Pricing and Process 5 August 2026
Why notary and apostille costs are separate from the translation fee
Notarisation and the apostille are fees charged by third parties rather than by the translation office, which is why they are shown as a separate item in the pricing.
Many people who receive a translation quote ask why the notary or apostille cost is not included in the translation fee. The reason is simple but important: these items are not a service provided by the translation office, they are procedures carried out by third-party institutions.
Notary and apostille are third-party fees
Sworn translation is a service produced by the translator. Notarisation, by contrast, is carried out by a notary’s office and the apostille by the competent official authority, and both are separate procedures. The cost of these procedures is set by the tariff of the institution concerned and is not under the translation office’s control. Showing them item by item, rather than mixing them into the translation fee, is therefore the most transparent approach.
Item-by-item transparency prevents needless surprises
When the translation, notary and apostille items appear separately in a quote, the client can see clearly what is being paid for and why. Because notary and apostille amounts vary according to the relevant tariff, it would not be right to quote a fixed figure; knowing that these items are independent of the translation, however, makes expectations easier to manage. Whether a notary or an apostille is needed at all is also assessed separately for each document.
The soundest course is to establish from the outset which document genuinely requires a notary or an apostille; that way both needless cost and missing certification are avoided. At our Ankara Kızılay office we present the quote transparently, with translation and third-party fees as separate items.