ISO 20771 Legal Translators

What is ISO 20771?

ISO 20771 specifies the requirements for the competences and qualifications of legal translators, revisers and reviewers. In particular, it specifies the core processes, resources, professional development, training and other aspects of the legal translation service provided by individual translators.

ISO 20771 Certification

Who is ISO 20771 for?

ISO 20771 is applicable to individual legal translators, and therefore cannot be implemented by language service providers directly.


How do I get ISO 20771 Certification?

Assurco provides ISO 20771 certification through our joint-venture with the Association of Translation Companies (ATC): ATC Certification.

ATC Certification have developed a unique certification scheme for individual legal translators working with industry expert auditors who have a deep understanding of the standard.

ATC Certification operates a collaborative certification process whereby language service companies collaborate with in-house or freelance legal translators to jointly fulfil the requirements of the standard.