---
title: "Translate client documents with AI and certify"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law/translate-client-documents-with-ai-and-certify"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A30-B6-5"
practice_area: "Immigration & Migration Law"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["AU"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-10"
---

# Translate client documents with AI and certify

> Use AI translation then human-certified review.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law/translate-client-documents-with-ai-and-certify  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-10

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Immigration & Migration Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Use AI translation then human-certified review. |
| What the lawyer must review | Department requires accredited translation. |
| Written for / versions | Australia |

## Checking plan

**Source-by-source verification**

Trace relied-on content to independent sources and check for relevant material the output has missed.

- What the AI does: Use AI translation then human-certified review.
- What the lawyer does: Department requires accredited translation.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in the matter and the forum
- Basis: Planning guidance checked against the linked public sources on 10 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.
- Why: The traffic light follows the consequence of an error and how much of the output the lawyer must check before it is used.
- Written for: AU

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Open the cited source and confirm it is the current instrument for this forum and this date.
2. Department requires accredited translation.
3. Compare the output with the source and the instructions, including material the output left out.
4. The responsible lawyer approves the exact output for its intended use, or sends it back.

## Notes

- Suggested working checks from the linked public sources. Read the source and confirm it applies to this forum and this date. The checks do not approve software or record that the work is done.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Australia

**Deliverable**: Translate client documents with AI and certify

**Inputs**

- QLS Guidance Statement No 37
- Uniform Law regulators AI statement
- The matter instructions and the documents the output will rely on.

**Example**: Stop before the result is filed, sent or relied on. Department requires accredited translation.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The cited source is not the instrument that applies to this forum or this date.
- The output states a fact, date, citation, figure or commitment that is not in the instructions or the source.
- The responsible lawyer has not approved the exact output for its intended use.

Checked 2026-10-10.

## Sources

- [QLS Guidance Statement No 37](https://www.qls.com.au/practising-law-in-qld/ethics/guidance-statements/no-37-artificial-intelligence-in-legal-practice) (checked 2026-10-10)
- [Uniform Law regulators AI statement](https://lsbc.vic.gov.au/news-updates/news/statement-use-artificial-intelligence-australian-legal-practice) (checked 2026-10-10)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*