#AUTORISERT OVERSETTER PROFESSIONAL#

They will charge a fee to issue the apostile. It is your responsibility to make sure that a translation of a certified copy will be accepted by the body to which you are sending the translation.Īssuming that the country to which you are sending the document accepts an apostile, you will need to take or post the translated document that you receive from us to your local county governor’s office (Fylkeshus). The translation will specify whether we have seen the original document or just a certified copy. We return this together with our translated document. If you are sending your document to a country that has not signed the Apostile convention (Canada and various far-eastern countries are the most common of these) then you should consult that country's Norwegian embassy for information.īefore we can produce a certified translation we need to see the original document, or at least a photocopy that is stamped and signed as a certified copy by an approved public body (local courthouse, police station, town hall, church office etc). An apostille stamp confirms that the state-chartered translator’s signature on a document is genuine and that the translator actually has the authority to issue it.

Those countries that have subscribed to the Hague Convention for Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, also known more concisely as the Apostile Convention (see list of countries here) require an apostile. Exactly what you need depends on the country in which you will be using it. Probably not, as it is difficult for foreign bodies to validate the documentation. If they can, that would be cheaper and will save you a lot of bother! If the original document has been issued by a Norwegian public body (for example, Skatteetaten) check whether the body is able to re-issue the document to you in English. If you are sending a document to a public body or authority in a non-Nordic country they will require a certified translation by a statsautorisert translatør (state-chartered translator) - a specially-trained legal translator whose stamp and signature carries the same authority as a notary. ATA is not a collegiate or governmental institution, but is has earned the credibility of the public to preform this task.Do you need a certified translation of your document? For instance, ATA, American Translators Association, authorizes/certifies individuals based on their own criteria. It simply means you are certified/authorized by some body/authority to do translation work in that particular language. This does NOT mean (and I believe this is your point) that you have a degree in translation. I work extensively with Germanic languages, but since Norwegian and English are my native tongues, I cannot guarantee my proficiency in the nuances of Danish (although I speak and teach some broken version of is). Etymologically speaking, ' trans-latere' and ' over-sette' are identical.

#AUTORISERT OVERSETTER PROFESSIONAL#

I doubt there is a degree of proficiency that separates translatør and oversetter I strongly suspect this is a distinction sprung from professional pride and self-awareness.

This might be different in Danish, but translatør is not a protected title even there (I looked it up) it is simply an alternative word.

My Norwegian resources list translatør and oversetter as synonyms.

Autorisert oversetter