Lebrun & Smith is a boutique legal translation service based in Paris, France, specialising in the translation of legal and commercial documents from English to French and French to English.
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We provide rapid and reliable translation services at competitive rates to leading Parisian law firms and private individuals.
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We also offer certified translations (assermentées) recognised by the French administration.
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Why use a professional translator?
Below is a small comparison between the translations of Deepl, one of the world's best online translating services and our own translations of technical legal terms:
1 / Your foreign judgment is not enforceable if it is contrary to public policy.
According to Deepl this is politique publique. Our translation: l'ordre publique.
2 / Your memorandum mentions an interim attachment.
Deepl : Pièce jointe provisoire. L&S : Saisie conservatoire.
3 / Your contract refers to a trust.
Deepl : Fiducie. L&S : Trust (in italics), given the trust has different legal elements to the French fiducie.
In sum, despite the advancement of technology, it's always better to use the services of qualified, professional translators.
Legal translation
We offer fast, reliable, and affordable translation for all types of legal and commercial documents including contracts, share purchase agreements, conditions of sale, etc.
Our services
Marketing materials
We offer a translation service of your website, advertising material, business plans, and other commercial documents.
Academic editing
For all editing of academic and legal texts we propose an editing service by accredited law teachers.
Our clients
Who are we?
Born to French parents, raised in Canada and educated in law at McGill University, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, and Boston College, USA, Simon Albert-Lebrun is maître de langue at Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. Simon is also a legal English teacher with many private clients in Parisian law firms (Jones Day, Racine, Cornet Vincent Segurel and others).
Born in Australia, educated in law at Macquarie University, Sydney and University College London, Richard James Smith was formerly maître de langue at Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and a professor of Criminal and Corporate Criminal Law (common law) at Université Paris Nanterre. Richard has had articles published in several prestigious English-speaking journals and has numerous private clients in Parisian law firms for whom he works as a teacher of legal English.
Our process
Obtain a quote
Send your documents
Approve a sample translation
Receive your final translation
Fill out the below form and get a rapid quote.
Once you're happy with your quote, send us your documents for translation. Word file types are preferred.
Approve a sample translation. In the unlikely event you are not satisfied, we will modify our translation based on your needs.
Your document is ready. A translation you can rely on, delivered on time, every time!
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