Any document drafted by a lawyer or a public official, as well as a large number of financial and academic documents with legal implications, need to be translated by a professional legal translator if it is to be used in a foreign country that speaks a different language than the country where the document originated.

The following are some of these documents:

• Sales contracts
• Financial reports
• Power of attorney
• Property deeds
• Employment documents
• Wills
• Trusts
• Insurance policies
• Expert reports
• Documents related to Intellectual or Industrial Property
• Foreign regulations and legislation
• Judicial decisions
• Arbitration proceedings
• Deeds and articles of association of companies
• Academic reports

And, in general, any legal, financial, academic, religious text, etc., which entails the creation of rights or obligations for a given party.