Legal translation services in 225+ languages

The UK does not operate a single sworn-translator register equivalent to continental-European systems. Authority-anchors are professional bodies (CIOL, ITI) and the NRPSI register for interpreters. Our linguists with public-service interpreting work are eligible for NRPSI registration where applicable. Our translation work follows CIOL and ITI good-practice guidance — for example, certified translations carry a translator's statement of truth, and our internal QA aligns with the principles in CIOL's certified-translation guidance and ITI's professional code of conduct.

Many firms operate to a standard NDA template. We sign without amendment provided the terms are mutually reasonable. Our linguists hold individual confidentiality agreements with Ecrivus — your NDA covers the firm-to-agency relationship, our internal NDA covers the agency-to-linguist relationship. For organisations with strict compliance requirements (DPA Article 28 controllers and processors) we provide a GDPR-aligned DPA on request. Documents are exchanged via secure channels.

We respond to rush requests within 1 hour on working days. Turnaround itself is confirmed in the quote, calibrated to document type, volume, language pair, certification needs and the hearing date. For court bundles with a fixed hearing deadline we use multiple specialist translators in parallel where needed. We make no fixed turnaround promise upfront — instead we communicate transparently what is feasible and commit to that deadline in writing in the quote. Weekend rush work is available.

Document authentication for overseas use depends on the destination country. The Hague Apostille Convention 1961 simplifies authentication between member states — an FCDO apostille from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office confirms the authenticity of the signature on a certified translation or original. For non-member countries, consular legalisation through the destination country's embassy is required in addition. We can manage the full route — certification, FCDO apostille and onward consular legalisation — as a single package.

Our pricing follows UK market standard for specialist legal translation. Indicatively: commercial-legal £0.10–£0.22 per word depending on language pair and complexity; certified translations are priced per page for short documents (typically £45–£95 for a one-page certificate). For repeat clients we use translation memory which delivers 20–40% savings on recurring segments. Volume discounts apply for M&A due diligence and multi-jurisdiction projects.

We translate into and from more than 225 languages. For routine commercial work (English to French, German, Spanish, Italian) we maintain a deep bench of specialist legal linguists per area of practice. For rare languages — often relevant in Home Office immigration, asylum tribunal proceedings or international family law — we recommend wider planning to allow availability of a specifically certified linguist.

Machine translation alone is not adequate for legal text — terminology precision and legal-cultural context matter. We use DeepL Pro, OpenAI and Anthropic as productivity tools for draft translation, followed by full human post-editing and review by a specialist legal linguist. For court bundles, sworn translations and pleadings we deliver fully human work. For very large volumes of commercial-legal baseline material an MTPE workflow with a legal post-editor can be a cost-efficient route — discussed and quoted explicitly.