English to Slovak Translation

This direction is used when an English-language document has to be submitted in Slovakia. The typical applicant is someone presenting a diploma, registry extract or company document issued in an English-speaking country to a university, an employer or an authority in Slovakia. The source carries an Anglo-Saxon structure, while the target assesses it according to Slovak administrative tradition and certification follows the Slovak regime.

Concrete examples make the direction clearer: taking a degree obtained abroad through recognition in Slovakia, a foreign company entering the Slovak market with its registry documents, submitting criminal record and income documents for a work permit. The source carries an Anglo-Saxon reality, while the target assesses it in the administrative language of Slovakia.

Education and employment files predominate in this direction; since the requirement for an authorised translator entered on the Ministry of Justice register comes into play once the translation is done, the document is prepared in a form that fits this mode of certification. This prevents the process from being delayed.

Translating these documents means fitting Anglo-Saxon concepts to their Slovak administrative counterparts; female surnames and number formatting are also handled with the target in mind.

In this direction it is settled from the outset which Slovak authority the document will go to; a university, an employer and the immigration authority each make different use of the document, and the translation is built accordingly. Since the authorised translator requirement will come into play, the layout is prepared to suit this mode of certification.

English diploma and degree titles are given in their original form with an explanation rather than according to their counterpart in the Slovak higher education framework; the recognition decision rests with the Slovak authority. Credit information is preserved in a comparable form.

Because the Slovak civil registration and administrative system rests on particular record formats, the personal details in the English document are carried across in a way that fits this structure; names, dates and addresses are given consistently.

In commercial and residence files the documents are submitted as a set; the company name, the names of the parties and the amounts are carried across all the documents exactly alike. This coherence allows the application to be assessed without contradictions.

Technical issues specific to English into Slovak

Female surnames may take the -ová ending when inflected within a Slovak text; in an official document, however, the person’s original surname as it appears in the passport prevails and no ending is added arbitrarily. English names keep their original Latin spelling in the Slovak text.

Company forms (Ltd., LLC) are not automatically converted into the Slovak s.r.o.; the original abbreviation is kept and explained, because the liability structures do not overlap. English legal concepts are rendered in Slovak according to their function.

Dates are adapted to the day-month-year order and the decimal separator to the comma; amounts are not converted. English abbreviations are expanded and given in brackets where necessary.

The signature and date on the document are kept in their position. In documents belonging to the same person the spelling of the name is kept consistent.

In diploma applications the degree and credit information is carried across clearly; English degree titles are not forced into a Slovak degree but explained, and the decision rests with the Slovak authority. This is decisive in the recognition process.

In commercial files, carrying the company name, the shareholders and the amounts across exactly alike is necessary for the application to be assessed as a whole; registration numbers are not translated but cited as recorded.

In work permit files the date and the issuing authority of criminal record and income documents are stated clearly; the official wording in these documents is fitted to the established administrative formulas of Slovak rather than freely rewritten.

Keeping the surname form of female applicants consistent across all documents secures identity matching in the Slovak registration system; a form that is original in one document and inflected in another is avoided.

Documents for which this direction is required

• Diplomas, transcripts and professional certificates
• Birth, marriage and residence certificates
• Company registry documents and commercial contracts
• Work and residence application documents
• Criminal record and income documents

Education and employment files predominate in this direction; the surname form of female applicants is kept consistent across all documents. Degree and credit information is carried across clearly.

In commercial documents the company form and the registry details are kept in their original form. In criminal record certificates the date and the issuing authority are stated clearly.

Chain of certification

Slovakia requires a translation by an authorised translator (úradný prekladateľ) entered on the Ministry of Justice register; a translation from outside the list may not be accepted. A document arriving from an English-speaking source country is expected to bear an apostille.

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