A certified translation is a complete, exact rendering of your document accompanied by a signed statement of accuracy naming the philologist who made it, the EnLatin stamp, and a unique order code the receiving office can verify with us directly. It is what universities, employers, courts, and immigration authorities mean when they ask for an official translation.
When you need certified translation
Certification is required whenever an office must act on a document it cannot read. University admissions and credential evaluation, immigration filings, court submissions, business and property registration, professional licensing, employment verification, and civil registry matters — marriages, births, inheritance — all of them.
If the office asks for a "certified translation", a "translation with certificate of accuracy", or an "official translation", it is asking for this. Three phrasings, one deliverable. If it asks for a sworn translation, that is a different thing and the guide by receiving authority will tell you which yours needs.
What you actually receive
Three things arrive with every certified translation, and the third is the one almost nobody else offers.
- The signed statement of accuracy — attesting that the translation is complete and exact, naming the philologist who prepared it and their competence to do so. Not an anonymous corporate assurance: a named person, accountable for the work.
- The EnLatin stamp — carrying the order code, applied to the delivered document.
- An order code anyone can check — in the form
EL-260722-1206-a1b2c3d4. The officer holding your translation can enter it at our verification page and confirm, without contacting us and without your involvement, that the order exists, when it was delivered, and that the work is ours. A certification nobody can verify is a certification taken on trust; this one is checkable by the person whose opinion matters.
How the work is done
- Translated by a credentialed specialist in that document type and language pair — never machine-generated, and never subcontracted to an unknown hand.
- Read twice more before it leaves: by a reviser checking accuracy and consistency, then by a senior philologist confirming the certification meets the receiving authority’s requirements. This is the process certified under ISO 17100:2015 (TÜV SÜD, certificate No. 9931000357), which requires the second reader. The third is ours.
- Rendered to follow the original — its structure, its seals and annotations, its stamps — so the two documents can be read side by side.
- Handled under ISO/IEC 27001:2022 information security management (TÜV NORD, certificate No. 44121231258): encrypted in transit and at rest, seen only by those assigned to it, deleted 45 days after delivery or earlier on request. Both certificates are checkable in the certifiers’ own databases, linked from our about page.
- Read before it is begun. If anything in your file is likely to cause a refusal — a missing page, a certification level your office will not accept — we tell you first. If we cannot responsibly take it on, you are refunded in full, immediately.
What we do not promise
We do not promise universal acceptance, because no translator can. Every institution sets its own rules, and some require a sworn translation, a notarization or an apostille in addition. What we do promise is to tell you which applies before you order — and if a document is refused because of the quality or the certification form of our work, send us the authority’s written reason within thirty days and we will correct it at no charge or refund the order.
We do not use machine translation for certified work, at any stage. Certification means a named human being stands behind the rendering and can be held to it, and that is not a thing a model can do.
How pricing works
Certified translation is priced per page at the rate for that document type, confirmed at checkout before any charge. Certification itself — the statement, the stamp, the verifiable code — is included as standard and never an added charge. Volume discounts apply automatically: 5% from three pages, rising to 25% at seven or more.
Every seventh certified page earns a free page ticket, sent to you by email. The ticket is transferable — it can be used by anyone, including someone who needs a translation and cannot afford one.
How to prepare your file
- Send the complete document, every page and both sides, including anything that looks like apparatus: stamps, seals, revenue stickers, marginal notes, reference numbers.
- Whatever form you have it in is welcome — an official PDF, a scan, a phone photograph — so long as the whole sheet can be read.
- Tell us the receiving office and country, so we can confirm certification is the right level before you pay for something more.
- Send the spelling of your name as your identity document shows it, so the two match.
Frequently asked questions
What is a certified translation?
A complete and exact translation accompanied by a signed statement attesting to its accuracy and to the translator’s competence. EnLatin adds the stamp and a unique order code, so the receiving office can verify the document independently rather than taking the certification on trust.
Will a certified translation be accepted by USCIS, universities, and government offices?
For the great majority, yes — a certified translation is precisely what they specify. USCIS requires it and does not require notarization. Some European authorities require a sworn translation instead, and Hague destinations may require an apostille on the original. The guide by receiving authority sets out which is which.
How does the receiving office verify my translation?
They enter the order code from the document at enlatin.net/en/verify. It confirms the order exists, its language pair, page count, and delivery date. No account, no contact with us, no involvement from you. Every lookup is logged with a timestamp for audit transparency.
How long does a certified translation take?
A single-page document is usually delivered within a few hours, up to just a day. Longer files, and anything handwritten or damaged, are quoted individually. Same-day and 24-hour options are available at checkout where you have a deadline.
Do you translate into languages other than English?
Yes — in any direction between our ten languages: English, German, Greek, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, and Latin. Certification applies in every direction, not only into English.
Ready when your document is.
Not sure whether certification alone is what your office wants? Send us the requirement as they worded it and we will tell you, before you order. salve@enlatin.net