Sworn or certified: which you need.
Courts, Home Affairs and foreign embassies usually ask for a sworn translation. For commercial and internal use, a certified translation is often enough.
- Sworn translation: signed and sealed by a translator appointed by the High Court.
- Uniform Rule 60: High Court documents not in an official South African language generally need a sworn translation.
- Certified translation: contracts under negotiation, due diligence packs, policies and correspondence.
- Not sure? Send us the document and we will confirm before you pay anything.
Legal and compliance documents we translate.
For law firms, legal teams and individuals, with High Court sworn translators for documents that need official weight.
- Contracts, agreements, and commercial negotiations
- Court pleadings, motions, and legal filings
- Patent and IP documents
- Sworn translations for Home Affairs, courts, embassies
- Regulatory filings and compliance documentation
- Expert witness reports and legal opinions
Legal documents we translate.
Each document guide explains what the receiving authority usually asks for and what to send us.
- Affidavit translation: sworn statements for court and immigration.
- Power of attorney translation: property, banking and tax matters abroad.
- Court order translation: orders and judgments for enforcement and cross-border cases.
- Divorce decree translation: decrees and settlements for remarriage and immigration.
- Custody, guardianship and adoption orders for relocation, travel and inter-country adoption.
See the full list on individual document translation.
How we handle legal files.
The same safeguards apply to every legal file, large or small.
- One named project manager you can phone, from quote to delivery.
- Three quality tiers: translation only, plus a second linguist's edit, or plus a full proofread. The quoted price is final.
- Translation memory and termbases keep defined terms consistent across a contract bundle.
- Confidential handling under POPIA. Documents never go into a public AI engine.
- Documents for use abroad may also need DIRCO authentication or an Apostille.
Further reading
Legal translation guides.
Our standard
Accuracy in legal clauses and terminology.
Legal documents survive forever. A mistranslated clause becomes a liability years later. Our legal translators are domain-trained and our sworn work is court-acceptable.
Request a legal translation quote.
Send us the project details and we will match the work to a linguist with the right language pair and subject knowledge.