Sworn Translation in Sivas

Sivas is one of the largest provinces in Türkiye by area, and that geographical spread shows in the translation work as well. With the requests that come in from the districts, the first thing people usually ask is this: “Do I have to bring the document in?” The answer is no. We have no branch in Sivas; and even if we had, getting to the city centre from many of the districts would take longer than uploading the document online.

Iron and steel and mining files

Heavy industry and mining are decisive in the economy of Sivas. In the corporate work that comes from here, the documents we meet most often are analysis and test reports, technical specifications for equipment, occupational health and safety procedures, and supply contracts. What these texts have in common is their density of figures and units: a single report can carry hundreds of measurement values, and the one risk in translating it is not language but a transfer error. For that reason we apply a second reading step to files that contain numerical data.

Personal files: migration, inheritance, education

With individual requests the picture changes. Family ties reaching from Sivas abroad call for English or German translations of documents such as the civil registry extract, the certificate of no impediment, the certificate of inheritance and powers of attorney. On the student side, academic transcripts and letters of reference come in for postgraduate applications. These documents are short but have to be faultless; one wrong date or name can hold up an entire application.

The English and German pairing

That demand in Sivas concentrates in these two languages follows from the meeting of industry and migration. English is the common ground of industrial and academic correspondence; German is the language of family and pension matters in Europe. The per-page tariff is the same in both languages and does not vary from one province to another; you can find the detail on the pricing page.

Licence, environmental and permit files

In provinces where mining is intensive, an unseen part of the demand for translation comes out of permit procedures. On projects with a foreign partner or foreign financing, environmental impact assessment reports, site measurement results, rehabilitation plans and monitoring reports are translated for submission to the other party. These documents are both bulky and very heavily loaded with technical terminology; units of measurement and threshold values must be preserved exactly as they stand.

Another matter we meet in files of this kind is references to legislation. The names of regulations and communiqués appearing in the text need to be carried across descriptively rather than with invented equivalents; the foreign reader should be able to grasp what subject the rule covers, while the name of the rule itself remains traceable. Striking that balance is one of the parts of technical translation that calls for the most experience. On corporate work coming from Sivas we therefore hand over the list of terms and references along with the delivery.

Another feature of these files is that they are assessed together with their annexes. Maps, cross-sections, laboratory results and photograph captions all have to be translated; even where the main text is flawless, a single caption missed in an annex leaves the file incomplete. That is why, when we take the work on, we establish not only the page count but the scope of the annexes as well.

With equipment purchases by industrial plants the file works in the opposite direction: this time it is the manuals and acceptance certificates from a foreign manufacturer that are translated into Turkish. In texts that will be used on site, readability comes to the fore; instead of long, winding sentences, short instructions the operator can act on directly are preferred.

Where distance does not slow the work

The physical distance between Sivas and Ankara falls to nothing in a digital process. The work begins the moment the document is uploaded; once the translation and the approvals are complete, the electronically signed copy reaches your inbox the same day. Courier time comes into play only for the wet-signed original. Since most institutions now accept the digital copy, on a great many files there is no sense in waiting at all. To send your document you need only use the quote page.

This page is for general guidance; our office is based in Ankara Kızılay and there is no branch in any other province. Settling at the outset the form the institution requires saves having to do the work over afterwards.