CERTIFIED TRANSLATIONS

Certified translations are translations that can bear the translator’s signature and/or other types of stamps that give legal value to the translated text. They are mainly required for certificates, documents, qualifications and especially for legal documents. Below are the various types of possible ‘stamps’:

SWORN TRANSLATION

A 'sworn' translation is a translation that retains the same legal value as the original document. By swearing an oath before the Justice of the Peace, the translator certifies the full correspondence between the translated text and the original document. Sworn translations are often requested for documents, such as diplomas, certificates, contracts, judicial or notarial acts, that must be presented to Italian or foreign authorities.

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APOSTILLE AND LEGALISATION

In the case of documents intended for foreign authorities, it is often necessary to submit a sworn and legalised translation. Legalisation is the next step after asseveration and consists of affixing a stamp (called an 'Apostille' if a state has acceded to the Hague Convention) at a court attesting to the legal status of the public official who signed the oath and the authenticity of the signature itself.

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CERTIFICATION OF ACCURACY (CTA)

It is a translation accompanied by the Certificate of Translation Accuracy, i.e. a declaration of accuracy that contains the data of the translator who signs it, the data of the Language Service Provider (LSP) and the quality certifications it holds. A translation with CTA has no legal value.

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