Can court documents and affidavits be NAATI translated?
Yes, and you should use a legal-stream translator: court filings require exact legal wording, case numbers and paragraph numbering that will be cited in proceedings.
In-depth Answer
Litigation translation differs from civil-registry work because the text may be tendered as evidence and tested in hearing.
Key practices: preserve paragraph numbering and heading order so parties cite the same location, reproduce case numbers, court names and dates exactly, and resist smoothing the prose in ways that shift legal meaning.
Some Thai legal terms have no direct Australian equivalent; accepted practice is the closest functional rendering with the Thai term in brackets, signalling an institution from another system.
Allow longer turnaround than usual: this work needs two-stage review and often a terminology discussion with your solicitor so usage stays consistent across the whole file.
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