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Can anyone please help me to understand these documents please

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I have received pages and pages of information regarding a will and property sale in France. 

Not understanding French and needing to sign these documents asap I need to understand them so have been trying to use Google translate but there are so many pages its impossible. 

I thought I could copy and paste the entire thing so I could translate and read it all at once but the format it has been sent in does not allow me to copy and paste.

I tried using co-pilot but it tells me to copy and paste or 'share' then it can translate but I dont want to share with the world.

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  • tooldle
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    Would the solicitor / l’avocat provide a certified translation? 
    Otherwise search for a local certified translation service, or search for a UK base solicitor qualified to advise on french law.
  • swingaloo
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    Thank you for the reply. There is so much and what bit we have translated has made us realise we do need to get a UK solicitor to look it over.
  • Savvy_Sue
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    tooldle said:
    Would the solicitor / l’avocat provide a certified translation? 
    Otherwise search for a local certified translation service, or search for a UK base solicitor qualified to advise on french law.
    I would agree with this: bear in mind that google translate cannot be 'relied' on, and I'd say especially so where technical / legal language is involved. 

    You might find help by asking on a neighbourhood site (such as local FB pages or NextDoor) for a native French speaker, or finding someone teaching French, or if there's a local branch of the Alliance Francaise ... but you'd only be able to rely on a service if you pay for it - because it's only then that you can sue the pants of someone if they mistranslated for you. 
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