My name is Alexia Palet and as an official member of the British Chamber of Commerce in Spain I would like to share my services with other professionals who might be interested in the services I offer. I am a fully qualified legal translator who helps international companies and immigration lawyers based mainly in Spain and the UK, by providing high quality translations of official and legal documents.

M Y  S E R V I C E S: 

✔️  Certified translations: (English to Spanish and Spanish to English): I have been appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Madrid and hold the accreditation of the State that gives full validity to my sworn and legal translations.

✔️  Technical translation: I am currently providing my services to different companies in various fields including: legal, business and finance, social sciences, politics, scientific and healthcare, and educational.

✔️  Translating correspondence between companies: e-mails, letters, newsletters, and corporate minutes. Are you ready to get new customers? I can help you by providing fluent and effective communications thus making sure that the right words for the right moment are used. I know how important it is to reach a deal with a potential customer or company.

✔️  Spanish native coach: Skype sessions in order to go through your speeches, PowerPoint presentations and linguistic matters, such as pronunciation and intonation. I provide linguistic coach sessions in order to make sure that you are ready for your meetings and you reach your goals and expectations.

ENQUIRE NOW. 30 minutes free of charge service including any of the services above mentioned.

Let’s talk about your projects! Feel free to drop me an email: [email protected] or call:
+34 699 606 748.

My name is Alexia Palet and as an official member of the British Chamber of Commerce in Spain I would like to share my services with other professionals who might be interested in the services I offer. I am a fully qualified legal translator who helps international companies and international and immigration lawyers based mainly in Spain and the UK, by providing high quality translations of official and legal documents.

M Y  S E R V I C E S: 

✔ Certified translations: (English to Spanish and Spanish to English): I have been appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Madrid and hold the accreditation of the State that gives full validity to my sworn and legal translations.

✔ Technical translation: I am currently providing my services to different companies in various fields including: legal, business and finance and politics.

✔ Translating correspondence between companies: e-mails, letters, newsletters, and corporate minutes. Are you ready to get new customers? I can help you by providing fluent and effective communications thus making sure that the right words for the right moment are used. I know how important it is to reach a deal with a potential customer or company.

✔ Spanish native coach: Skype sessions in order to go through your speeches, PowerPoint presentations and linguistic matters, such as pronunciation and intonation. I provide linguistic coach sessions in order to make sure that you are ready for your meetings and you reach your goals and expectations.

ENQUIRE NOW. 30 minutes free of charge service including any of the services above mentioned.

Let’s talk about your projects 💼! Feel free to drop me an email ✍: [email protected] or call 🤳: +34 699 606 748.

We live in a world full of stress, pressure and urgency. Many requests we receive are relatively urgent.

We live in a society of immediacy. The Internet has been one of the great drivers of this dynamic. With a single click we have in less than a second thousands of results and information (Google) or we can make almost instantaneous purchases (Amazon). With this new culture where we have everything we want at the moment, our company needed to adapt to this immediacy.

For this reason, in Traductor Jurado Legal we work with delivery times of 24 to 48 hours for documents such as:

We understand that many of our clients rely on a deadline to submit the respective documentation and that many times, due to this culture of immediacy, many people order the translation of a document and want to receive it as soon as possible.

We have extensive linguistic background and experience with the translation of more than 1713 documents. All of them can be processed without any problem. If you need a sworn translation from English to Spanish or Spanish to English, we can help you. National and international shipments.

You can contact us using the form on our website, or by sending us an email to [email protected], by calling +34 699 606 748 or visiting us at our office in Barcelona.

To be a good translation professional it is crucial that we specialise in a field and a language combination in which we have full mastery. In my case, I specialised in legal and sworn translation with the following combinations: English-Spanish, Spanish-English. Translating a divorce complaint, a will, a lease, as you may know, is not just about translating literally and making sure the grammar is correct. There is a much deeper analytical work that we need to know. In the medical field, we have “no more” exact equivalents of terms. The origin of Latin words helps us enormously when translating medical reports. If we look at the medical specialties in Spanish and English they are very similar: pedriatrics (pedriatría), traumatology (traumatología) or psychiatry (psiquiatría). This should not mean that there is no complexity, in my case I also do sworn translations of medical reports, and sometimes it is very laborious to find the equivalent in the target language. There are terms that are not in the dictionary, so you have to look elsewhere.

As we said in our title, is machine translation reliable? For a legal context, absolutely not, as we must not only know the terms. We need to have some idea of the legal system of the countries of origin and destination. This applies to English-speaking countries such as England, the United States, Ireland, New Zealand and others. In Spain, we apply the Common Law and the Civil Law. What does this mean? There are legal figures in one country that do not exist in another. Such is the case of the term “procurador“. This figure does not exist in English law and therefore can be very laborious to translate. For me, the last time I was involved in a divorce complaint I chose to use the term “representative agent” and in addition to this, I chose to insert a footnote at the end of the sworn translation detailing the role of the procurator in Spain.

There are other terms that can lead to confusion such as those that appear in the following table:

My recommendation is that when we accept a translation assignment, before quickly sending the quote, we should look at the legal aspects and not simply at the number of words to be translated. It is not the same to translate a text that has to take effect in the same legal system as one that has to be adapted to the target country, as the working time will always be longer.

If you have any questions, whether you are a freelance translator or a client, you can contact me through my web form: https://www.traductorjuradolegal.com/contacto/

The first thing you need to know is what is a sworn translator? Simple, a sworn translator is a person with linguistic skills who is responsible for ensuring that the document you request to be translated is a certified and sworn translation with legal effect.

Therefore, a sworn translation is a translation that has a legal validity that allows it to be submitted to the relevant administration and official body, depending on its purpose.

The sworn translator can certify that a translation is totally valid by having the stamp and signature of the translator, who is not necessarily a judicial worker but a person qualified in languages with the necessary authority and responsibility.

Can any document be translated?

Any document you request for a legal purpose can be translated for validity in another language. There is no restriction on translating a document, as there is no specific subject matter for its creation.

Therefore, when a document is translated by a sworn translator, it is validated and can be used in any procedure without any problem.

Furthermore, there are different types of sworn translations, depending on the case, there are services from:

Customised translations

They are those like passport, birth certificate, family book, death certificate, marriage certificate, divorce agreements, wills, medical reports, certification of criminal records, bank statements, census certificate, adoption procedures, among others.

Comprehensive translations for companies

Many documents in the business world also require a sworn translation for their legal validity and custody, among which are: mortgages, employment contracts, articles of association, balance sheets, rental contracts, patents, invoices, payrolls and many more.

Do you need a sworn translation?

If you find yourself requiring a document to be translated and it requires legal validity, you can contact us for advice and help with a sworn translation to suit your needs.

We are known for our reliability, commitment and effectiveness in all our work. Make the best choice and contact us!

You can contact us using the form on our website, or by sending us an email to [email protected], by calling +34 699 606 748 or visiting us at our office in Barcelona.

Morning everyone! Today I like to speak about what a certified or sworn translation looks like. I am sure you have heard the term legal but not sworn in terms of translations. In essence, any document that has to be legalised or presented before any public body has to bear the translator’s stamp and signature. This is an example of it. For more information you can visit to my website www.traductorjuradolegal.com.

I have a degree in Translation and Interpreting and I am an appointed Sworn Translator and Interpreter by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. This does not mean that I know everything; in reality I am far from it. On-going training is vital for any field of work. In my case, I have more than 8 years in the market of legal and sworn translation and judicial interpretation. After all this experience, now is my time to continue learning and consolidating my knowledge.

That’s why I would like to talk about the Masters offered by the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Legal and Judicial Translation.  You can obtain more information about the course in the following link: https://bit.ly/2BOJLzw. The master’s degree aims to combine legal translation and judicial interpretation in the same course.

In addition, this training will allow you to work in different areas of work such as: (Information extracted from the UAB website)

– Translator of legal documents
– Translator before the public authorities
– Jurist-linguist
– Corrector of legal documents written in a multi linguistic field
– Interpreter in courts and prosecutor’s offices
– Interpreter in police stations and squad
– Translator-interpreter in wiretaps

The field of sworn translation is very complex and requires a lot of practice, dedication and patience. However it is also an exciting and enriching field to see how we can help our clients in important procedures for their lives. For any information or register interest you can write to me [email protected]

The idea of freelance work is often negatively thought about. Some may think of a freelance worker who, because of the possibilities offered by their work, can afford to work in his pyjamas from home. Of course, a job that requires going to an office, factory, or a school etc., will not be the same as a job that allows you to work from anywhere in the world, as with translations and sworn translations. However, we must consider this an advantage and not an intrinsic characteristic of the profession.

If you know languages you can translate

Not all people who can speak one or several languages have the ability to translate texts and expressions. The mastery of language knowledge is different from the ability to translate and, above all, we must ensure that what we communicate is clearly understood. In this way, literal and meaningless translations do not favour understanding; instead we must contextualize the words from one language to another so that they do not lack meaning.

Translators have an easy job thanks to the Internet

With Google Translate and other automatic translation websites, people may think it is quite easy to find the equivalence of a word in another language in a simple click. However, the same word can have several meanings. Automatic translation services such as Google Translate do not have the power or knowledge of a translator that can translate it in a way that is understood by the target text readers. Because of this, a translator does not translate exclusively with digital tools, however with experience, certain programmes can be used to aid the translator.

A translator can translate any document

Specialization is something fundamental in translation, for example it is not the same translating legal documents as it is translating literary texts. That is why knowledge of jargon in each specialized text type is so important, so as not to make mistakes. For this reason, take care not to fall into the error of accepting any document. Remember, your documentation process will take much longer without the detailed knowledge of a text type.

The Spanish language has 93,000 words as recorded in the latest edition of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language dictionary. Spanish is one of the most influential languages in the world with 329 million speakers spread across more than 20 countries. Compared to this, the English language has 171,000 words recorded. This includes terms dating back centuries with variants or obsolete terms. Today however, I will focus on the current words in use in the English language.

What is the influence of the Spanish in the English language?

Interestingly, the English language has more than double the words recorded in the Spanish language. I personally had always believed that the Spanish language was much richer than the English. Of the 93,000 words that the Spanish language has, there is an infinite series of foreign words, known as loan words, not only from English but also from other languages such as French, Portuguese, Galician or Catalan.  In my opinion, whenever possible, we should look for alternative words to use in the language of origin. For me, unnecessary loan words would be e-mail (correo electrónico, in Spanish) or stand (expositor, in Spanish). We should encourage the use of new words of course, but should not ignore the possibilities of the Spanish language.

As translators and linguists, we love that each language can (whenever possible) enrich itself. For translators of English and Spanish, the introduction of foreign words may make the work “easier”, however the essence of the language is lost. In my opinion we should rescue beautiful Castilian words that are in disuse (of Arabic origin those that use their suffix “al-“) almenara (chandelier), alforja (saddlebag), alféizar (windowsill), candil (oil lamp), galera (galley), among others.

Here is a quote from the British philosopher Roger Bacon, who encourages profound and detailed knowledge of languages: “Knowledge of languages is the gateway to wisdom.”

Are you thinking about expanding your business? Many companies are expanding their businesses overseas. When English language becomes an impediment, Alexia Palet Legal Sworn Translator is the solution. Using automatic translators can ruin your company’s image and reputation. Bet on linguistic elegance and accuracy. We offer a fast, efficient system with very competitive fees. We translate: emails, written correspondence, contracts or other documentation. In addition, we have pour winter promotion “Social Networks Package”: Facebook, Intagram & Linkdn (5 weekly publications / from 20 EUR)

You can contact us by calling us at 699 606 748 or if you prefer you can send us an email to: [email protected]