can look like you are trying to replace the governing version.

Anything in the bundle that a judge has to read must be in English, exhibits included. What matters just as much is the numbering. We keep your exhibit markings and page order exactly as they are, so the bundle index still lines up after our affidavit translation goes in. If your solicitor only needs certain exhibits filed, tell us which ones and we will leave the rest out of the certified set.

Ask your solicitor to engage us directly, and to say in writing that we are appointed for the purpose of the litigation. Handled that way, privilege is normally preserved because we are working as the firm's agent. If you send the papers yourself without your lawyer knowing, that is where the argument starts. We sign a confidentiality agreement either way, but the safest route is always through your lawyer's instruction.

Yes, and we never guess what is under the black. We translate what is visible and mark each hidden block as redacted in the same position on the page, so the layout still matches. If a sealing order applies, tell us the terms before you send it and we will keep the file inside those limits. Guessing at sealed content in a court certified translation would put your case at risk, so we simply do not do it.

A certified translation is the floor, not the finish. Because the judgment comes from another country, you will usually also need it notarised, and where the issuing country is a Hague member, apostilled at source before it reaches us. The exact chain depends on which country granted the judgment. Tell us that country and the court you are filing in, and we will map the full route before you spend anything.

No. Your deponent swore the original, and that oath stands. What travels with the English copy is a translator's certificate of accuracy, signed and stamped. Where the matter needs extra weight, we bring in a sworn translator so the declaration carries that standing too. Nobody has to go back before a Commissioner for Oaths just because the paper changed language.

Only the written work. Our legal translation service covers documents. Speaking in the courtroom is court interpreting, a separate skill with its own arrangements through the court. We say this plainly because a few agencies take the booking and then scramble. What we can do is prepare the term list from your translated papers and pass it to your interpreter, so the same wording is used on the page and in the room.