Legal translation services encompass a wider range of documents than you might think…

If you’re looking to get your birth certificate translated, or proof of employment, for example if you need to demonstrate a number of years experience in a field such as medicine, it is likely your translation requires legal translation services.

If you’re anything like me, your birth certificate is collecting dust in a drawer somewhere in the house but it can be a vital addition to a visa application or an essential proof of identity; therefore you need to make sure it gets translated correctly and in a legal format.

If you have a certificate translated, you will generally need it to be notarised; this means that we will attend the offices of a Public Notary with the translated documents and a stamped and signed certifying letter from the translator. The notary will stamp and authorise each page of the translated document validating their authenticity. This is especially relevant for documents that you might need to use in other countries, sometimes certain documents are only valid once they’ve been notarised. It is always worth checking to see if you need the translation of legal documents such as birth or marriage certificates notarised…

So, don’t be put off looking into our legal translation services just because you haven’t studied law for 7 years! It’s more common than you might think…Have any of you married abroad? What were your experiences of getting the marriage certificate translated?

Visit our legal translation services page to find out more…