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If you would like further information about the specialised services we provide, or need a quote for a translation please feel free to contact us.
We specialise in legal and financial translation from Greek into English and from English into Greek. We work with private individuals, lawyers and businesses.
We translate contracts, court papers, property documents, company records, financial reports, legislation and other legal texts.
Yes. Our expertise covers both Greek and Cypriot legal documents. We consider the terminology and legal context of the relevant jurisdiction rather than assuming that similar wording necessarily carries the same meaning.
Quotations, fees and deadlines
Contact us at info@jurtrans.com or through our website. Tell us the language direction, what the translation will be used for and your deadline. Provide the complete document for assessment, including any attachments that need translating, and mention any certification or formatting requirements. For particularly sensitive documents, contact us first to discuss how to send them.
We provide a quotation for the document and the work required. Send us the text and your requirements so that we can assess the assignment. The quotation should establish what is included, the fee and the delivery arrangements before you commission the translation.
Send us the document and your required delivery date so that we can assess whether the deadline is achievable. For an urgent assignment, specify the exact date, time and time zone, together with any hearing, filing or signing deadline. We will confirm availability and timing before you commission the work.
Translation, confidentiality and delivery
JurTrans is led by John O’Shea and works with translators selected for their knowledge of Greek–English legal and financial translation. Our approach combines specialist knowledge, terminology research and careful review, with professional judgement applied to the text and its legal context.
We examine what the term means within its legal system and what it does in the document. Depending on the context, the answer may be an appropriate functional equivalent or an explanation rather than a single-word substitution. We avoid wording that imports a different legal concept merely because it looks like a convenient translation.
No. We do not carry out translations using generative AI, and we do not submit client data to generative AI tools. This policy is set out in our Privacy Notice.
For sensitive material, contact us first to agree how it should be sent. Our published safeguards include password-protected systems, firewalls and separate backups, with encryption when backups are made electronically. Details of our handling of personal data appear in our Privacy Notice.
Yes. We sign non-disclosure agreements with clients. Where an assignment requires a colleague or associate to translate or edit the material, that person must also sign an agreement protecting its confidentiality.
Yes. We work with lawyers and can discuss translation queries with your legal team. This includes explaining terminology choices, re-examining passages that need clarification and showing how the translation relates to the original document.
Please tell us where the translation will be submitted and provide any written requirements from the receiving organisation. We will confirm what we can provide before you commission the work. Include those requirements when requesting your quotation rather than leaving certification to the delivery stage.
Please specify any requirements for an editable document, PDF, printed copy or particular layout when requesting your quotation. We will confirm the available delivery format before starting, including whether any additional preparation is needed.
Send us the revised version and identify the changes as soon as possible. We will assess the additional work and confirm any effect on the fee or delivery date before proceeding. Make clear which version replaces the earlier document.
Expertise and legal meaning
Knowing both languages is not the same as understanding the legal concepts behind a document. A specialist considers the relevant legal systems, the document’s purpose and how the reader will understand its terminology. This helps avoid translations that sound plausible but suggest a different legal meaning from the original.
John O’Shea holds an LL.B. and LL.M. His background includes teaching law at Queen’s University Belfast and Keele University, and teaching advanced legal and financial translation at Glossologia in Athens. JurTrans has specialised in Greek–English legal translation since 1997.
The purpose and intended reader affect how unfamiliar legal concepts should be expressed or explained. An apparently familiar English term can suggest something different from the concept in the Greek document. Knowing who will read the translation and why helps us choose wording that preserves the relevant meaning.
We flag the issue for you or your lawyer rather than silently assuming what the document was intended to say. The appropriate response depends partly on whether the original is still a draft or has already been finalised. A draft may be corrected; an issue in a final document needs instructions on how it should be handled in the translation.
We examine the wording in its context. Where the original genuinely permits different interpretations, making the translation sound more definite could change its meaning. Depending on the document’s purpose, we may preserve that uncertainty, use wording that leaves the interpretation open or raise the issue with the instructing lawyer.
No. Definitely not. The translation enables you to understand what the document says. Your lawyer advises on its legal consequences, whether it protects your interests and what changes you should seek. Translation supports that advice; it does not replace it.
Documents and matters we handle
Yes. We translate property-purchase documentation and commercial leases from Greece and Cyprus, working with private clients, lawyers and notaries.
Yes. We translate pleadings, judgments and legal opinions, and documentation relating to criminal cases involving foreign clients in Greece and Cyprus.
Yes. We translate commercial contracts, company certificates, articles of association and amendments, and minutes of board and general meetings.
Yes. We translate annual reports, financial statements, public-offering documents and other specialist banking and finance texts.
Yes. We translate legislation and regulations from both jurisdictions into English for clients who need to understand the applicable legal framework.
Our employment-law service provides English translations to help people working in Greece and Cyprus understand their employment documents.
Yes. Our public-procurement work includes translating documents relating to public tenders.
Yes. Intellectual property is one of the legal fields we cover. Contact us with the document and the language direction you need.
Related documents and different versions
We use technology to support terminology consistency alongside professional review of the legal context. Earlier agreements and translations provide important reference points when the same concepts appear in later notices, correspondence or court papers. Consistency means preserving the legal concept, not mechanically repeating a word where the context requires different treatment.
Yes. Please provide the underlying agreement and relevant earlier translations when commissioning related documents. They show the terminology already used and how the new document fits into the matter. A notice or pleading should not be translated in isolation when its meaning depends on another document.
For a property purchase, have the complete contract translated. Obligations, restrictions and third-party rights can appear outside the clauses that initially look important. Selecting passages without understanding the whole document risks leaving out information you need when discussing the purchase with your lawyer.
No. A draft translation describes that draft, not the final contract. The translation you rely on before signing needs to reflect the version you will sign. Where the budget is limited, prioritise the final contract and translate earlier provisions where needed for negotiations.
AI and translation technology
No. An AI-generated version still needs checking against the original for omissions, incorrect terminology and changes in meaning. Seemingly fluent wording can conceal substantial problems, so the work may involve extensive correction or retranslation rather than a quick edit. Having an AI-generated draft does not, by itself, mean that less professional work is needed.
Translation software helps us manage terminology and maintain consistency. It supports the translator’s work rather than replacing legal and linguistic judgement. This is separate from using generative AI to produce translations, which our policy excludes, and from submitting client data to generative AI tools.
If you would like further information about the specialised services we provide, or need a quote for a translation please feel free to contact us.