Sworn Translator Shop — Bangkok Embassy-Registered
Five embassy-anchored SKUs: France (Ambassade de France liste), Germany (Deutsche Botschaft Liste + §142 ZPO), Italy (Ambasciata d'Italia elenco), Spain (Embajada de España MAEC list), and the end-to-end Schengen bundle staged under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963 art. 5(f).
Ambassade de France Bangkok · Liste officielle
Sworn Translation — French Embassy (Traducteur Assermenté)
Any Thai civil-status document destined for a French préfecture, a Campus France dossier, a PACS declaration at a Consulat de France, or a service central d'état civil transcription in Nantes must be translated by a traducteur assermenté inscrit on the list published by the Ambassade de France en Thaïlande. The requirement is not administrative preference — it flows from Code de procédure civile article 690 and the consular reception grid enforced at rue Convention. This SKU delivers a signed, cachet-bearing translation on the exact bilingual template that préfectures and the SCEC accept without follow-up correspondence.
THB 1,800–4,000 · 5–7 business days
Deutsche Botschaft Bangkok · §142 ZPO
Sworn Translation — German Embassy (Vereidigter Übersetzer)
The Auslandsvertretung in Bangkok publishes its own Liste der Übersetzer und Dolmetscher, and the Standesämter that process a Familiennachzug, an Ehefähigkeitszeugnis or a Nachbeurkundung Geburt will only accept a translation produced by a vereidigter Übersetzer on that list. The statutory basis is §142(3) Zivilprozessordnung read together with §189 Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz. This SKU delivers a court-oath-anchored translation with Bestätigungsformel identical to what a German Landgericht would produce.
THB 1,800–4,000 · 5–7 business days
Ambasciata d'Italia Bangkok · Elenco traduttori
Sworn Translation — Italian Embassy (Traduttore Giurato)
For a matrimonio misto celebrated in a comune italiano, a trascrizione di atto di nascita at the Consolato Generale, or a permesso di soggiorno application at a questura, the Ufficio di Stato Civile only accepts a traduzione giurata prepared by a traduttore iscritto on the Ambasciata d'Italia Bangkok elenco. The oath is administered at the cancelleria consolare pursuant to the Codice di procedura civile article 122 and the Regolamento consolare. This SKU delivers a giuramento-ready translation stapled to the Thai original with the fiscal marca da bollo pre-applied.
THB 2,000–4,500 · 6–9 business days
Embajada de España Bangkok · MAEC-listed
Sworn Translation — Spanish Embassy (Traductor Jurado MAEC)
The Oficina de Interpretación de Lenguas of the Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores publishes the Lista de traductores-intérpretes jurados; the Embajada de España in Bangkok mirrors that list for the Thailand consular district. A Registro Civil for a matrimonio inscribed abroad, a NIE application at the Comisaría de Extranjería, or a título homologación at the Ministerio de Universidades requires a traducción jurada bearing the traductor jurado's sello and firma. This SKU delivers exactly that document, formatted for the MAEC eRegistro upload channel.
THB 2,000–4,500 · 6–9 business days
End-to-end · Vienna 1963 art. 5(f)
Schengen Sworn Bundle — Translation + MFA + Consular Chain
One instruction, one project manager, one delivery date: this bundle stages the entire Schengen paper trail — sworn translation by the embassy-registered traducteur/Übersetzer/traduttore, MFA Consular Section legalisation at Chaeng Watthana (or Apostille where the receiving state prefers it), and the consular endorsement at the destination Ambassade / Botschaft / Ambasciata / Embajada. It exists because clients kept losing weeks retro-fitting the middle step when it had to be sworn first, apostilled second, and consularised third — never any other order.
THB 8,500–18,000 · 10–14 business days
Ambasciata svizzera Bangkok · 26 Kantone
Sworn Translation — Swiss Embassy (Beglaubigte Übersetzung)
Switzerland is not a single Standesamt jurisdiction — every one of the 26 Kantone / cantons applies its own Zivilstandsverordnung reception rules, and the Zivilstandsamt in Zürich will not accept the same formatting as the État civil in Genève or the Ufficio dello stato civile in Bellinzona. This SKU delivers a beglaubigte Übersetzung / traduction certifiée that carries the notary-attested translator's declaration expected under Swiss federal notarial law, formatted for the destination canton and ready for the Apostille of the Bundeskanzlei once affixed by the Kantonsstaatskanzlei.
THB 2,000–4,500 · 6–9 business days
Ambassade de Belgique Bangkok · SPF Justice registre national
Sworn Translation — Belgian Embassy (Traducteur Juré / Beëdigd Vertaler)
Belgium keeps a single Registre national des traducteurs, interprètes et traducteurs-interprètes jurés at the SPF Justice, and any translation destined for a commune / gemeente, the Office des étrangers / Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken, or a tribunal de la famille must be signed by a translator carrying an active numéro d'inscription. This SKU delivers the trilingual-nation (FR/NL/DE) translation matching the destination linguistic region — Wallonie, Vlaanderen, Ostbelgien or Brussels-Capital — with the double-legalisation ready for SPF Justice endorsement.
THB 2,000–4,500 · 7–10 business days
Ambassade van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden · Wbtv 2007
Sworn Translation — Dutch Embassy (Beëdigd Vertaler Rbtv)
The Wet beëdigde tolken en vertalers 2007 established the Register beëdigde tolken en vertalers (Rbtv), and every Nederlandse gemeente processing a Machtiging tot voorlopig verblijf (MVV) or a Gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid (GVVA) will only accept translations from a Rbtv-registered vertaler. This SKU delivers a translation carrying the vertaler's Rbtv-nummer and beëdigingsstempel, formatted for the IND (Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst) portal and admissible before the Basisregistratie Personen (BRP) at any gemeente.
THB 2,000–4,500 · 7–10 business days
Österreichische Botschaft Bangkok · SDG §14
Sworn Translation — Austrian Embassy (Allgemein beeideter Gerichtsdolmetscher)
Austria's Sachverständigen- und Dolmetschergesetz (SDG) §14 reserves sworn translation to allgemein beeidete und gerichtlich zertifizierte Dolmetscher entered on the Justiz-Liste maintained by the Präsidenten der Landesgerichte. The Standesamt in Wien, Graz or Salzburg — and the Magistratsabteilung 35 processing Rot-Weiß-Rot-Karte files — enforce the SDG requirement without exception. This SKU delivers the round-seal ("Rundes Siegel") translation with the court-oath declaration expected under §14(6) SDG.
THB 2,200–4,800 · 7–10 business days
Codice civile · BGB · Code civil · ZGB
Marriage Registration Package (FR / DE / IT / CH) — End-to-end Sworn Bundle
Registering a bi-national marriage in Europe requires the same five Thai civil-status documents in every jurisdiction — birth certificate, single-status certificate, household registration, national ID and Por Kor 14 statement — but each destination applies a different reception grid: the mairie française wants an original cachet from the traducteur assermenté, the Standesamt wants a §142 ZPO Bestätigungsformel, the ufficio di stato civile wants the giuramento verbale, and the Zivilstandsamt wants a cantonal Beglaubigung. This bundle stages all five documents on the destination-specific template, arranges the MFA endorsement (or Apostille), and books the consular endorsement so the marriage licence issues on first appointment.
THB 15,000–28,000 · 12–18 business days
Multi-embassy · Schengen reception grid
Sworn Translation — Standard Turnaround (5–7 working days)
The standard sworn-translation lane is built for applicants whose consular appointment or civil-registry filing sits four to eight weeks out — long enough that a five-to-seven day production window is the economical choice, short enough that a same-week rush premium is unjustified. Files run through the same court-oath-anchored production line used for the country-specific SKUs, so a Thai birth certificate destined for a Standesamt, a mairie or an ufficio di stato civile receives the destination-specific Bestätigungsformel, cachet or verbale without any surcharge for the template swap.
THB 1,500–3,500 · 5–7 business days
Same-day PDF · hardcopy within 48h
Sworn Translation — Urgent Lane (1–2 working days)
The urgent lane is a genuine priority queue, not a marketing label: a dedicated production pair (translator plus senior reviewer) is booked out of the standard rota so your file bypasses the FIFO queue and lands on the sworn desk within the same business day. Priority routing is designed for consular interviews rescheduled at short notice, court-imposed deadlines under Thai Civil Procedure Code art. 46, and Standesamt / mairie appointments that would otherwise slip a full month. Deliverables mirror the standard lane exactly — the acceleration is in the scheduling grid, never in the linguistic review.
THB 2,500–5,000 · 1–2 business days
Campus France · uni-assist · UCAM · SEPIE
Student Visa Package — European Universities (Sworn + MFA + Consulate)
European university admission committees do not audit transcripts through a common portal — Campus France, uni-assist, the Italian Ministry of University portal, the Spanish SEPIE credential-recognition office and the Dutch DUO each demand a different combination of sworn translation, MFA endorsement and consular attestation. This package assembles the transcript, degree parchment, letter of recommendation set and any English-Medium-Instruction certifications on a single production timeline, then routes each output through the destination-specific chain so the admission file lands intact at the receiving office.
THB 8,500–16,000 · 10–14 business days
Directive (EU) 2017/1132 · Handelsregister · Registre du commerce
Sworn Corporate Translation for EU Filings (Articles / PoA / Resolutions)
Cross-border corporate filings in the EU — a Zweigniederlassung registration at a German Handelsregister, a succursale registration at a French Registre du commerce, a filiale registration at an Italian Registro delle imprese, or a sucursal registration at a Spanish Registro Mercantil — all require sworn translations of the Thai parent's articles of association, board resolutions and specific-purpose powers of attorney. The receiving registrar rejects any translation not produced by a court-oath translator of the destination jurisdiction. This SKU delivers those translations in a registrar-ready binding with the notarial deed prep completed alongside.
THB 3,500–7,500 · 7–10 business days
Practical guidance and pitfalls — Ordering sworn translation for foreign authorities — Practitioner Notes (English)
"Sworn translation" means different things in different legal systems. Some states appoint translators by ministerial decision and give them a personal seal; others have no sworn status at all and rely on a notarised declaration by the translator. Matching the destination's model before work begins is what makes the file usable.
Before you start (6 points)
- Critical
Identify which model the destination uses before commissioning the translation
Broadly there are three: an appointed sworn translator with a registered seal, a court-appointed or ministry-listed translator, and a professional translator whose declaration is notarised. A file prepared for one model rarely satisfies another, so the destination determines the supplier, not the other way round.
All outbound translationKemenkumham (Indonesia) — public register of sworn translators (Penerjemah Tersumpah) - Critical
Verify the translator's appointment in the official register where one exists
Several jurisdictions publish a searchable register of appointed translators, including the decision number and its validity period. Checking the entry on the day of instruction avoids a certificate signed under a lapsed appointment, which the receiving authority will treat as uncertified.
Registered-translator jurisdictionsKemenkumham (Indonesia) — public register of sworn translators (Penerjemah Tersumpah) - Critical
Authenticate the Thai source document before it leaves the country
A foreign sworn translator can normally only work from a document whose origin has already been certified in Thailand. Sending an uncertified copy abroad usually means the translation is completed and then cannot be submitted, because the underlying record has no verifiable provenance.
Thai registry documentsDepartment of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand — translation and legalisation - Take care
Specify the target language variant and script conventions
Names, dates and place names are transcribed differently between variants of the same language, and some authorities require the passport transliteration to appear alongside the local rendering. Agreeing this at the outset prevents a technically correct translation from being queried on identity grounds.
Personal documents - Take care
Keep the certified translation physically attached to the version it was made from
Most sworn models require the translation to be bound to a specific copy of the source, with the seal crossing the join. Submitting the translation on its own, or attaching it to a different copy, breaks the link the authority checks first.
Bound translationsSingapore Academy of Law — notarisation and authentication service - Good to know
Ask whether a further step follows the translation in the destination
In some systems the sworn translation is final; in others it is then notarised, authenticated by a legal academy or ministry, or registered with a court. Knowing the final step in advance keeps the whole file on one timeline instead of two.
Destination proceduresSingapore Academy of Law — notarisation and authentication service
What gets documents rejected (6 points)
- Critical
Assuming any agency stamp counts as sworn certification
A company stamp and a covering letter are not a sworn act. Where the destination requires an appointed translator, the certificate must carry that individual's registered seal and appointment reference, and an agency stamp alone will be rejected on sight.
Certification formatKemenkumham (Indonesia) — public register of sworn translators (Penerjemah Tersumpah) - Critical
Translating first and authenticating afterwards
Running the steps in the wrong order is the single most common cause of rework in this category. The chain is cumulative: each authority certifies the one before it, so a translation attached to an unauthenticated source has nothing beneath it to verify.
Chain orderDepartment of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand — translation and legalisation - Critical
Asking for only the "relevant part" to be translated
Sworn translations are certified as complete renderings, including seals, stamps, marginal notes and blank-field markings. Omitting sections — even apparently irrelevant ones — makes the certification inaccurate and the document unusable.
Scope of work - Take care
Expecting an editable file of the certified text
Once sealed, the translation is a closed instrument. Any change, however small, requires a fresh certification, so corrections to names or dates must be raised during the draft review rather than after the seal is applied.
Deliverables - Take care
Assuming the treaty position of the destination from a neighbouring country
States in the same region frequently differ on apostille membership and on transitional arrangements. Each file is checked against the current status table for the specific destination rather than by analogy with a similar case.
Route selectionHCCH — Apostille Section, status table - Good to know
Reading certification as approval of the underlying application
A correctly sworn and authenticated translation meets the formal requirement. Whether the application it supports succeeds is a separate decision for the immigration, court or registry authority concerned, and no provider can commit to that result.
All sworn work
- HCCH — Apostille Section, status table · checked 2026-08-04
- Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand — translation and legalisation · checked 2026-08-04
- Kemenkumham (Indonesia) — public register of sworn translators (Penerjemah Tersumpah) · checked 2026-08-04
- Singapore Academy of Law — notarisation and authentication service · checked 2026-08-04
This guidance summarises published rules and notices of the authorities cited, as at the review date shown. Requirements at the receiving office can change, so always confirm with that office before you proceed. For scope and fees, please contact our team by phone, LINE or email.
Last reviewed 2026-08-04 by NYC Language Institute — Legalisation Desk