For law firms we translate evidence, disclosure and court documents in immigration and asylum, family, commercial litigation and international arbitration, and sanctions and energy matters. We work at Legal Aid Agency rates, and can produce up to 100,000 words a week using coordinated translator teams working to a single agreed glossary. Where the accuracy of a translation is put in issue, our translator will sign a statement of truth.
For individuals we provide certified translation of personal and official documents, each with a signed certificate of accuracy. Our translations are accepted by the Home Office and UKVI, HM Courts and Tribunals Service, the First-tier and Upper Tribunals, the General Register Office, UK universities, ENIC, employers and banks. We publish our prices in full, which few in this field do.
We are a full member of the Association of Translation Companies and a member of the EUATC network. Our translators are members of the Chartered Institute of Linguists or the Institute of Translation and Interpreting. We hold professional indemnity insurance, are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office, and are rated 5.0 from over 40 Google reviews.
The company is directed by Dr Mehran Taghvaipour, a Chartered Linguist and a CIoL member since 1999. He holds a BA in English Literature (Tehran), an MA in English Language Teaching (Tehran) and a PhD in Computational Linguistics (Essex). He has worked as a Farsi translator in London since 1998, specialises in legal translation, and teaches DPSI – Legal in collaboration with Middlesex University. He personally does or supervises all Farsi translation projects at Giraffe. He also translates literary work, including short stories published in the collection Perceived Differently and the novel From the Devil, Learned and Burned.