- Birth certificate
- Marriage certificate
- Police clearance
- Diploma
- Bank statements
- Employment documents
- Proof of address
- Corporate documents
Updated 19.08.2026
Documents · Translation & Certification
Translating and preparingdocuments worldwide
We translate personal, corporate, banking and legal documents and prepare them for use in another country: certification, the apostille, consular legalisation and international delivery.
BRIDGES GLOBAL arranges the translation of documents between international language pairs and settles the form of certification needed for the particular country, state body, bank or other procedure. If the source document does not exist, we can separately arrange for it to be obtained in the country of issue and prepare the full set that follows.
Translation · Certification · Apostille · Legalisation · Delivery
Choosing by purpose
Which procedure the documents are needed for
A client does not have to know whether they need a sworn, a certified or a notarised translation: the form of certification is set by the procedure and the recipient’s requirements. Choose the purpose and we will put it into the order.
Hand over the documents — BRIDGES GLOBAL will check the requirements and settle the form of preparation needed.
The main product
A full set of documents for residency, citizenship and international procedures
BRIDGES GLOBAL can take on not a single translation but the preparation of the whole documentary set for a particular procedure.
- 01The list of documents
We settle the list for the particular procedure and recipient.
- 02Obtaining
We obtain the missing documents in the country of issue.
- 03Apostille or legalisation
We take the document through the form of recognition needed.
- 04Translation
We carry out the translation in the language pair required.
- 05Certification
Certified, sworn or notarised — to the recipient’s requirements.
- 06Checking the set
We check the composition and the format before filing.
- 07Ready to file
We hand the set to the client or deliver it by courier.
Sets
The usual sets by procedure
The composition is confirmed for the country and the recipient, but the structure of a package is usually this.
- Civil status certificates
- Police clearance certificates
- Marriage and family documents
- Archive documents
- Documents of descent
- Bank documents
- Corporate documents
- Certificate of Incorporation
- Articles and memorandum
- Shareholder register
- Director register
- Certificate of Good Standing
- Board resolutions
- Powers of attorney
- Financial statements
- Source of Funds
- Source of Wealth
- Bank statements
- Tax returns
- Corporate documents
- Business contracts
- Ownership documents
- Purchase agreement
- Title documents
- Registry extracts
- Powers of attorney
- Owner’s corporate documents
- Bank documents
- Due diligence materials
Formats
One document in several versions
For international filing a document is often needed in more than one form: the translation, the certification and the mark go in a strict order set by the recipient.
The document issued by the authorised body of the country of issue.
A translation in the language pair required with the names spelled correctly.
Certified, sworn or notarial attestation of the translator’s signature.
The form of recognition of the document abroad — before or after the translation.
The set in the form the authority, the bank or the university accepts.
The catalogue
Which documents we translate
Choose a category and the document will appear in the order card.
Languages
Language pairs
We work in the languages where we have a checked network of translators and can arrange the certification needed. If your pair is not on the list, we will check it separately.
The main ones
Europe
Asia and the Middle East
The CIS and the Caucasus
Packages
Three ways of working
Translation of a document in the required language pair
- Document translation
- Terminology and passport-spelling check
- Electronic and printed version
The certification form is defined by the procedure
- Document translation
- Certified, sworn or notarial certification
- Verification of the recipient’s requirements
Retrieval, legalisation, translation, certification and delivery
- Retrieval of documents in the country of issue
- Apostille or consular legalisation
- Translation and the required certification
- Verification of the set against the procedure
- International delivery
The team
Who runs the work on documents
Questions and answers
Questions about translation and certification
A sworn translation is made by a translator entered on the register of a court or ministry — an institution that does not exist in every country. A certified translation is certified by the bureau or the translator. With notarial certification the notary attests the translator’s signature rather than the translation itself. Which is required is settled by the recipient of the document.
From the country and the procedure. State them in the order card — we will check the requirements of the authority, the bank or the university and name the format before the work starts.
It depends on the recipient’s requirements: some bodies accept an apostille on the original with the translation after, others require the translation and an apostille on a notarised copy. A mistake in the order wipes out the work, so the sequence is fixed in advance.
As they appear in the passport: a difference of one letter is a common reason for a refusal. We check the spelling of names and titles against the client’s passports and earlier documents.
A good scan is usually enough for the work, but the form of certification may require the original or a notarised copy. That is checked before the start.
A standard document takes a few working days; a family set or a corporate package is quoted separately. The certification and the apostille add the time of the body concerned.
The cost depends on the language pair, the volume, the form of certification and the urgency. Once the recipient’s requirements are checked we send an itemised estimate: the translation, the certification, the apostille or legalisation, the delivery.
Yes, that is the usual situation: a set is arranged as one project with one estimate and one timeline rather than as separate requests.
Yes. The documents of the applicant, the spouse and the children are run in one project — which makes it easier to watch the completeness of the set and the filing deadlines.
We arrange for it to be obtained in the country of issue and then the translation and the certification needed — in one chain, with no travel required of the client.
The translation itself does not, but recipients limit the age of the source certificates: often three to six months. We build the filing calendar around that.
Yes, international courier delivery with a tracking number is a separate item in the estimate.
The quote follows a checkTranslating a document