Harris Linguistic Services: Your Global Bridge

Navigating international legal and technical environments requires more than linguistic conversion—it requires absolute precision and strategic resonance.

With over 26 years of experience and a physical presence across the UK, Spain, Portugal, and Brazil, our boutique partnership provides expert-led, legally recognized translation services. We don't just translate your text; we re-engineer it for impact.

Why partner with us?

Accredited Authority

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We are Chartered and Sworn Translators (CIOL UK, Asetrad, APT, and the Junta Comercial do Rio Grande do Sul). Our work is legally recognized by authorities in the UK, Spain, Portugal, and Brazil.

Boutique Compliance

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Unlike large agencies with high turnover and opaque workflows, we follow ISO 17100 and ISO 42001 principles to the letter. We ensure your documentation meets the rigorous transparency requirements of the 2026 EU AI Act—without the "middleman" markup.

Data Sovereignty

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Your intellectual property is safe. We use strictly "Zero-Retention" AI environments, ensuring your proprietary data never enters a public training set.

Deep Specialization

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From complex public tenders and renewable energy contracts to patents and Articles of Association, we master the technical and legal nuances of your sector, including extensive expertise in the Life Sciences.

Native Mastery

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 Our team comprises native specialists in English (UK/US), Spanish, and Portuguese (European/Brazilian) at the Master’s level, ensuring total cultural accuracy.

 

Our Core Services

1. High-Stakes Translation & Copywriting Synergy

"Beyond Translation: Transcribing Authority into Every Market." We marry the precision of a technical-legal register with the persuasive power of native copywriting. We ensure your content maintains conceptual integrity while speaking directly to the cultural nuances of your audience—from software manuals to corporate manifestos.
 

2. Academic Editing & Formatting

We provide high-level editing and formatting for theses, journals, and technical papers in Portuguese, Spanish, and English. Our editors are academics with years of experience in international publication standards.
 

3. Certified & Sworn Services

Official, stamped translations for courts, regulators, and government bodies across the Iberian and Lusophone markets.

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4. Literary Translation & Editorial Excellence

Beyond technical documentation, our practice encompasses high-level literary and editorial translation.

 

We have translated and published classic literary masterpieces for major international publishing collections—including timeless works by authors such as Jules Verne, Herman Melville, Daniel Defoe, Robert Louis Stevenson, L. Frank Baum, and Jonathan Swift.

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This background in editorial translation ensures that where style, narrative flow, and cultural adaptation are paramount, your text retains its distinct voice, literary nuance, and elegance without losing conceptual integrity. 

 

Check out some of our published works.

Luiza Todi: A voz que vem de longe / The voice from afar Translation: Simon Richard Harris. Lisboa: Montepio Geral. Bilingual Edition. ISBN 972-98800-3-4.

 

5. Construction & Civil Engineering Translation

Navigating major infrastructure projects requires an acute understanding of technical specifications, tender documentation, and civil engineering standards.

 

Drawing on over 25 years of direct experience with leading global construction firms—including industry giants like Dragados—we provide precise translation services for project progress reports, environmental risk management documents, technical specifications, and infrastructure tenders covering bridges, highways, and airport systems.
 

6. Legal Translation & High-Stakes Compliance

Legal documentation demands strict terminological accuracy and an intricate grasp of diverse legal systems. We deliver expert translation for corporate contracts, court judgements, appeals, public tender agreements, company formations, and international arbitration.

 

Combining decades of hands-on collaboration with prominent law firms and judicial bodies, our legal translation services ensure your documentation remains legally sound, precise, and fully compliant across jurisdictions in the UK, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.

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