Best ways of translating documents???

[icv21 110]

Hello!!!

I translated all the documents ( birth certificate and vaccination book ) by myself.

But just in a notebook, and I was just waiting for one more paper, Now since I discovered thanks to some of you I don't need a police records, I'm ready to "officially" translate my documents in a computer.

Do you have some tips on how to do it??? What are the best softwares to use???

I even have to write the stamps in Spanish??? What about the signatures??

Wouldn't it be illegal to write someone signature in a paper????

I know at the end I have to say in a box who translated it , and I have the text from uscis.

Is it better to ask someone else to sign it or can I put my own name???

[Pitaya 2,577]

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[cocolucho 35]

Hello!!!

I translated all the documents ( birth certificate and vaccination book ) by myself.

But just in a notebook, and I was just waiting for one more paper, Now since I discovered thanks to some of you I don't need a police records, I'm ready to "officially" translate my documents in a computer.

Do you have some tips on how to do it??? What are the best softwares to use???

I even have to write the stamps in Spanish??? What about the signatures??

Wouldn't it be illegal to write someone signature in a paper????

I know at the end I have to say in a box who translated it , and I have the text from uscis.

Is it better to ask someone else to sign it or can I put my own name???

I can tell you what I did for mine and see if this helps you in your case. I translated all my documents, our marriage certificate, wife's and daughter's birth certificates. When you translate the document it is a "word by word" translation meaning it should have the same format as the original document and not a summary. I used WORD to type in all the documents and they look very close to the original (Titles, spacing, lines, etc...) Where there was a seal I would write Seal and any name written on it if any. Where there was a signature I wrote signature on the translation.

If this seems too complicated you may want to choose an online service to do it for you. There are many out there :-)

According to USCIS: "If you submit a document in any language other than English, you must include a full English translation. The translator must certify that the translation is complete and accurate. and that he or she is competent to translate from the foreign language to English. Official extracts are acceptable, but only if they contain all the information necessary to make a decision on the case. Only extracts prepared by an authorized official, the "keeper of record," are acceptable. A summary of a document prepared by a translator is unacceptable."

Depending on the state you live in, you have to make a statement of translation something like this for example:

__________________________________________________________________________________

Certificate of translation

__________________________________________________________________________________

I, YOUR NAME, hereby certify that the attached document is an accurate translation of the original

“Example: Full name and Full name Marriage Certificate” in Spanish and that I am competent in both

English and Spanish to render such translation.

___________________________________________________ ____________________________

(Signature of Translator) Name Printed (Date)

Address: ___________________________________________

___________________________________________________

Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of ________________, _________.

____________________________________

(Signature of Notary Public – State of ____)

___________________________________________________

(Print, type or stamp commissioned of Notary Public)

[icv21 110]

Thank you so much! I started on word but then I thought what about the stamps and signatures....... I added the flag of my country where it was in the real document by looking it on google but I obviously wasn't going to find the stamps or signatures there to copy and paste and I was wondering if it would he illegal to draw them myself!!!!

When you say it's a "word by word" translation does it mean I just translate every each word??? I may have done it wrong since I translated phrases and made them sound good in English because in spanish we write things in different order and word by word may not make many sense. Or it's what they want??? Without any manipulation???

[lesthatsri 9]

Iris

This is the design I did. The translation was certified by my brother in law. Check the links. I did it on illustrator.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B933BCZKgmgbNWNtc09LUTFPejA/edit?usp=sharing (Original)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B933BCZKgmgbZkFtUXRjTEZkcGM/edit?usp=sharing (Translation)

[icv21 110]

Thank you so much for sharing your document with me!!! I appreciate it , and it helps me to have a better idea about how it should look.

I'm right now in front of the computer doing all mine, I hope I get them to look as good as yours!! You really did a good job.

[lesthatsri 9]

Good luck.

And remember that if you are not sure about it, you can always use a service online. Usually they charge around 20 - 30 and is processed the same day (within 24 hrs). You just have to google it.

[icv21 110]

I actually didn't know they were that "cheap"... The places I found in atlanta wanted to charge me from 35 to 50 dollars each page( plus taxes ).... And I have 7 pages so I couldn't spend that much money.

I'm capable of translating everything the hardest part is making it look the same.

[lesthatsri 9]

7 pages?!! How come your birth certificate has 7 pages??

Mine only had content on one side of the birth certificate and that's the one that I sent. (the second page - the back of the one that I've shown - had an additional seal that I didn't copy) Are you sure it is all your birth certificate?

[icv21 110]

My birth certificate has 3 pages!! And it's all hand written, took me a while to figure out what even said in spanish!!! It's a long text saying where I was born, who my parents are, what their jobs are, where were they born.... There so much nonsense.

The other thing I need translated is my vaccination record and it's 4 pages with all the vaccines since I was born.

It's the easiest since is very tecnical only dates and vaccines names but has stamps from doctors and signatures everywhere so the designing part is more complicated

[lesthatsri 9]

I dont know if your vaccination records need to be translated. You might be lucky and get a civil surgeon that speaks spanish, because all the information is written by the surgeon on the form. I would recommend you, calling the list of civil surgeons and asking them what to do with your vaccination records and if they need it translated.

It is very likely that they will take care of it. For my city, I have one clinic on the list that was hispanic for instance.

[icv21 110]

There is a problem with that and in the part of Spain I'm from Barcelona we have 2 languages Spanish and Catalan so depending the doctor I had that day I have some things written in Catalan and others in Spanish in my vaccination papers. To not create confusion I'm just translating it all in English.

I looked on the list of doctors already some doctors with spanish last names haha. I will start calling when I have the documents done.

The prices are around 200 I saw around the forum??? I don't have insurance.

Same with the birth certificate since the official language in Barcelona is Catalan the part with computer is in Catalan and then the woman who filled it all wrote in Spanish! and at the end there is a text from the government with a stamp in Catalan and same exactly text in Spanish with also a stamp.

To have someone translating 2 languages is more pricey.

[lesthatsri 9]

For the doctor prices, it all depends on your location. I called all my doctors close to my city. Prices ranged from $290 to $500. This exam is not covered by insurance, so you have to pay out of pocket anyway. The cheapest one was the Allen County health department but it took me three weeks to get an appointment because they are so busy. So you should do that right away.

[icv21 110]

oh wow! so pricey. well thanks. looks like we are calling tomorrow some doctors from the uscis list to compare prices and get an appoinment.