Professional legal translation

The price of a legal translation depends on volume, language pair, technical complexity and urgency. At blarlo, we optimise costs using translation memory technology that detects repetitions in your documentation. Our corporate rates start at €0.06/word for professional legal translation. Message us and we’ll prepare a no-obligation quote.

Commercial contract translation is one of the most common services within legal translation. The price mainly depends on the contract length, the source and target languages, the number of specialised clauses and the project’s urgency. Contracts often include specific terminology on obligations, liabilities, warranties, penalties or applicable jurisdiction, so it’s important that the translation is carried out by a specialist legal translator. A well-executed contract translation avoids ambiguities, maintains the document’s legal coherence and helps all parties understand exactly the terms of the agreement.

Turnaround time for a legal translation depends on document volume, the complexity of the legal content, the working language and the project’s urgency. As a general reference, a specialist legal translator can translate between 2,000 and 2,500 words per day for standard legal texts. However, more complex documents such as lengthy contracts, court files or due diligence reports may require more time because they need especially careful review to ensure terminological accuracy and legal consistency. For urgent projects, it’s also possible to organise translation and review teams to shorten deadlines without compromising final quality.

Judgments and court files are often lengthy documents containing procedural terminology, statutory references, legal citations and a formal structure specific to each jurisdiction. For this reason, translating this type of documentation requires particularly rigorous review. The time needed will depend on the total number of pages, the complexity of the proceedings and whether the document includes annexes, tables, documentary evidence or additional material. In general, it’s advisable to review the file in advance to estimate the delivery time accurately and ensure a reliable legal translation.

No. Legal translation refers to the professional translation of legal documents such as contracts, judgments, articles of association or corporate documentation, where terminological accuracy and understanding the legal context are most important. Sworn translation, by contrast, is an officially certified translation produced by a sworn translator authorised by the competent authority. This type of translation is used when the document needs official validity before public administrations, courts or institutions. In some projects both modalities can be combined—for example, when a legal document must be formally submitted in another country.

A legal translator is involved in translating documents with legal or contractual implications. Common examples include commercial contracts, court judgments, powers of attorney, deeds, official certificates, articles of association, due diligence reports, non-disclosure agreements, patents, compliance documentation and regulatory texts. In all these cases it’s important to use a translator with legal experience who can correctly interpret the legal meaning of each term and adapt it to the legal system of the target language.

Yes. Legal translation for international litigation and arbitration proceedings is one of the most common needs for companies and law firms. In these cases we translate claims, appeals, court rulings, expert reports, contracts, documentary annexes and other evidence used in the process. This type of translation requires terminological accuracy, clear drafting and strict confidentiality, as the documents often contain sensitive information related to legal disputes or procedural strategy.

Yes. Many of our projects come from international companies, in-house legal departments, tax advisory firms and law firms that need to translate legal documentation frequently. In these cases we can set up recurring workflows, terminology memories and specialised translation teams to maintain consistency across all documents. This makes it possible to manage large volumes of legal translation while maintaining terminological consistency, fast response times and document security.

We offer legal translation in many languages with native translators specialised in law. The most common languages include English, French, German, Italian and Portuguese, although we also work with many other language combinations. Translator assignment depends on the source language, the target language and the type of legal document. This ensures each project is translated by a professional with real experience in the relevant legal field.