Certified
Certified document translation
Official document translation with certification agreed to match the receiving institution’s requirements.
- Turnaround
- 24 hours
- From
- $2.2 / 250 words
- Formats
- PDF · DOCX · Scanned originals
Base rate for straightforward texts and common language pairs. Specialist terminology, rare languages, certification, urgency and layout are quoted separately.
A billing page means 250 source words, not one sheet of a file. Starting rates depend on language and complexity. Certification, scan recognition, complex layout and urgency are quoted separately. We agree the price and deadline before work starts.
Standard from $2.2 · With revision from $4.4 · per 250 source words
Overview
We translate certificates, diplomas, corporate records and other official documents. Before booking, we clarify the destination country, institution and requirements to agree the certification arrangement and document set.
A translator’s statement, notarisation of a signature and sworn translation in the destination country have different requirements. We confirm availability, original-document needs, price and delivery separately before starting.
What you receive
- Translation of the agreed document set
- Stamps, signatures and relevant annotations accounted for
- Agreed certification under a separate quotation
- Digital version and paper set as agreed
One decision, argued in full.
Every discipline has a sentence where the literal rendering is defensible and wrong. This is the one we get asked about most in this one.
Ausgestellt vom Standesamt Charlottenburg von Berlin, Registernummer 412/1998.
Issued by the Standesamt (civil registry office) Charlottenburg of Berlin, register number 412/1998.
A certified translation is read side by side with the original by someone checking that the two match. «Registry Office of Charlottenburg» reads better and breaks that check: the receiving authority needs the name it can look up. We keep the institution's own name and gloss it once.
This example illustrates a translation decision. Client documents are not published here.
How this work runs.
- 01
Brief and scope
We read the actual documents, confirm the purpose and audience, and return a fixed price and date. No estimate is issued from a word count alone.
- 02
Assignment
We assign a translator experienced in the subject. If you choose the revision tier, a second linguist is assigned for an independent review.
- 03
Translation
Drafting against your approved glossary and translation memory, with queries raised early rather than guessed at.
- 04
Revision
The translator checks the finished text. In the revision tier, a second linguist also compares accuracy, terminology, register and completeness against the source.
- 05
Delivery and aftercare
Delivered in your working format with a certificate where required. Queries after delivery are answered by the same team, at no charge.
What clients ask before the first file.
Send us the document. We will read it before we quote.
First reply within 30 minutes during business hours. We agree the price and deadline after file review, usually within one business day.
No obligation. Files remain in the private area of the website and are deleted with the request after 90 days.