Trusted Legal Document Translation for Chicago Law Firms

GTS provides ISO 17100–certified legal translation services to Chicago law firms and corporate counsel. We deliver court-ready certified and notarized translations for contracts, discovery, court filings, and regulatory submissions—on time, under NDA, and formatted to mirror the original.

Practice Areas We Support

• Court Filings & Transcripts
• Contract Translation
• Patent & IP Translation
• Certified & Notarized Translations

Built for Chicago Courts and Workflows

Our certified translations are prepared for filing with Illinois state and federal courts, including the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (NDIL) and the Circuit Court of Cook County. We also support matters before local agencies and regulators. On request, we provide translator certificates and notarized affidavits.

Coverage across Chicagoland: The Loop, River North, West Loop, Streeterville, South Loop, North Shore (Evanston, Skokie, Winnetka), Oak Brook, Naperville, Schaumburg, and O’Hare corridor.

Specialized Subject Areas

Chicago’s legal market spans a wide range of specialties, driven by the city’s position as a national center for finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. GTS supports Chicago law firms and corporate counsel across these sectors with certified legal translations that meet the demands of complex, cross-border matters.

From high-stakes M&A and private-equity transactions to large-scale litigation, class actions, and regulatory submissions, our linguists deliver precise, court-ready translations that preserve legal intent and evidentiary integrity. We also support Chicago’s strong healthcare, MedTech, insurance, manufacturing, and aviation industries with expert translations of technical, regulatory, and compliance documentation.

• Corporate & Finance: M&A, NDAs, shareholder agreements, diligence reports, credit/loan documentation.
• Litigation & Discovery: pleadings, exhibits, expert reports, productions aligned to protective orders.
• Regulatory & Compliance: privacy/data protection, HR/employee policies, healthcare/device compliance.
• IP & Technology: patent specs/claims, prior art, software/IT contracts, data-processing agreements.
• Immigration & Public Law: USCIS-accepted certified translations, affidavits, sworn statements.
• Manufacturing & MedTech (Chicago market): SOPs, QC records, technical manuals, labeling.

Scope of Services

• Contracts, agreements, and corporate resolutions
• Pleadings, court exhibits, discovery sets, and depositions
• Compliance manuals, privacy policies, HR documentation
• Patent filings, prior-art references, IP prosecution materials
• Affidavits, powers of attorney, sworn/notarized statements
• Certified translations for USCIS and other authorities

Languages frequently requested by Chicago firms: Spanish, Chinese, Polish, Arabic, Russian, Korean, French, German (and 100+ more).

Why Chicago Firms Choose GTS

• ISO 17100–certified two-step review process
• Certified & court-ready translations; notarization available
• NDA and encrypted file handling; protective-order compliance
• Rush turnarounds for filing deadlines (24–48 hours common)

Security and Confidentiality

We operate secure workflows with encrypted transfer, access-controlled storage, and NDA-bound linguists. For matters under a protective order, we restrict translator access, preserve pagination/line references where feasible, and provide an auditable activity record upon request.

Recent Case Studies

NDIL/State Filing with Notarized Translator Affidavits.
A litigation team engaged GTS to translate several hundred foreign-language documents into English for submission to court in Illinois. Deliverables included certified translations with notarized translator affidavits.

Hague Service Translation (Arabic, cross-border coordination).
For a matter involving a Middle East corporate defendant, GTS produced certified English→Arabic translations of a summons and complaint formatted for Hague service and accepted without revision by the Central Authority.

Confidential Exhibits (Chinese→English) Under Protective Order.
A U.S. firm retained GTS to translate hundreds of pages of technical manufacturing records as confidential exhibits. We mirrored complex tables/units for evidentiary integrity and met discovery deadlines.

Next-Day Contract Translation (German→English) for Deal Review.
Counsel required an 8,000-word sale contract translated by the next day. A senior legal linguist team delivered a certified, clause-accurate translation within 24 hours for enforceability analysis.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are your translations accepted by Illinois courts?
Yes. We provide certified translations and notarized affidavits suitable for filing in Illinois state courts and federal court (NDIL).

Can you work under a protective order or sign our NDA?
Yes. We routinely translate under protective orders and execute client NDAs. Access is limited to pre-vetted, NDA-bound linguists.

What turnarounds do you offer?
We handle rush projects (often 24–48 hours) and coordinate larger teams for volume discovery or multi-document productions.

Get a Quote or Confidential Consultation

Need a certified translation for filing, discovery, or regulatory submission in Chicago? We’ll scope it quickly and provide court-ready deliverables.

Need an NDA first? We’ll countersign within hours.