Different industries hand us different documents, and different authorities read them. This page maps the common sectors we translate for — what each one usually submits, where it goes, and what we check before quoting.
MOJ License #701 · Khaled Mohamed · Arabic ↔ EnglishCertified legal translation is Arabic ↔ English, prepared under UAE Ministry of Justice License #701 and signed by the named licensed translator. What changes from industry to industry is not the stamp — it is the terminology, the receiving authority, and the order of steps. That is why our first question is always the same: what is the document, and where is it going?
Property work in Dubai runs through the Dubai Land Department and its Real Estate Services Trustee Centres, and the paperwork around a transaction is commonly expected in Arabic. Corporate buyers typically submit a certified Arabic translation of the company's Memorandum of Association, and foreign companies usually need the document attested through the embassy and MOFA chain before the translation is prepared. Powers of attorney used in transfers are normally translated and notarised, and foreign inheritance documents or court orders are translated before a title moves.
Arabic is the language of UAE courts, so foreign-language material in a case file — contracts, judgments from other jurisdictions, notices, correspondence, even message transcripts submitted as evidence — is commonly required as a certified Arabic translation prepared by an MOJ-licensed translator. Terminology consistency matters here more than anywhere: a defined term rendered two ways in the same bundle invites questions the file does not need.
Company formation and licensing files regularly carry documents issued abroad — memoranda and articles, board resolutions, certificates of incorporation, existing trade licenses. These typically travel the legalisation chain first (notary and foreign ministry in the issuing country, then the UAE embassy there, then MOFA here), and the certified Arabic translation is usually prepared after the stamps are in place so they appear in the translated copy. Mainland and free-zone authorities each have their own expectations, which is one more reason we ask for the destination before quoting.
MOHRE's standard employment contract is bilingual by design, and the Arabic text is the one that governs if the two versions ever disagree. Around it, work-permit files commonly need certified Arabic translations of foreign degrees, experience certificates, and offer letters. HR teams usually come to us with the same two questions — which documents need the stamp, and how the employee's name should be spelled — and the second one is settled against the passport before we start.
Clinicians licensing with Dubai Health Authority or the Ministry of Health typically pass through DataFlow primary-source verification first, and documents not issued in Arabic or English — degrees, good-standing certificates, experience letters — are commonly required as certified translations uploaded alongside the originals. Preparing the translations before verification starts is the quiet time-saver in this file.
Banks ask for certified translations most often around KYC and account files: corporate constitutional documents, powers of attorney, civil-status certificates, and occasionally financial statements. Requirements differ bank to bank and case to case, so we treat the bank's checklist as the specification — send it with the document and we prepare to match.
If a correction is needed because of our mistake, we correct it promptly and at no extra charge. If the source document changes, new information is supplied, or the receiving authority asks for a different format, we explain the required update and confirm any cost before proceeding.
A sector name plus a destination answers most questions before they are asked. Send the document, say who will receive it, and we confirm the right order and a clear price before you commit to anything.
Send the document and tell us where it will be used. We check the order before you pay.