Contracts, litigation and disclosure documents, court filings, corporate and compliance files, and certified or sworn translations when a court or authority requires them, delivered around your matter timetable.
When a matter is moving, the linguistic work has to follow the same timetable as the rest of the file: the review cycle, the disclosure deadline, the court date or the signing. Talkbridge works with law firms and in-house legal teams who need accurate legal translation without a long induction into how a matter is run.
This page is about that operational work: the documents, the terminology and the deadlines. For an overview of legal document types, sworn and certified options, and how official use is handled, see our legal translation service.
A typical brief arrives as a contract suite, a disclosure bundle, a set of filings or a data room export, often with a date that will not move. Sometimes the English master is still being marked up while a filing window is already in the diary. We can start from a near-final draft and take a controlled update when the text is locked, so the rest of the team is not left waiting for a single large delivery.
We translate, and where needed certify, the materials that sit around a matter:
Contracts only work if the wording stays consistent. Defined terms, cross-references and repeating clauses have to match across the agreement, the schedules and any side letters. Small unrecorded edits accumulate, and then the file is harder to rely on. We keep terminology in a translation memory and a project glossary so later drafts reuse approved wording, including party names, defined terms and asset lists. When a clause does change, we can show you what was edited so the reviewing lawyer is not left guessing.
The same discipline helps when one transaction is documented in more than one language. Shared clauses stay aligned, while jurisdiction-specific blocks can be localised without rewriting the rest of the agreement.
Litigation and disclosure rarely wait. Hearing dates, filing windows and production deadlines are set first, and the translations have to be in the bundle before those dates, not after. We work from the files you already have: pleadings, witness evidence, disclosure lists, expert reports and correspondence. Formatting, exhibit numbering and defined terms are kept intact so the translated set can sit alongside the source file.
Typical throughput is around 2,000 words per translator per working day. When a filing date is fixed, we can assign more linguists in parallel and still keep a second-linguist revision under ISO 17100 in the critical path. Tell us the language list, the volume and the deadline as early as you can; that is usually enough to plan capacity.
In-house teams often need a steady flow of corporate and compliance documents rather than a single contract: articles, board packs, shareholder materials, policies, AML files and regulatory submissions. Patent and intellectual property work, already part of our legal translation service, follows the same rule. Claim language and defined terms have to stay precise, because a loose phrase can weaken protection.
Certified and sworn translations are available when a court, embassy or public authority requires them. The service page explains how official use is handled; this page is simply to confirm that those options sit on the same matters as the rest of the file.
Legal content is confidential by default. Every translator, reviewer and project manager signs an NDA before receiving access to the material. Access is limited to the people assigned to the matter. If your firm needs a project-specific NDA, say so at briefing and we will sign it before the files are shared. You can also email [email protected] to arrange that first.
Assignments go to linguists from a network of over 5,000 professionals, with at least five years of professional experience. Legal work is assigned to linguists who hold law degrees or have extensive experience with legal texts, as described on our legal translation service page. Delivery follows ISO 17100 translation and revision, not a single unchecked pass.
To price a project we need the source files or a word count, the language list, the deadline, and whether you need a certified or sworn translation. Talkbridge LTD was founded in 2010 and is registered in Tortola, British Virgin Islands (company no. 1664226). We do not charge VAT. For language-specific pages, see Legal Translation English to German, English to French and English to Spanish, or email [email protected].
Yes. We provide certified and sworn translations for official documents when a court, embassy or authority requires them. Tell us the destination country and the purpose at briefing so the quote covers the right form of certification.
We use translation memory and a project glossary so approved wording, including defined terms, is reused unless you ask us to revise it.
About 2,000 words per translator per working day. We can move faster with more linguists when the date is fixed, still with revision under ISO 17100.
Every translator, reviewer and project manager signs an NDA before receiving the files. Access is limited to the people assigned to the matter. A project-specific NDA can be signed before we start.
Yes. Patent applications, claims, licences and related intellectual property documents are part of our legal translation work.
ISO 17100 processes, a network of over 5,000 translators, a minimum of five years' professional experience, founded in 2010, Tortola, BVI, no VAT. Contact: [email protected].
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