Sworn Translators Singapore

We do, for our part of it. If we told you the notarised chain would be enough and the office says otherwise, you are not charged twice for our translation work. What we cannot cover is the foreign translator's own court fee, because that money goes to them and not to us. Send us the rejection note the day it arrives. In most cases the file is already in their hands within forty eight hours, and you have lost days rather than weeks.

Ask for that at the start and we will build it in. Once a sworn translator signs and seals a document, changing one word means swearing it again and paying again, so a quiet look beforehand is worth having. We send you the draft with a plain English note beside anything unusual. Names, dates and amounts are the parts to check hardest, because those are the ones only you can confirm.

Tell us before we start, because after swearing this is expensive to fix. The general rule is that the translation follows the source document exactly, so a birth certificate is translated with the name printed on it. Where your passport differs, we ask the sworn translator to add a note recording both spellings. That note is what lets a foreign registrar accept that two names belong to one person, and it costs nothing if it goes in from the beginning.

They are, and that is the whole reason their register number is on the page. A sworn translator signs in their own name before a court, so responsibility sits with a real person rather than a company logo. Our part is choosing them, checking the work before it is sworn, and handling it if something goes wrong. We do not disappear and point at them. Send us the problem and we deal with the translator directly on your behalf.

Usually yes, because each document is sworn separately and carries its own seal. What does drop is the handling around it, so five sent together cost less than five sent one by one over three months. If some of the five are short, ask whether the office genuinely needs all of them sworn. It is common for a registry to want two sworn and the rest merely certified, which is a large saving.

Sometimes, and it is worth asking rather than assuming. A sworn translation is a document in its own right, so one bound set can often be shown to a bank and then a registry. The problem is that many offices keep it and never give it back. If you know two places will want it, order a second sworn set at the same time. Coming back later means paying the swearing fee again from the beginning.

Send the amended version and we only translate what actually moved. Where nothing has been sworn yet, that is quick and cheap. Where the file is already sealed, the sworn translator has to redo and reswear the whole document, because a seal covers a version and not a paragraph. So if your wording is still being argued over, tell us and we will hold the file at the translation stage until your lawyer is finished.

We keep the translation itself, so a reprint of the certified version is easy. A sworn seal is different. It is dated and signed on a particular day, so a fresh one has to be sworn again rather than photocopied. Many offices also refuse anything sworn more than six months ago. If you expect to need it again, tell us and we will note the file so nothing has to be rebuilt from scratch.

No. The list shows where we work most often, not where we can work. Name the country and we will check whether it runs a sworn register at all, and whether we can reach a translator on it. Sometimes the honest answer is that the file is better handled by a lawyer in that country, and we will say so. We would rather send you to the right door than take the job and struggle.

Their fee is quoted inside your total, so you pay us once and we settle with them. Nothing extra appears at the end. Where a country's court charges by the page and we cannot see the full document yet, we say so and give a range rather than a firm number. You get the exact figure before anything is sent abroad, and you can stop at that point with nothing owed.

We would rather not, and here is why. Swearing a translation of a translation stacks one person's judgement on another's, and a foreign registrar can usually tell. If the first version was informal, we go back to your original language document and start again. If the original is genuinely lost, the sworn translator can still work, but the declaration will state plainly that the source was itself a translation. Nobody should be misled about where the words came from.

Yes, and you get the tracking number the moment it leaves. A sworn file usually travels twice, out to the translator and back again, so we build the courier days into the date we quote rather than adding them as a surprise. Where a deadline is tight we will suggest sending the sealed set directly to the receiving office instead of back to you first. Tell us the deadline at the start, not halfway through.

That is a normal request and we handle it often. A foreign court may ask why one legal term was rendered a particular way, especially where the two systems have no matching word. The translator writes a short signed explanation, which usually ends the matter. If your case looks likely to reach that point, mention it when you order so a translator used to court work is put on the file from day one.

One named translator, and where the country requires it, the court clerk who witnesses the swearing. Nothing goes to a marketplace or an open pool of freelancers. Send your own confidentiality form and we will pass it to them for signing before the file is shared. Family, estate and adoption papers are handled this way as standard, without you having to ask for it.