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Sworn Translation
A translation with official validity, certified by the signature and stamp of a translator authorised by taking an oath before a notary public.
To work as a sworn translator, a translator presents evidence of their command of a language to a notary and has a formal minute of the oath drawn up; only then can they formalise translations with their own stamp and signature. That signature is the translator’s personal declaration, and assumption of responsibility, that the translation is faithful to the source.
Official bodies, consulates and courts require this certification on most documents. A text prepared without the translator’s stamp is not treated as certified in official procedures, however impeccable its content.
Depending on where your document will be used, notarisation, an apostille or consular legalisation may need to be added alongside the sworn translation. Our guide sets the process out in detail.
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