Court-certified Translator in Lille
Sworn Translation of Legal and Official Documents
Looking for a sworn translator to translate your official documents?
Legal professionals, government entities, and private customers regularly place their trust in C. Eddy Traductions to translate their most important documents from French into English and English into French.
What does C. Eddy Traductions bring to the table?
A legal translation specialist for your certified translations
As a specialist in legal translation, I am uniquely positioned to ensure that your translations will perfectly mirror the form and meaning of the original.
Privacy by design
Privacy is key when it comes to the kind of sensitive data contained in sworn translations. For file transmission, I implement a security-forward solution that utilizes military-grade end-to-end encrypted file-transfer technology to ensure that your personal data is never visible to third parties.
100% Human Translations – No AI, No NMT
Ethics, privacy, ecology, human judgment… there's no shortage of reasons to avoid artificial intelligence and machine translation. At C. Eddy Traductions, all our certified translations are 100 % human – no AI, no machine translation.
Charles Eddy – A sworn translator certified and authorized to issue official translations by the Douai Court of Appeals (Heading: Translation – Specialty: H.2.2.1 English)
Legal translation is an incredibly complex task, especially when issuing an official sworn translation.
In addition to the notions and institutions attached to any particular legal system, which have to be faithfully transcribed into another, often very different system, legal translators must ensure that the message, both in form and in substance, is translated with pinpoint accuracy.
Sworn translations for attorneys, solicitors, barristers, advocates, and other legal professionals:
Documents that may require sworn or certified translations include:
- civil complaints and pleadings;
- judgments, court orders, and other decisions issued by courts and tribunals;
- wills and testaments;
- deeds and other title documents;
- real-estate purchase and sale agreements;
- articles of association/incorporation, corporate bylaws, etc.;
- financial statements and annual accounts;
- board meeting minutes;
- company registration certificates, certificates of status, etc.
Certified/sworn translations for private individuals:
A certified translation is often required for documents such as:
- birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates;
- family record books (livrets de famille);
- diplomas, transcripts, report cards, etc.;
- criminal record certificates;
- passports, ID cards, and other identity documents;
- driver's licenses;
- certificates of insurance;
- civil complaints and pleadings;
- judgments, court orders, and other decisions issued by courts and tribunals;
Having your documents translated by a legal translation specialist and a sworn translator certified and authorized to issue official translations by the Douai Court of Appeals will ensure that you get only the highest-quality certified translation.
The accreditation granted by the Douai Court of Appeals authorizes me to work in official court proceedings and to issue official certified translations in an out-of-court setting.
Ask for a free quote today for the sworn translation of your documents.
I am a member of the following professional associations:
- SFT (Société française des traducteurs)
- UNETICA (the French National Union of Court-Certified Translators and Interpreters)
Membership in these organizations offers additional guarantees of compliance with ethical standards, confidentiality, and the professional values that they impose on their members.
Note on the Validity of Certified Translations:
Under French law, certified translations must be completed by an expert traducteur, i.e. a sworn translator authorized to issue official translations by the Court of Appeals or the Cour de Cassation under Heading H.2. (Written Translation).
French authorities regularly refuse translations performed by translators who do not have this accreditation.
Translations valid throughout France, regardless of your place of residence
Experts traducteurs are not limited to a specific geographic area, so regardless of where you live or the location of the court or other authority that has asked you to submit a certified translation, the translation you receive from C. Eddy Traductions will be accepted.
Translations accepted abroad
Certified translations issued by French experts traducteurs are accepted throughout the European Union.
Outside of the EU, each country is free to establish its own rules, but translations issued by experts traducteurs are generally widely accepted by non-European authorities as well.
Some exceptions exist, however (such as specific national requirements applicable to certain types of translations), and you might also need to have your documents notarized or apostilled in some cases. As such, it's important to research the specific requirements for each country and situation.
You can also contact me for further information.
Languages: English and French
As a final note, experts traducteurs are only authorized to issue certified translations for certain specific languages. For example, I can issue translations from French into English and English into French (Heading/Specialty H.2.2.1 on the list of the Court of Appeals).
For all other languages, you can contact me to be put in touch with a trusted colleague, or you can directly search for an expert traducteur in the desired language on UNETICA's website or on one of the lists made available by the different French Courts of Appeals or the Cour de Cassation.
Want to learn more?
Need to send files for a quote? Feel free to contact me by email first without attaching your documents, and I will reply with a secure link to upload your sensitive documents.
