Due diligence translation
Large document sets, translated on deal and tribunal timelines.
Data-room documents, correspondence, exhibits and evidence bundles, handled as a single body of work rather than as a queue of unrelated files.
When you need it
Most of the set does not need translating. Finding out which part does is the work.
In diligence and in arbitration, volume is the problem. A data room or an evidence bundle arrives in a language the deal team does not read, on a timetable that does not allow for translating all of it.
Summary translation lets the team see what each document is and what it says, quickly enough to decide what needs a full translation. The documents that matter then get the full treatment, with legal-translator review.
Documents we translate
Across the data room and the bundle
- Data-room documents and corporate records
- Correspondence and email threads
- Exhibits and annexures to pleadings
- Evidence bundles for arbitration
- Regulatory filings and licences
- Statutory registers and board papers
- Supplier, customer and employment contracts
- Expert reports and witness material
How it works
Triage first, then full translation where it counts
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Send the document
With the languages, the deadline, and whether it is going on record. Tell us if a certification is needed.
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AI built for legal language prepares the draft
Trained on legal language, so defined terms, citations and structure survive the first pass intact.
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A legal translator reviews every line
Against the source, for meaning, terminology and omissions. Never skipped, whatever the deadline.
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Delivery, then deletion
You receive the translation in the format you need, with an affidavit or certification if required. Files are deleted after delivery.
Proof
How volume is handled without losing consistency
Summary first
A short summary translation of each document, so the team can decide quickly what needs a full translation and what can be set aside.
Consistent terminology
One terminology list across the whole set, so the same term does not appear three ways across three documents.
Prioritised delivery
We deliver in the order the team needs, rather than in the order the files happened to arrive.
Review, at volume
A legal translator reviews the full translations. Scale does not remove that step.
Common questions
Before you send the first file
What is summary translation?
A short translated account of what a document is and what it says, enough for the team to decide whether it matters. It is not a substitute for a full translation of a document you intend to rely on.
Can you handle a data room of several thousand documents?
Tell us the volume, the languages and the date the team needs answers by, and we will set out how we would run it, including what is summarised and what is translated in full.
How do you keep terminology consistent across a large set?
Terminology is fixed once, at the start, and applied across the set. The reviewing legal translator checks against that list rather than against instinct.
Can you work to a tribunal timetable?
Yes. Tell us the hearing or exchange date when you send the material. We keep overnight and weekend capacity, and we will say plainly if a date cannot be met.
Do you translate correspondence and informal material?
Yes. Email threads, messages and internal notes are often where the point turns. They are translated with the same review step as formal documents.
Send the index, or the first tranche.
Tell us the volume, the languages and the date the team needs answers by. We will come back with a plan and a quote.