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| Legal Translation |
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| Our Advantage |
Why important foreign-related legal documents need to be translated by professional lawyer team with rich practical experience of Chinese law, excellent English skills, and well master of Chinese and Western culture and law to secure the correctness of the translation?
The course of any transaction begins with a legal document, whether it is a formal agreement or an intent letter, which may bring great commercial interests to the company as well as great potential risks. In Western countries with common law tradition, transactions are greatly dependent on the agreements of both parties, and the contracts play a very important role in trade procession, as there is no integrative statute law like those civil law countries. The West companies seek to make all potential issues clearly explained and confirmed in the contract, so as to avoid disputes or easily find a basis for the resolution of disputes. That is also why the provisions of west contracts are relatively more detailed and complicated.
On the contrary, domestic contracts are generally rough and simple. Domestic companies lack the tradition and habits that listing all the potential problems as clear and complete as possible in advance in the contracts with the hope that they could find a legal basis after a dispute. However, although China is more likely a civil law country, and has developed a lot of law, but it is far from overall and perfect. As to the ever-changing international trade, our legislation has been lagged behind and the phenomena will be always existed, so the domestic companies face the risk when disputes occurred there are neither detailed and specific contracts, nor corresponding clear provisions of law for the resolution of them.
Therefore, when dealing with Chinese or English documents the companies are required to be familiar with the domestic law, and have rich practical experience, so as to full understand the precise meaning of each term and provision, to avoid ambiguity and misunderstanding, and they also need to detect and identify that if the terms are comprehensive, the rights and obligations of the agreement are clearly stipulated, the law is applicable. Only by this way, can we prevent problems and ensure the smooth completion of transactions.
In view of this, we could provide our clients with high-quality legal English translation services as well as professional legal documents review and revise from the perspective of lawyer, in accordance with the requirements of them. Our services could not only meet the basic needs of complete and accurate translation of our clients, but also free them from the trouble of looking for another professional lawyer with good English skills to conduct the document review.
Our legal English translation team is led by the oversea studied partner with 15 years legal practice. The members are all graduated from well-known universities, with years of experience on translation and legal practice. our practice areas includes foreign investment, finance and insurance, company secretary service and intellectual property services, and excellent legal services has been provided in these field for domestic and foreign clients in these years. In our ordinary course of business, we not only provide clients with a large number of legal documents in both English and Chinese, but also issued legal advice in both English and Chinese, so we accumulated a wealth of experience to ensure that the quality of translation, review and revision. |
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| Our Characteristics |
¡ï An accurate grasp of the terms and provisions
Our team has a long experience of legal practice and has been working in the front-line of foreign-related legal services. We are familiar with the legal texts and professional terms in various business areas such as international trade, investment, mergers and acquisitions, company secretary services, intellectual property right services etc. We could get a better grasp of the true meaning of the terms and provisions of the contract.
¡ï Contract drafting, review and revise
As a professional law firm in the field of FDI, our team provides the service of review and revise legal documents at the request of our clients from a lawyer¡¯s perspective to maximum the interests of them alongside the translation. In addition, we can also draft contracts for our clients in accordance with their requirements.
¡ï Assist in business negotiations as interpreter and provide legal advices
In addition to providing translation services of legal instruments, we can also work as interpreters to assist foreign clients in commercial negotiations. Besides, we can draft contracts for our clients from the perspective of lawyers and assist in the negotiation.
¡ï Clear-cut cost
Our legal English translation is charged by the numbers of words. Contract review and drafting are charged verily in accordance with the different types. Clients could precisely calculate the cost of their services before the commission by contacting with our service people
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| Our service range |
| We provide overall and individual legal English translation services for our clients in following areas: foreign investment, intellectual property rights, business consultation and stocks, finance and insurance, mergers and acquisitions, international trade |
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| Our charge |
Charge for translation
English to Chinese: RMB200Yuan/1000 Chinese characters
Chinese to English: RMB230Yuan/1000 Chinese characters
¡ñCharge for Contract review and drafting
Consulting with our service people.
Note:
1.The calculation of the words: all translations no matter Chinese to English or English to Chinese are charged by the number of Chinese characters. The calculation shall proceed by the Microsoft Word menu "Tools" - "Word Count" ¨C ¡°The number of characters without space¡±. The translating or translated Chinese characters below 1000 charged as 1000. The parts excess 1000 words will charge RMB 0.23 Yuan per character in Chinese to English and RMB 0.2 Yuan per characters in English to Chinese. The characters shall be calculated in accordance with the final vision of translation.
2. The way to pay: The English translation(C to E) shall charge half of the total lawyer fee in accordance with the words of Chinese at the first beginning. The balance shall be payed right after the translation. In Chinese translation (E to C), we will firstly estimate the translated Chinese words considering the content and length of the articles before translation, and shall charge a half of the lawyer fees according to the estimation. After the translation, we will calculate the words of the final draft to determine all the lawyer fees, and then charge the balance.
3. The aforesaid charges are pre-tax price.
4. Translation contracting processes: (1) Consultation and negotiation. Both parties determine the translating words and delivery time by telephone or e-mail. (2) Sign the contract. We will provide a contract template, and revise the contract according to the both parties consultation. The final contract shall be sighed at both parties¡¯ consensus. (3) Start the translation. After the sign of the contract, we will immediately start the translation at the receipt of the clients¡¯ Certificate of bank transfer of the advanced fees (50% of the total payment) trough fax or scan. The fastest way to start the translation is that the clients transfer the first bill of lawyer fees, and fax the bank transfer certificate along with the sealed commission contracts to our law firm, and then we will begin our work of translation.
5. Our translation speed: If the workload of commissioned manuscript excels 12,000 words per day, we will charge 30% -100% extra fees in accordance with the number of words and time requirements. We begin to calculate the days as we have received the sealed commission contracts, bank transfer certificate and the manuscripts to be translated from the client. 24 hours constitute a day.
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| Clients list: |
Part of our clients list we are providing our legal services (including legal translation)
SD Projects Ltd
A British famous architecture consulting corporation, Procter &Gamble's global partner. We assisted them in the establishment of a wholly-owned subsidiary at Guangzhou.
SKD Pacific Limited, Hong Kong
The subsidiary (HK) of an India corporation.
Black&Decker
The world's largest manufacturer of power tools. We assisted the establishment of its representative office in Shenzhen.
Commercial Importers Pty Ltd
An Australian medical device corporation. We assisted them to establish its wholly-owned subsidiary in Foshan.
Radio Shack
A listed corporation in USA, with wholly-owned subsidiary in Shenzhen
FITTEC (HK) Electronic inc
A listed corporation in HK, with wholly-owned subsidiary in Shenzhen.
Japan Precision Technology Co.Ltd
An HK corporation.
Myrra Electronics Co.,Ltd
A French corporation, established a wholly-owned subsidiary in Zhongshan
Dongshen (Hong Kong) Co., LTD. (a Japanese-owned company in Hong Kong, established its wholly-owned subsidiary in Shenzhen.)
Global Sourcing Consultant Co.Ltd
An HK corporation, with a wholly-owned subsidiary in Guangzhou.
First Party Investment Management (A wholly foreign-owned investment company in Shenzhen established by Chief Sifang Co., LTD, who was listed on the stock exchange of Hong Kong (its two big shareholders are the Capital Steel and Changjiang Industrial).
The International Design Union
In international design union registered in the UK.
China Continent Property &Casualty Insurance Company Shenzhen Branch
Huatai Property Insurance Co., LTD Shenzhen Branch
People¡¯s Procuratorate of Nanshan Shenzhen (Our law firm provides exclusive legal English translation for its official website. it is the first procuratorate with both Chinese and English web page in China.)
Guangzhou Aoqi Inflatables Ltd (the biggest manufacturer of inflatable toys in the world.)
Dongguan Huazhan industry Co., LTD. (a wholly-owned subsidiary established by a Hong Kong company in Dongguan)
Universal Casting (changshu) Co., LTD. (a wholly-owned subsidiary established by a Hong Kong company in Jiangsu province)
Osborne Landscape Art Design Co. Ltd., one of the top three landscape design organizations in Chinese.
Dongxin Chuangyi Technology Co., LTD. in Shenzhen (a company with the world leading 3D printing technology.)
Shenzhen Haoen Technology Co., LTD. (a large-scale domestic enterprise produce automobile navigator and automobile digital products)
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| Contact method: |
Guangzhou Office£º
Tina Liu 86-20-38472797 MSN:tinaliu9810@hotmail.com
VaLerie Zhao 86-20-38472797 MSN: zhaoweiwei841025@hotmail.com
Notice: our work time is from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. |
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| FAQs: |
1. If we entrust you to translate or draft a contract, do we need to sign a contract?
Yes. If the translation and the drafting are commissioned together, only one service contract need to be sighed. We will provide a contract sample and sign it after the amendment according to our client¡¯s circumstances and requirements.
2. How do you protect the client¡¯s trade secrets in the process of translation and review?
We have a protection system for the security of our client¡¯s trade secrets through our internal workflow, protection measures for electronic documents, as well as every member¡¯s confidentiality agreement. Moreover, if our clients need special protection for their trade secrets, we can make a special agreement in our commission contract.
3. Is the contract translation of English to Chinese simpler and easier?
The translation of English to Chinese is as difficult as Chinese to English. to some extent, it is even more difficult, because it needs a solid foundation of Anglo-American law, but also a strong legal basis and experience in mainland China, especially a good command of Chinese contract drafting. Western legal culture and ideas have been adopted and most manifested by the English contract. In order to achieve an accurate understanding of the contracts, we need to have a considerable understanding of Western legal systems, legal language and legal terms. The finding of the precise expression for the Chinese counterparts is also a very hard test for the legal knowledge and Chinese language skills, as well as the ability to grasp various types of contract.
4. What¡¯s you translation workflow?
Each commissioned translation will be reviewed at least twice. The first draft of the translation is usually conducted by paralegals of our law firm. Then the first draft will be revised by senior counsels and finally submitted to the partners for review and finalization. Every translation text reached to the hands of our clients, is the result of our collective wisdom of the entire team to avoid the negligence and omissions may arise from a single lawyer¡¯ work.
5. Are the translators only responsible for translating, or they are also responsible for contract review?
Each of our team members is first and foremost a lawyer, then a translator, so our translators have the ability to translate and review contracts at the same time in accordance with our workflow as they have a wealth of practical experience of legal affairs and considerable reserves of legal knowledge.
6. Why you focus on the Chinese and English contracts translation and review?
Focus makes profession, and profession makes us more valuable. Each contract no matter in English or Chinese is a legal document which may bring great benefits to the parties as well as great potential risks. As a professional law firm focused on foreign-related business, our ordinary course of business involves a large number of contracts in both English and Chinese. Contract drafting, translation and review almost go through every link of our work, so we have accumulated rich experience and knowledge in this area. We have the confidence to create the greatest value for our clients through our expertise and services.
7. Does your service have geographical limitation?
No. The distance is no more a problem. The internet has changed people¡¯s living style and the lawyers¡¯ method style is naturally changing. Through the network platform, online communication tools, such as MSN, e-mail, telephone, fax and so on, we can communicate and transmit files with customs, to realize the ¡°with each other though far apart¡±.
8. Do you also provide the ¡°Chinese to English¡± service of website?
Under the consideration of profession, our website translation service mainly aim at the websites related to law, for example, we are doing the website translation project of the Procuratorate of Nanshan Shenzhen.
9. During the contract review, how do you let your customs understand your intentions and ideas of amendment?
When we think the content should be amended and added, we will directly amend through the word¡¯s revise mark; when we think we should remind customs matters of attention and the places where customs should consider legal risk and make decisions themselves, we will use the comment to list our suggestions for customs¡¯ consideration.
10. After commission, will you communicate with your customs on the draft and review of the contract through telephone or other ways?
We will keep close communication with customs and fully learn the customs¡¯ ideas and intentions to contract. The customs also can use telephone, e-mail and online communication ways to connect and communicate with us and exchange ideas and opinions. Even after the files are deliveries, the customs also can provide opinions about the former working range and we will continue to improve until the customs are satisfied.
11. If the contract needs to be amended over and over again on the changeable situation, what will you deal with and charge more?
To prevent the possible mistakes during the transmission and amendment process, we will send files as PDF to customs. If the customs have any opinions, they can point out to us anytime. To create value for customs is our tenet. If the amendment region is not much, according to the customs¡¯ opinions and our professional judgments, we will amend free and not charge more.
12. Whether you can draft out and review all the contracts in Chinese/English?
Our business scope is just in mainland china, so we only provide our opinions and suggestions to china legal problems. From the considerations of professional ethics and customer benefit, if the laws of mainland china are not applicable to the contracts, under the customs¡¯¡¯ demands, we maybe recommend lawyers from abroad or Hong Kong and Taiwan who have cooperation relationships with us to deal with.
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