Legal Translation Services

DHCTranslations translates legal documents for law firms, in-house legal teams and individuals, working from scans or native files through a secure transfer. Orders, witness statements, agreements and powers of attorney are covered, and each file is returned with a signed certification page and, where needed, a notarised or apostilled version.

A single document starts from £40, and longer files are charged from £0.09 per word into English. English into another language runs from £0.10 per word after the first 400 words. A bundle is quoted as one job with a delivery date, and notarisation or apostille is priced separately because the notary fee varies by document.

Short orders and certificates can be finished the same day when the order and cleared payment arrive before 4pm on a working day. A bundle or a set of contracts is scheduled with a date you approve, because the review step takes longer than the translation itself.

No UK court approves translation firms; it decides on the document in front of it. In civil proceedings a translation used as evidence must be accompanied by a statement of truth signed by the translator. Tell us at the point of order that the file is for court and we prepare that statement; a routine certified translation carries the statement of accuracy instead.

Certified means the translator signs a statement that the English text is accurate. Notarised means a UK notary then witnesses that signature and applies a seal. Sworn is a civil-law term, usually describing a translator authorised by a court abroad, so for a UK document it is not a separate product - the receiving authority's wording decides what is needed.

Yes. Definitions are fixed at the start and applied throughout, so a term means the same thing in clause 2 and clause 40. Governing-law wording, execution blocks, schedules and company numbers are reproduced as printed, and a confidentiality agreement covers the file on request.

Yes. Bundles are worked in one pass so pagination, exhibit references and the index stay aligned, and the quote gives a single delivery date for the set. Where privilege applies, only the named translator and checker see the file, and everything is deleted once the retention period ends.

Yes, and they usually need more than certification: a notary witnesses the translator's signature, then the FCDO legalises the notarised document with an apostille. We arrange the sequence as one job, since the apostille clock only starts once the notarisation is finished.

Files are transferred over an encrypted link, seen only by the translator and the checker assigned to them, and covered by a confidentiality undertaking. Source documents and translations are held for a maximum of 90 days and deleted sooner on request; invoices are kept for six years as tax law requires.

Yes. Civil-law documents arrive with notarial acts, apostilles and court-certified copies that have no exact UK equivalent, and those are explained rather than forced into English terminology. Common-law material from the US, Ireland and the Commonwealth is read in its own vocabulary.

Yes. Agreements, policies and statements are translated into other languages for overseas proceedings, group companies and authorities abroad, with the same checking step. English into another language is quoted from £0.10 per word beyond the first 400 words.

Yes. Regular instructions are handled with agreed rates, a named contact and a delivery date agreed per matter, and urgent filings can be arranged outside normal hours by prior agreement. The certification still depends on the destination: the accuracy statement travels with every file, and the court statement of truth is prepared when the matter is being filed.