32K+ Words of Legal Translation Delivered in 10 Days for Use in Colombia

Defining the Compliance Workflow

Before production began, Day Translations aligned with WWHGD on the intended legal use of the documents. That is Colombia’s sworn-translation requirements, certification and validity requirements, delivery formats, and timeline.

Identifying these upfront was important because the documents would ultimately go through a certification and apostille process, so each step had to account for what would come next.

Assigning Specialized Legal Expertise

Day Translations assigned a native legal linguist with experience in Colombian sworn-translation standards. This combined the legal-language expertise required for more than 32,000 words of sensitive documentation with an understanding of the requirements governing their intended use in Colombia.

Working With Certified Partners in Colombia

The project also involved specialized and certified local partners and agencies in Colombia.

Their role was to support the jurisdiction-specific compliance process and ensure that the appropriate local requirements were followed for the documents’ intended legal use to reduce compliance risk and resubmission issues later in the process.

Building Quality Control Into the Workflow

Consistency was particularly important across 5 related legal documents. Day Translations used translation memory and terminology databases to maintain consistency, coherence, and repeated content throughout the project.

Quality control also extended beyond linguistic consistency. The translated documents went through client review and approval before proceeding to the final apostille process, building an additional checkpoint into the workflow before the final stage.