Individual document translation

Employment Contract Translation.

Professional translation of employment agreements, contracts, schedules and workplace terms for employees, employers, immigration and cross-border employment.

Employment contracts we translate.

The translation renders the agreement accurately. It is not a legal review of the employment terms.

  • Permanent contracts
  • Fixed-term agreements
  • Executive employment agreements
  • Foreign employment contracts
  • Expatriate contracts
  • Employment schedules
  • Remuneration annexures
  • Confidentiality and restraint clauses
  • Associated policies where required
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South African employment particulars.

South African employment law requires employers to provide prescribed written particulars of employment. These include matters such as the employee’s occupation, workplace, hours, wage, deductions, leave and notice arrangements.

Premium Lingua translates those particulars as they appear in the document. It does not review the contract for compliance with the Basic Conditions of Employment Act or any other law.

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Translation vs legal review.

Contract translation

What it does
Accurately translates the agreement.

Legal review

What it does
Determines rights, enforceability or compliance.

Premium Lingua’s translation service does not itself constitute legal advice or a legal review of the employment terms.

Employment contracts for immigration and work visas.

South African immigration regulations use signed employment contracts in general work visa documentation, alongside various supporting employment and qualification records.

Where the contract is in another language, a translation may be required. Send it with any instructions you have received from the Department of Home Affairs or the visa facilitation centre.

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Bilingual contract formatting.

Where appropriate, the translated contract can preserve clause numbering, schedules, tables and defined terms, so the source and the translation can be compared efficiently, clause by clause.

Clause numbering and structure are kept, so each translated clause lines up with its source.

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What should be sent?

  • The complete contract
  • All annexures
  • Policies being submitted
  • The source and target language
  • The purpose
  • The receiving employer or authority
  • Your deadline
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Need an employment contract translated?

Send us the complete agreement, including schedules and annexures, and tell us the purpose and the employer or authority receiving it.