Comments on: Can you certify my translation? http://translationmusings.com/2009/04/27/can-you-certify-my-translation/ featuring musings about my life and the translation industry Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:27:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Terena http://translationmusings.com/2009/04/27/can-you-certify-my-translation/#comment-2382 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:28:13 +0000 http://translationmusings.com/?p=1535#comment-2382 I’ve found putting things on company letterhead go a long way…

]]> By: Starlette http://translationmusings.com/2009/04/27/can-you-certify-my-translation/#comment-2358 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:57:23 +0000 http://translationmusings.com/?p=1535#comment-2358 Thank you.

]]> By: jillsommer http://translationmusings.com/2009/04/27/can-you-certify-my-translation/#comment-2351 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:11:04 +0000 http://translationmusings.com/?p=1535#comment-2351 No. That would negate the fact that the notary is certifying that the person is who they claim. You need a second person to notarize that you are indeed who you claim you are.

]]> By: Starlette http://translationmusings.com/2009/04/27/can-you-certify-my-translation/#comment-2349 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:40:01 +0000 http://translationmusings.com/?p=1535#comment-2349 If one is a translator and a notary, can that person notarize their own translation?

]]> By: Lynn http://translationmusings.com/2009/04/27/can-you-certify-my-translation/#comment-1906 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:45:32 +0000 http://translationmusings.com/?p=1535#comment-1906 Great point! So true that the clients are not always sure what they are requesting verses what they actually need. Thanks for the information.

Atlanta, GA

]]> By: jillsommer http://translationmusings.com/2009/04/27/can-you-certify-my-translation/#comment-1681 Tue, 05 May 2009 16:48:47 +0000 http://translationmusings.com/?p=1535#comment-1681 Thank you so much for sharing this information with us, Irene! Very informative. I never jumped through the hoops, so that was definitely a Bildungslücke (for those non-German speakers: gap in my education) on my part.

]]> By: Irene http://translationmusings.com/2009/04/27/can-you-certify-my-translation/#comment-1680 Tue, 05 May 2009 16:45:34 +0000 http://translationmusings.com/?p=1535#comment-1680 Hi Jill,
what you wrote about the ‘staatlich geprüfte Übersetzer’ is not quite true. If you want to be able to certify translations you need to be a ‘öffentlich bestellter/ermächtigter Übersetzer’. This, however, has nothing to do with you academic or non-academic training. The following link provides very good insight:

http://www.aticom.de/a-faq.htm#uu
Quotation:
“Was sind ermächtigte/bestellte Übersetzer?
Diese Übersetzer sind von den Gerichten besonders ermächtigt oder bestellt. Vor ihrer gerichtlichen Bestellung wurden sie auf ihre persönliche und fachliche Eignung geprüft. Je nach Bundesland werden sie in Deutschland als ermächtigte oder öffentlich bestellte Übersetzer bezeichnet. Sie erstellen Übersetzungen öffentlicher und privatschriftlicher Urkunden jeglicher Art und sind berechtigt, die “Richtigkeit und Vollständigkeit der Übersetzung” zu bescheinigen. Ermächtigte/bestellte Übersetzer sind zur Verschwiegenheit und Unparteilichkeit verpflichtet.

Übrigens sind “staatlich geprüfte Übersetzer” nicht automatisch auch “ermächtigt” oder “bestellt”. Die Ermächtigung/Bestellung ist von einer abgelegten staatlichen Prüfung oder erworbenen akademischen Qualifikation (Diplom, akademische Prüfung usw.) vollkommen unabhängig.”

Whether or not a translator wants to be able to certify the correctness and integrity of the documents translated is therefore completely up to him or her and he or she must explicitly apply for that function. I just wanted to mention that because we all know that ‘the outside world’ has a hard time even distinguishing between translators and interpreters, let alone between titles and so on. However, I think that translators and interpreters should definitely be familiar with the in-depth details.

]]> By: Shannon Jimenez http://translationmusings.com/2009/04/27/can-you-certify-my-translation/#comment-1637 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:12:43 +0000 http://translationmusings.com/?p=1535#comment-1637 Your certification is almost exactly the same as mine. Just a note to those in California (and possibly other states): California has very specific language that must be used for the notary part of the certification that is different than the language used by other states. If the correct wording isn’t used, they are not allowed to sign.

My nice local notary provided me with a copy of the statement he is allowed to sign so I could add it to my certification on my letterhead. If you haven’t notarized your certifications before (and, as Nicole noted above, it’s not actually required for US immigration documents, but some people want it anyway), you should consult your local notary about the wording you should use.

]]> By: Sarah Dillon http://translationmusings.com/2009/04/27/can-you-certify-my-translation/#comment-1636 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:48:18 +0000 http://translationmusings.com/?p=1535#comment-1636 Excellent post Jill, this is so often an area of confusion for translators and clients alike. I’m actually in the process of writing up an FAQ on this for my new website, I’ll post a link here when it’s done! (although based on past experience, goodness knows how long more THAT will take…)

]]> By: jillsommer http://translationmusings.com/2009/04/27/can-you-certify-my-translation/#comment-1635 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:12:36 +0000 http://translationmusings.com/?p=1535#comment-1635 Kevin, so why bother taking the test? I didn’t have to be staatlich geprüft in order to translate in Germany. If the test doesn’t afford you the right to certify translations why bother? Just curious.

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