German Legal Translation Service
Our specialist German legal translators work for a wide range of legal and associated professions. Solicitors, courts, police stations, prisons, accountants, public sector organisations, EU organisations, businesses and individuals have all used our services.
Our German legal translators translate letters, certificates, statements, audits, contracts, patents, summons, and other legal papers.
Our vetted translators specialise in different areas of law or types of legal documentation, so you can be sure that the right specialist will be assigned to the work.
Many German translations of documents and certificates need to be notarised or certified before they will be accepted as “true” translations. To find out more, visit our Certified, Notarised , FCO Legalisation pages.
As well as offering a professional and confidential German legal translation service, Knockhundred also has available a team of German legal transcribers in a wide range of languages. To find out more, visit our German transcription service page.
Confidentiality during the translation process
As part of our contract with you, we and our German linguists are required to keep all material confidential that is not in the public domain. We are also happy to sign more specific confidentiality agreements if required.
Please refer to our client feedback page to learn more about the unbeatable German language service we offer.
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WHILE YOU’RE HERE... SOME QUITE INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE German LANGUAGE
German is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy. It is recognised as a minority language in Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, South Africa, Vatican City and Venezuela. There are also significant German-speaking communities in the USA, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Australia, South Africa, Chile, Paraguay, New Zealand and Peru.
Standard German (Hoch Deutsch) has around 90 million native speakers, and other varieties of German have some 30 million. There are about 80 million people who speak German as a second language, and many others study it as a foreign language.
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German SAMPLE TEXT
Alle Menschen sind frei und gleich an Würde und Rechten geboren. Sie sind mit Vernunft und Gewissen begabt und sollen einander im Geist der Brüderlichkeit begegnen.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
German example video
This is intended as a language sample video - the subtitles/captions were not created by Knockhundred Translations.
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AND LASTLY, A German Tongue Twister
Fischers Fritze fischt frische Fische; Frische Fische fischt Fischers Fritze.
...which means that Fritz, the fisherman's son, is fishing for fresh fish.