French & German Police Cert Translation

[SunDrop 59]

Hi there

I work in a school and the headmaster is fluent in both French and German, teaches both and has a degree in these subjects. Would he qualify as having an acceptable level of fluency. Or would any of the language teachers who are French or German nationals be acceptable translators. And if so, how could I statement their status as reliable translators, in a manner that would be acceptable to the London Embassy?

Also, does anyone know how close to the interview date police certificates from other countries need to be? I was resident in both France and Germany between the ages of 18 and 20 but lived in the UK (and am a British Citizen) since then. This means that my French and German police certificates would cover a time period that happened 12 years ago. I would get my UK police certificate much closer to the interview date, as obviously they'll want to see that there haven't been any recent offenses.

TIA for any information/ guidance you may have!

Tisha

[Dave and Jess 0]

Hi there

I work in a school and the headmaster is fluent in both French and German, teaches both and has a degree in these subjects. Would he qualify as having an acceptable level of fluency. Or would any of the language teachers who are French or German nationals be acceptable translators. And if so, how could I statement their status as reliable translators, in a manner that would be acceptable to the London Embassy?

Also, does anyone know how close to the interview date police certificates from other countries need to be? I was resident in both France and Germany between the ages of 18 and 20 but lived in the UK (and am a British Citizen) since then. This means that my French and German police certificates would cover a time period that happened 12 years ago. I would get my UK police certificate much closer to the interview date, as obviously they'll want to see that there haven't been any recent offenses.

TIA for any information/ guidance you may have!

Tisha

Hi there..

I had a similar situation.. I lived in Germany with my folks as my dad was in the airforce and this was a good 15 years ago but I was over the age of 16 so had to get a cert. It is easy to get the German cert.. it is called a certificate of good conduct and will cost you about 13 euro. you can send a GBP cheque but it is best to check the exchange rate with the German embassy in London before writing it :-) here is a link which gives you the details..copy and paste into your web browser. Mine took about 2 weeks to come back and I belive they are valid for a year.

http://www.london.diplo.de/Vertretung/lond...ate__Seite.html

With regards to translation and format....I had a freind of mine do it for me who is a an ex german teacher/ fluent and has a degree in the German language. I basically scanned the cert... translated it in the same format and then had my freind sign a statement on the back of it saying who she is where she lives and all that good stuff.

If you want to PM me your e-mail address I will send you the file and you can just pass it on to your friend after you change your name and adress etc. it is in word format. Should save you some time. The info will be the same unless you have any entries :-) so really all your freind needs to do is sign the back of it.

I actually called the Embassy and the nice lady said that there are no strict guidelines to the translations and who does it.. just needs to be a suitably qaulified individual.

Hope this helps..

Dave.