Court Judgment and Court Order Translation for Asylum

Court document translation for asylum: what you receive

A court judgment is often long, formal and full of references to laws, earlier hearings and other people. A loose or summarised translation can change its meaning. We translate every word and keep the legal structure clear.

You receive:

• A complete English translation of every page, including headers, footers, reference boxes and annexes.
• The court's details exactly as shown: court name, branch or bench, judge's name, case number, file number and hearing dates.
• The charges, legal articles and sentence, with article numbers unchanged.
• Stamps, seals, signatures and barcodes described in square brackets, such as [stamp: Revolutionary Court, Branch 15] or [QR code].
• Translator notes for terms with no direct English equivalent.
• A signed certification statement confirming a true and accurate translation, with the date, the translator's full name, signature and contact details. We are members of the ITI, CIOL and ATC.

The PDF is paginated like the original, so your solicitor can cross-refer page by page.

Sample

Certified translation

Court summons / judgment

Source language as on original → English

Court

redacted court

Case number

redacted

Date

redacted

Parties

redacted v. redacted

Offence / matter

redacted

Order / decision

redacted

Judge

redacted

• [Round stamp: court seal, partly illegible]
• [Signature: judge]
• [Illegible: handwritten line at foot of page]

Translator's statement

I confirm that this is a true and accurate translation of the original document.

Date

DD/MM/YYYY

Translator

Full name

Signature

Court documents we translate

Criminal verdicts and sentences

We translate first-instance judgments, appeal decisions, sentencing orders and enforcement notices. This court judgment translation for asylum work covers charges, the evidence the court relied on, the reasoning and the final order.

Sentences in absentia

Many people learn after leaving their country that they were tried and sentenced while absent. A sentence in absentia translation must show exactly what the court said about notice, absence and the right to object or appeal. We translate these passages word for word. We do not interpret what they mean for your claim.

Iranian court verdict translation

Iranian Revolutionary Courts issue summons and verdicts, often with dates in the Solar Hijri calendar. Iran's judiciary also serves summons and notices through its electronic "Sana" system, so many clients bring printouts or screenshots of Sana notices. For an Iranian court verdict translation, we keep the branch number, file number and article numbers exactly as written. Our Farsi asylum document translation team handles these. Summons and warrants on their own are covered on our police report translation for asylum page.

Pakistani and Bangladeshi case files

We translate charge sheets, bail orders, court orders, judgments and case diaries from Urdu, Bengali and English-Urdu mixed files. See our Urdu asylum document translation and Bengali asylum document translation pages.

Custody and divorce orders

A custody order translation is often needed for a family court in the UK, or to show who has parental responsibility for a child. We also translate divorce decrees and maintenance orders.

Civil and land cases

Land disputes and inheritance cases are sometimes part of an asylum account. We translate the judgment here and the title deeds through our property document translation service.

Legal terms and case numbers in court translations

One glossary per case

For each client, we build a short glossary of the legal terms, court names and people's names in the file. Every translator and checker on the job uses it. This keeps "Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court" the same on page 2 and on page 40.

Case numbers never change

Case numbers, file numbers, article numbers and dates are copied digit for digit. Where the original uses Persian or Arabic-Indic numerals, we convert them to standard numerals and check each one twice.

Terms without an English equivalent

Some legal terms have no exact English match. We keep the original term in italics and add a short neutral note. For example: moharebeh [translator's note: an offence in Iranian law, often translated as "enmity against God"]. We do not replace the term with a looser English word.

Summaries and handwritten marginal notes

Judges and clerks often add handwritten notes, dates and signatures in the margins. We translate these too and show where they appear, for example [handwritten note in left margin].

Where your translated court document is used

1. Your Home Office claim. A court judgment may be key asylum claim evidence translation, sent with your statement.
2. Your appeal. Under rule 12 of the Tribunal Procedure Rules (opens in a new tab), a document not in English "must be accompanied by an English translation". Court papers are often the longest part of an asylum appeal bundle translation.
3. A fresh claim. A new judgment received after a refusal may form part of further submissions. See fresh asylum claim translation.
4. UK family court. Custody, divorce and maintenance orders from abroad may be needed in UK family proceedings.

For a foreign court order translation UK courts and the Home Office can read, a certified translation is normally what is needed. We translate; we do not give legal advice. The caseworker or judge decides how much weight to give the document. For advice, contact a solicitor or an adviser regulated by the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA, formerly OISC).

Languages for court document translation

The most common languages for court papers we receive are Farsi, Urdu, Bengali, Arabic, Turkish and Kurdish. We also translate court documents from:

Court document translation price and delivery time

Court papers vary a lot in length, so we price per page and confirm a fixed quote first.

Prices shown are starting prices and include VAT. We confirm your exact price in a written quote before any work starts.

For long files with a hearing date, we can deliver the key pages first and the rest after (a staged delivery). See our translation prices or ask about urgent asylum document translation.

Notarised court document translation for use abroad

The Home Office and UK Tribunals normally need a certified translation, not a notarised one. The Immigration Rules do not ask for notarisation.

A notarised translation may be needed if a UK or foreign court order is going to be used in another country, for example a custody order sent to a court abroad. A notary public confirms the translator's signature. See our notarised translation for refugees page for how this works with a UK notary public.