The Experts Behind
the Translation

For over 12 years, Legal Translators Forum has served governments, embassies, and institutions across the Middle East and Gulf with one standard: precision that institutions can stake their reputation on.

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Our Story
Built for Institutions.
From the Ground Up.
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Legal Translators Forum was founded on a clear premise: that the legal, diplomatic, and regulatory institutions of the Middle East and Gulf deserve translation services that match their own standards of precision, confidentiality, and authority.

We built LTF as an expert-led model — assembling a core team of lawyers, financial experts, and senior translators and reviewers who hold not only language qualifications, but direct professional experience in the domains they translate. Our team handles both Arabic–English and English–Arabic translation across Law, Finance, Construction, Energy, and International Organisations.

Over more than a decade, we have supported governmental bodies, embassies, multinational firms, and major regional institutions — building a track record grounded in accuracy, discretion, and on-time delivery.

Today, LTF operates as a specialist regional partner for institutions that cannot afford ambiguity in their documentation — and as part of an ecosystem of professional services that includes STUCK in KSA and ProCVita in the UAE.

Our Mission

To deliver legal translation that institutions
can stake their reputation on

Precision First

Every translation is built around legal intent, formal drafting style, and regulatory accuracy — not approximate equivalence. The difference matters in institutional documentation.

Absolute Confidentiality

Institutional trust is earned and lost on discretion. Every member of our team operates under binding NDA. No document leaves our secure environment without authorisation.

Always Expert-Led

We do not use generalist translators for specialist work. Every project is matched to a field expert or translator with verified domain expertise — law, energy, finance, construction, education, and more.

What We Stand For
Our Values
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Domain Expertise

We match every project to a field expert or translator with direct professional experience in that field — not just language fluency.

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Confidential Handling

We handle sensitive institutional, legal, diplomatic, and regulatory documents under strict confidentiality protocols and controlled access.

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Institutional Accuracy

We preserve legal meaning, formal register, technical terminology, and institutional tone so translated documents remain submission-ready.

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Structured Delivery

Clear timelines, dual-layer quality review, and a 99.9% on-time delivery rate, as institutional deadlines are non-negotiable.

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Regional Context

We bring a deep understanding of the legal, cultural, and linguistic nuances of the GCC and MENA region, built through long regional experience.

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Long-Term Partnership

We build ongoing relationships with institutional clients, allowing us to understand their documentation needs, tone, and standards.

Lubna Abdelhaleem, Founding Member and Translation Director at Legal Translators Forum
Lubna Abdelhaleem
Founding Member & Translation Director
Founding Member

Leading with Experience
and Institutional Depth

Lubna Abdelhaleem brings over 25 years of experience supporting governmental, development, legal, and advisory organisations across the Middle East. She previously worked for the Ministry of International Cooperation and Zaki Hashem & Partners Law Firm, as well as a range of regional professional development initiatives.

Her academic grounding — a BA and MA from the Faculty of Alsun (Languages) at Ain Shams University — combined with decades of applied institutional work, forms the intellectual and professional foundation of LTF's approach to legal translation.

Education BA & MA, Faculty of Alsun — Ain Shams University
Experience 25+ years in governmental, legal & advisory translation
Key Engagements Ministry of International Cooperation, Zaki Hashem & Partners
Focus Areas Legal translation, project management, academic & professional communication
The Team
Senior Specialists.
Every Project.

Every team member holds advanced academic qualifications and direct professional experience in their domain — not generalist language skills.

Soheir Fikry, Senior Translation Auditor at Legal Translators Forum
Senior Translation Auditor
Soheir Fikry
QA · Editorial · Institutional Communications
Over 20 years supporting international organisations including Strategic Agenda (UK), Google, Amazon, WhatsApp, and Farfetch — with a focus on accuracy, tone, and institutional clarity.
BA in English Language & MA in Politics of Translation — Cairo University
Iman Refaat, Localisation and QA Lead at Legal Translators Forum
Localisation & QA Lead
Iman Refaat
Localisation · Quality Systems · Academic Training
Over 20 years in localisation and translation with Welocalize (Ireland/China), Translation4All (USA), RWS, and Agoda. Also an Assistant Lecturer at the School of Linguistics & Translation, BUC.
BA, Benha University · MA & PhD in Translation Studies — Cairo & Alexandria Universities
Asmaa Naga, Linguistic Technology and Training Consultant at Legal Translators Forum
Linguistic Technology & Training Consultant
Asmaa Naga
Applied Linguistics · Language Training · Technology
Over 20 years' experience including Academic Manager at the British Council in Saudi Arabia and Regional Trainer across the Gulf. Founder & CEO of STUCK Linguistic Services.
BA, Alexandria University · MSc in Applied Linguistics — Oxford University
Nariman Mohamed, Legal and Multilateral Translation Director at Legal Translators Forum
Legal & Multilateral Translation Director
Nariman Mohamed
Law · EU Policy · Development Cooperation
Over 15 years' experience including translation for the Ministry of International Cooperation, Cairo University (C.L.T.), and multiple legal practices across the region.
LLB — Cairo University · Diploma in UN & Legal Translation — AUC · EU & ENP Affairs — College of Europe
Gehad Galal, Director of Contracts and Agreements Translation at Legal Translators Forum
Director, Contracts & Agreements Translation
Gehad Galal
Complex Legal · Bilingual Documentation
Over 20 years' experience including bilingual associate lawyer at Nassar Law Office and specialist translator in complex legal drafting and contract documentation.
LLB — Cairo University · Legal Training — American Bar Association (ABA)

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