Financial statements translation for UAE companies, banks’ credit files, courts and the FTA: audited accounts, auditor’s reports, annual reports and management accounts, translated between Arabic and English with standard IFRS terminology and a figure-by-figure check against the original.
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Where Translations Go Wrong
A banker, a judge or a tax auditor compares the translated statements with the original, with the notes, and often with last year’s file. These are the errors that send a translation back.
Statement of financial position or balance sheet, provisions or reserves, impairment, right-of-use assets, other comprehensive income: each has an established Arabic equivalent. If page 3 says one thing and note 14 another, the reader assumes two different items. We fix the terms once, in a glossary, and reuse it for the comparatives and later years.
Negative figures in brackets, thousands separators, decimals, currency units (AED or AED ’000) and column order in a right-to-left table all have to survive translation. A misplaced comma breaks the reconciliation. We work from the Excel or Word source where possible, and every figure, subtotal and note reference is checked against the original.
Unmodified, qualified, adverse and disclaimer of opinion mean different things, and so do an emphasis of matter, a key audit matter and a material uncertainty about going concern. A loose rendering can make a qualified report read as clean, or the reverse. We translate the auditor’s report with the standard Arabic audit wording.
Arabic is the language of UAE courts, so accounts used as evidence in a commercial claim, an insolvency or a partner dispute need a certified Arabic translation. Arabic is also the language of dealings with the FTA, which may ask for a translation. Banks, government entities in tenders, and foreign parents asking for English versions of Arabic accounts are the other common requests.
Financial Documents We Translate
Arabic⇄English, and from other languages such as Chinese, German or French when a parent company’s accounts arrive in its own language. For tax filings and transfer pricing files, see our FTA guides.
Financial position, profit or loss and OCI, changes in equity, cash flows and all the notes, with comparatives.
Opinion, basis for opinion, key audit matters, going concern and other-information paragraphs, in standard audit wording.
Chair’s statement, directors’ report, governance and sustainability sections, laid out to match the original design.
Monthly or quarterly accounts, budgets, forecasts and board presentations for shareholders or a foreign head office.
Facility letters, covenant compliance certificates and the accounts a credit committee asks for.
Accounts and schedules supporting corporate tax or VAT positions, translated when the FTA or your adviser asks.
Financial due diligence, valuation reports and business plans for acquisitions, investors and partner exits.
Accounting expert reports and liquidator reports filed in court, translated with certification.
How It Works
Send the signed PDF plus the Excel or Word version if you have it, and last year’s translation if one exists. Tell us who the translation is for.
We quote per page and set the line-item glossary from your chart of accounts and any earlier Arabic filings, so this year matches last year.
A financial translator translates, and every figure, total, note number and cross-reference is checked against the source.
You receive a stamped certified PDF for filing and editable files for your auditors or finance team.
Who Asks for Translated Accounts
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Excl. 5% VAT
We translate; we do not prepare, audit or give an opinion on accounts, or give tax advice. A long annual report is quoted as a fixed price before work starts.
FAQ
Most often the courts, because Arabic is the language of UAE courts and accounts filed as evidence need a certified Arabic translation. The FTA works in Arabic and may ask for a translation of documents submitted in another language. Some banks, government entities in tenders and licensing authorities also ask, so check the request you received.
Yes, when you need it to be. SWLT is an MOJ-licensed legal translation office, and certified translations are stamped and signed for filing with courts, the FTA, banks and other authorities across the UAE. For internal use we can deliver an uncertified editable version.
Arabic⇄English is AED 60 per 200-word page, excluding 5% VAT. Number-heavy tables are counted on their words, and a full annual report is quoted as a fixed price. Send the PDF on WhatsApp for an exact quote.
We work from the Excel or Word source when available so figures are not retyped, and every amount, subtotal, bracketed negative, note reference and year heading is checked against the original before delivery.
Yes. IFRS is the accounting framework the Ministry of Finance applies for corporate tax purposes (smaller businesses may use IFRS for SMEs), and its terms have established Arabic equivalents. We use them and, if you have earlier Arabic accounts or a group glossary, we align with those so the years read consistently.
Yes. We translate the auditor’s report and the statements together, certified for filing. Tell us the hearing or filing date when you send the file so we schedule it in time.
Some businesses do. A Ministry of Finance decision requires certain taxable persons, including those above a revenue threshold and Qualifying Free Zone Persons, to prepare and keep audited financial statements, and the rules were amended in 2025. Confirm your position with your tax agent; our FTA tax document guide explains when the FTA asks for translations.
Yes. We translate from 50+ languages into Arabic or English, which is common when a UAE branch, bank or licensing authority asks for the parent’s accounts. Rates for these languages are on our pricing page.
Short documents can often be delivered the same day. A full set of audited statements with notes, or an annual report, depends on length; we confirm the delivery date with the quote.
No. We translate what the accounts say. If we spot an inconsistency in the source, such as a total that does not add up, we flag it to you rather than correct it, because the source is your auditor’s responsibility.
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Get an instant estimate — final quote via WhatsApp
Share the PDF and, if you have them, the Excel source and last year’s translation. We confirm the price per page and the delivery date, then return a certified copy and editable files.