Sectors Turkish ↔ English
Solicitors and barristers
Family, probate, civil and commercial practices send us Turkish judgments, powers of attorney and correspondence that has to stand up as an exhibit. Deadlines are fixed, terminology has to hold across a matter, and nothing is guessed.
The documents that arrive
Family practices send Turkish court judgments, custody and maintenance orders, and marriage and divorce records. Private client work brings veraset ilamı, wills and tapu for estates with Turkish assets. Commercial and civil teams send contracts, trade registry gazettes, correspondence and, increasingly, WhatsApp exchanges filed as evidence. In the other direction we translate English orders, statements and letters into Turkish for a client, a Turkish lawyer or a court in Türkiye.
Evidence, not prose
A foreign-language document put before an English court is expected to come with a translation verified by the translator, and a court reading a translated exhibit needs to see what was actually on the page. So we translate stamps, seals, marginal notes, court file numbers and handwriting, mark anything illegible as illegible, and keep Turkish institution and instrument names in the original with an explanation rather than substituting an English-law term that would import the wrong meaning. Our conventions are set out in how we render Turkish legal terms in English. Where a matter runs across several documents, a terminology list is fixed at the start so the same court is not called two different things in two exhibits.
Working with a practice
Quotes go out the same working day against a page rate agreed in advance terms we agree with you in writing before the first job, with invoices in the firm’s name and a monthly account where you prefer one. A single contact stays with the matter. If a translator’s statement of truth or an affidavit verifying the translation is required, we can swear one before a notary in Ankara and have it apostilled; a UK notarisation would need a translator physically present in this country, which we cannot provide and do not pretend to. That distinction is explained on notaries and solicitors.
What it costs
Turkish into English starts at £10.00 per 1,000-character page and English into Turkish at £6.50, certification included, no UK VAT charged. A dense 40-sheet judgment usually runs to about 80 billing pages, so in the region of £800; a three-page vekaletname is around £30; a short letter is a single page. Urgent work is charged at a surcharge and confirmed against the deadline before it starts, and we say no when the date is not achievable.
Frequently asked questions
Can you provide a translator’s affidavit for court?
We can swear a statement before an Ankara notary and have it apostilled, which is accepted in most matters. If the court insists on a UK notary, the translator must attend in person here, which we cannot do.
Will the same translator handle the whole matter?
We keep a matter with the same translator and reviser wherever the timetable allows, and in all cases we work from a fixed terminology list so the rendering does not drift.
How do you deal with illegible or damaged originals?
We mark the passage as illegible and describe what is visible. We do not reconstruct text, because a reconstructed exhibit is a liability for the party relying on it.
Do you sign a confidentiality agreement?
Yes. We also restrict access to the translator and reviser on the matter and delete files on instruction.