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Certified or officially accepted translation — Translation agency — Professionals
Providers should accept official-translation leads only after checking destination requirements and their own qualifying status. They must distinguish translation, certification, notarisation and legalisation rather than presenting one declaration as sufficient for all purposes.
Service scope
Translation prepared with the declaration, professional status or formalities required by a specified receiving authority. Certified, sworn and other official-translation terms are not interchangeable across markets; the recipient's current requirements must define the actual service.
What is normally included
- Receiving-authority requirement review
- Appropriate translation preparation
- Required declaration or certification coordination
- Delivery of specified formal versions
What is not included
- Universal official acceptance
- Assumed notarisation or legalisation
- Certification of the truth of the original document
Qualification checks
- Obtain recipient instructions
- Verify relevant professional status
- Check source-document requirements
- Confirm certification wording and format
- Agree delivery and additional-formality responsibilities
Quote guidance
Separate translation, review, certification and any third-party formalities or delivery charges. State the recipient requirements used for the quotation and explain that changed instructions may require revised documents or additional work.
Lead risks
- The client may not know the receiving authority
- Formal requirements may be incomplete
- An additional authentication step may be outside the translator's role
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