Anyone can call themselves certified. This page lists what we claim and sorts it by one question only — can you check it without asking us? Most of it you can, and the links below go to the certifiers’ own databases rather than to pictures of certificates.
Start here: check a translation without contacting us
Every certified translation carries a code in the form EL-260722-1206-a1b2c3d4, printed on the document. Enter it and you will see whether the order exists, its language pair, page count and delivery date. No account, no email, no waiting for us to reply — which is the point: a certification you must take on faith is not proof of anything.
Receiving officers, registrars and opposing counsel use this directly. If a document claiming to be ours does not verify, it is not ours.
What you can check yourself
Each row links to a register held by somebody other than us. Nothing here depends on our word.
| Claim | Where to check it |
|---|---|
| ISO 17100:2015 certified translation process | TÜV SÜD certificate finder — certificate No. 9931000357 |
| ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified information security management | TÜV NORD certificate database — certificate No. 44121231258 |
| American Translators Association — corporate member | ATA member directory — M-185951. Corporate membership, not individual ATA certification; we do not claim the latter. |
| Independent professional rating — 5.0 from 9 entries | ProZ.com profile, Certified PRO. Entered by colleagues and clients on a platform we do not control. |
| ELIA and FIT affiliation | European Language Industry Association and Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs — associate membership, listed in their member records. |
| No advertising pixels, analytics, or third-party tracking on any page | Open the page source, or your browser’s network panel, on any page of this site. There is nothing to find — which is the only way that claim can be proved. |
| The philologist who signs a certification is named and has a public record | Credentials and publications, with degrees from Verona, Yale and Istanbul, and translations published under his name. |
What the authorities require, and what we deliver
We do not claim that particular institutions endorse us — that is a claim about other people, and we could not prove it if we made it. What can be shown is the published requirement set against what a certified EnLatin translation contains.
| Published requirement | What we deliver |
|---|---|
| Complete translation of the whole document, including stamps, seals and marginal notes | Every element rendered, with the original’s structure preserved so the two can be read side by side. |
| A signed statement attesting to the translation’s accuracy and the translator’s competence | Both attested, with the philologist named rather than a company. |
| Certification identifiable and traceable to its issuer | The EnLatin stamp and a verifiable order code the receiving office can check independently. |
| For some jurisdictions: a translator registered with a particular court | A separate service tier. Where it applies, we say so before you order rather than after — sworn translation. |
The requirement by receiving authority sets out which applies to your destination.
What is internal, and admitted as such
These are real records, kept per order, and we will produce them for a client or an auditor who asks. But they are ours, and a page about proof should not pretend otherwise.
- Three readers on every certified translation — the specialist who renders it, the reviser who checks it against the source, and the senior philologist who certifies the form. Sign-off is logged per order. ISO 17100 requires the second reader; the third is ours.
- Deadline timestamps — accepted deadline against actual delivery, recorded for every order. This is what a missed-deadline remedy is measured against rather than argued about.
- Credential checks — every linguist’s qualifications verified before any work is assigned, and re-checked annually.
- Deletion at day 45 — source files, translations and derivatives destroyed on schedule; the order record retained so verification still works afterwards.
Reviews, by source
Two sources, kept apart so you can weigh each on its own terms: one held by a platform we do not control, one collected by us.
ProZ.com — 5.0 from 9 entries, Certified PRO. Entered by clients and colleagues on a professional platform, where the record stands as they left it.
Feedback clients send us directly, published on our reviews page and labelled as ours. Every entry is tied to a completed order.
We offer nothing in exchange for a review and remove no criticism. Further independent profiles will be listed here once they hold entries.
If the work is wrong
If a receiving authority refuses a translation because of our work — its accuracy, its completeness, or the form of its certification — we correct it at no charge, or refund the order in full. Send the order code and what the authority told you.
You have 14 days from completion to raise it, and files remain downloadable until day 45. The full lifecycle is here; a missed deadline has its own remedy — immediate notification, the cause named, and your choice of a new time or a full refund with nothing deducted.
Write to salve@enlatin.net. Order portal messages are usually answered within minutes; email within a few hours and always within a day.