Your contracts and litigation translated by legal linguists
Strict confidentiality (NDA), controlled legal terminology and respect for legal systems (Common Law vs Civil Law).
This service at a glance
Legal Quality
Specialised linguists for legal content.
Confidentiality
Encrypted transmission, secure servers, and NDA available depending on the project.
Types of documents
Contracts, notarial deeds, litigation files, due diligence, compliance documentation.
Global coverage
Common Law / Civil Law adaptation in 150+ languages.
Translating a contract is not substituting a word, it is transposing a legal system.
The most serious problem in international business occurs when a precise legal term is mistranslated by a generalist translator. For example, a "force majeure" clause in French civil law is not the exact equivalent of "frustration" in common law. The impact can invalidate the entire agreement and cost millions.
The Asiatis solution: We employ specialised linguists for legal content. Trained in legal concepts, they know how to adapt your documents (patents, procedural documents, articles of association) by reducing the risk of legal mistranslation in the target language.
Attention: Asiatis can combine your expert legal translation with a sworn translation where required (courts, registries, notaries).
Secure your business operations without linguistic ambiguity.
Frequent interventions
Contract and Corporate Law
M&A (mergers and acquisitions), NDA (non-disclosure agreements), SPA, T&Cs/ToU, Master Service Agreements (MSA), distribution contracts.
Intellectual Property (IP)
Patents (PCT, EPO/USPTO filings), trademarks, designs, IP licenses, oppositions, IP litigation, copyright.
Integrated engineering precision →Litigation & Arbitration
Briefs, conclusions, judgments, international arbitration (ICSID, ICC), criminal proceedings, judicial expertise, and trial transcripts.
Compliance & Regulatory
GDPR, KYC/AML, due diligence, compliance (pharma, finance), internal policies, corporate governance.
Patents and intellectual property
Patent translation calls for two competences at once: understanding the invention, and respecting the drafting conventions of patent law. A badly translated patent is not spotted by its mistakes but by claims that have become broader or narrower than the original — and the scope of protection follows.
What we translate in a patent file
- Description of the invention: prior art, statement of the problem, embodiments, examples.
- Claims: the part that defines the scope of protection, and the one where an approximation shifts the boundary of the right.
- Abstract and annotated drawings: captions, numbered references, text held inside the figures.
- Procedural documents: oppositions, responses to office actions, grounds of appeal.
- Licence and assignment agreements: a contractual register rather than a technical one, and often underestimated at quotation stage.
Formal conventions
Filings follow the conventions of the European Patent Office, and those of the World Intellectual Property Organization for international applications under the PCT. Each office has its own formal requirements: numbering, claim structure, and matching between the references in the text and those in the figures. We follow them, and we flag inconsistencies found in the source document instead of silently reproducing them.
What we do not do
We are not patent attorneys and we do not stand in for yours. For an official filing, have the translation validated by the attorney handling the file: they commit the protection strategy, we do not. We deliver a faithful translation that respects the drafting conventions, and we say what we cannot guarantee.
A patent produced as evidence before a court or a foreign authority calls for a sworn translation: that is a separate exercise from the filing translation, which your patent attorney directs.
Sworn translation of a patent: price, turnaround, limitsConfidentiality at the top of our value chain
A strict protocol: from document receipt to file destruction.
NDA Signature
Mutual or unilateral signature prior to receipt to analyze complexity.
Server Security
Encrypted storage and transfer. Access is strictly granted to the linguists assigned to the project.
Cross-jurisdiction Translation
Transfer of legal semantics and review adapted to the sensitivity of the document by a second linguist.
Data Deletion
File destruction following accounting closure, in accordance with confidentiality policies.
Gain peace of mind and secure your transactions with our legal linguists.
Transparent and structured billing
Fair pricing based on the hyper-technicality of the case (Corporate Law vs Intellectual Property).
Standard Legal
Typical M&A contracts, Terms and Conditions, Shareholders agreements.
Patents & Litigation
EPO/USPTO filings, litigation briefs. Includes IP engineer proofreading.
Urgent Case
Deployment of a dual team (IP Translator + Jurist) with cross-revision.
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Further reading
Frequently Asked Questions
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Translations prepared according to the intended use.
For over 20 years, law firms and legal departments have entrusted us with the translation of their strategic documents.