Legal and Business Translations
“The language of law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.”
Learned Hand
Bull City Language Services has over 35 years of experience offering high-quality translation and editing services for a variety of public- and private-sector clients around the world. We have a strong focus on Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, the Dutch-speaking Americas (Caribbean and Suriname), and the former Yugoslavia.
Specializations Include:
- legal briefs, litigation, and judgments
- discovery, case law, and legal authority
- legislation and regulation
- government budgets
- economic development and policy
- corporate law and contracts
- Immigration documents
Translating into English from:
- German (Germany and Switzerland)
- Dutch / Flemish / Afrikaans / Papiamentu
- Croatian / Serbian / Bosnian / Montenegrin
Referrals available for other language combinations.
Past Projects
- Legal briefs and expert opinions in international litigation relating to alternative energy sources, German to English, 145,000 words.
- Selection of Netherlands Antilles legislation on regulation of the banking sector, Dutch to English, 50,000 words.
- Sections from Basler Kommentar, Obligationenrecht (Basel Commentary on the Swiss Code of Obligations) pertaining to breach of contract, compelling performance, and liquidated damages, German to English, 40,000 words.
- Pleadings and court judgments in connection with Swiss debt collection and attachment proceedings, German to English, 250,000 words.
- Privacy statements for various multinational corporations relating to compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), German and Dutch to English, 76,000 words.
- Coalition agreement for the 2021-2025 Curaçao Government, Papiamentu to English, 21,000 words.