Business & Conference Interpreter

We supply English–Thai interpreters for negotiations, due diligence and factory visits, board and shareholder meetings and conference sessions. Consecutive interpreting suits meetings and site visits; simultaneous interpreting with a booth or portable equipment suits conferences. Terminology is agreed in advance and confidentiality is confirmed in writing before any material is shared.

Governing authority / legal basis: Commercial engagement. Where a meeting produces documents that must be signed, witnessed or notarised, the notarial step is performed by a lawyer licensed as a Notarial Services Attorney under the Lawyers Council of Thailand regulation B.E. 2551 (2008).
Turnaround: Book one to two weeks ahead for conferences, where simultaneous equipment and a two-interpreter team must be reserved. Meetings and site visits can often be covered at shorter notice.
Fees: Quoted per assignment once we know the venue, the language pair, the date and the expected duration. Confirm scope and fees with our staff by phone, Line or Email before the booking is held.

What we handle

Negotiations and due diligence

Term sheets, supplier and distributor negotiations, and data-room walkthroughs where a misheard figure is expensive.

Factory and site visits

Audits, inspections and technical walkthroughs, with the technical vocabulary prepared from your own documentation.

Board and shareholder meetings

Interpreting for meetings whose minutes are later filed; where the resolutions need certified translation or notarial attestation, we handle that as a separate step.

Conferences and training

Simultaneous interpreting from a booth or with portable equipment, in an interpreter team where the programme runs long.

Documents required

Document	Issued / prepared by	Watch out for
Agenda and participant list	Client	Determines the register and whether one interpreter is enough.
Background documents or slides	Client	Sent under confidentiality. Prepared terminology is the single biggest quality factor.
Venue and technical setup	Client or venue	Simultaneous interpreting needs a booth or portable equipment and a working audio feed; confirm this with the venue early.
Session times and breaks	Client	Simultaneous interpreting is a two-person job beyond short sessions — interpreters rotate at intervals.
Confidentiality agreement	Client	We sign your NDA, or ours, before material is shared.

Document lists, official fees and acceptance conditions vary between offices, branches and provinces, and change by notification. Confirm with the receiving authority before you act on this page.

How the process runs

1
Brief taken
Subject matter, language pair, mode, dates and venue, then written confirmation of availability and scope.
2
Preparation
The interpreter studies your materials and returns a bilingual glossary for your team to approve.
3
Delivery
Attendance on site, or remotely over your platform, in the agreed mode.
4
Follow-through
Where the meeting produces documents to be signed, translated or attested, we quote those steps separately.

Why files get rejected

Simultaneous interpreting without proper equipment and an interpreter team degrades quickly. Book the setup as part of the session, not as an afterthought.
An interpreter conveys what is said; they are not a negotiator, adviser or minute-taker unless a separate scope is agreed.
Send materials in advance. Terminology decided live is the main cause of inconsistent renderings across a long meeting.
Recording a session requires the participants' consent; agree it before the day.
Interpreting a contract discussion is not legal advice on the contract, and it does not make an unsigned draft binding.

Frequently asked questions

คำถามที่พบบ่อย (FAQ)

What is the difference between consecutive and simultaneous interpreting?+

In consecutive interpreting the speaker pauses and the interpreter renders each passage; it roughly doubles the time but needs no equipment and suits meetings and site visits. In simultaneous interpreting the interpreter renders in real time from a booth or with portable equipment, which suits conferences and requires a team for anything beyond a short session.

Do you sign non-disclosure agreements?+

Yes. We sign your NDA, or provide ours, before any commercially sensitive material is shared with the assigned interpreter.

Can you interpret an online meeting?+

Yes, over your platform. Test the audio with the interpreter beforehand — remote interpreting is far more sensitive to poor microphones than an in-person meeting.

Can the same team handle the resulting documents?+

Yes. Minutes, resolutions and contracts can be translated and, where needed, attested by a Notarial Services Attorney and certified for use abroad. That is quoted separately from the interpreting.

Do you cover cities outside Bangkok?+

Yes, including provincial industrial estates. Travel and accommodation are agreed with the assignment before it is confirmed.

Authoritative Sources

References & Citations

Official government, legal, and international sources cited throughout this page.

1
Department of Business Development· แหล่งทางการ
Department of Business Development, Ministry of Commerce ↗
www.dbd.go.th
2
boi.go.th· แหล่งทางการ
Thailand Board of Investment ↗
www.boi.go.th

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General information, not legal advice on your specific matter. We are not a bank, not an insurance broker and not an agent of any state authority, and we do not guarantee any authority's decision.

Talk to us before you file — reply within 24 hours

Tell us your nationality, visa category and the deadline. Our staff confirms the scope and the fee by phone, Line or Email before any work begins.

Chat on Line Call 094-8958999 Email contact@thainotary.co.th

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Deep Context and Service Standards

Sourced from the Lawyer Act B.E. 2528 (1985), the Lawyers Council Regulation on Notarial Services Attorneys B.E. 2546 (2003), the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019), the Hague Apostille Convention of 1961, and official publications of the Department of Consular Affairs (MFA).

Firm Overview and Practice Framework

Thai Notary Service is a full-service Thai law office providing document notarization, certified translation, legalization chain management, and international document consultancy. Our team includes Notarial Services Attorneys licensed by the Lawyers Council of Thailand under the Royal Patronage, and we operate offices in Bangkok, Greater Bangkok, and a partner network in every province across Thailand. We serve individuals, expatriates, cross-border couples, students, corporates, multinationals, and government agencies requiring documents with legal effect both inside Thailand and abroad.

All notarial acts follow the Lawyer Act B.E. 2528 (1985) Section 27 read with the Lawyers Council Regulation on Notarial Services Attorneys B.E. 2546 (2003), the sole legal basis authorizing Thai attorneys to certify documents comparable to a foreign Notary Public. Every attorney on our team has completed the accredited training and examination administered by the Lawyers Council and holds a verifiable registration number searchable on the Lawyers Council public registry.

By choosing a firm that houses Notarial Services Attorneys in-house, clients consolidate a multi-stage legalization chain under one accountable roof: attorney notarization, followed by Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) legalization at the Department of Consular Affairs, followed by embassy or consular legalization for the destination country. Since 21 November 2024 the Kingdom of Thailand has become a party to the Hague Apostille Convention (Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents). Documents apostilled in Thailand are now accepted in more than 125 member states without embassy re-legalization, materially reducing turnaround time and cost.

General Information and Firm Framework — Deep Context

The firm operates under an ISO 9001:2015 quality-management framework and enforces data protection consistent with the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019). All client documents are stored with AES-256 encryption at rest and in transit and are retained for ten years in accordance with lawyer-record obligations under the Lawyer Act.

Our team combines Notarial Services Attorneys, NAATI-certified translators, and legal specialists in intellectual property, taxation, cross-border family law, corporate law, and immigration law, together with a support team dedicated to documentation, translation, and government-agency liaison.

Fees are transparent and disclosed both on the website and in the pre-engagement quote, separating professional fees, government fees, travel disbursements (if any), and other line items. The firm issues VAT invoices and official receipts and accepts payment by bank transfer, credit card, PromptPay, and cash.

Trust Standards — PDPA, SLA, Quality Assurance

On data protection, the firm strictly follows the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019), Sections 24, 26, and 27 — collecting, using, and disclosing personal data only to the extent necessary for the engagement, disclosing purposes, and obtaining consent from data subjects in advance. Clients retain the right to inspect, obtain a copy, rectify, erase, or withdraw consent at any time through the firm's Data Protection Officer (DPO). For clients in the European Union, processing follows GDPR Article 6 (lawful basis) and Article 46 (Standard Contractual Clauses).

Our Service Level Agreement targets an inquiry response within one hour during business hours (09:00–18:00, Monday to Saturday), attorney appointments within twenty-four hours, standard notarization within one business day (or two to three hours on express service), certified translation within three to five business days per ten A4 pages, MFA legalization within two business days on standard service (one business day express), and embassy legalization typically within three to fifteen business days depending on the mission's own policy.

Every deliverable passes a three-tier quality-assurance chain: (1) the responsible attorney or translator, (2) a Senior Attorney or department head reviewing substance and formatting, (3) a Quality Control desk performing the final pre-delivery check. Any firm-side error is remedied at no additional cost, and if a document is rejected by a government authority due to a firm-side error, we cover the entire re-filing fee.

Contact and Initial Consultation

Initial consultation is complimentary via Line @thainotary or by phone at 094-8958999. The team responds within one hour during business hours. Every inquiry is treated confidentially under the Lawyers Council ethics rules and the Personal Data Protection Act.

Business and conference interpreting