I searched the forums but didn't find anything relevant. I need the standard Strafregisterauszug translated into English for a foreign organisation. They're fine with my own translation so long as this is notarised.

I can't seem to find agencies on Google that do this, they all seem to offer notarisation of their own translation (I get it, they get more for that). Does this mean that no one would notarise self-translation here? Maybe I just didn't put the right term into Google.

Help appreciated, thank you.

Get it notarised at your commune.

Tom

I had documents in Romanian and I just went to a local notar and had it notarized...they only asked me what it is and it was enough. They notarize the signature not the content. I have done it many times...

Are they expecting this to guarantee the translation? I think they need to hire their own translator if that’s what they want.

I don’t think you do... they are certifying the documents and an accurate translation. The translator also must have certain qualifications as well from what I recall.

You need to establish if you just need the documents certified or the translation as well.

Thanks all.

They need the translation notarised as proof that I didn't just write what I wanted there. "Yeah, sure, I never was arrested for anything "

Direct them to DeepL.com They can get a free translation which they can compare to yours. Not going to be identical, but close.

I doubt you’ll get anyone willing to certify a translation they did not create.

I expect you’ll find they don’t want the responsibility. The point of only accepting a certified translation is that there is someone to blame if it goes wrong.

If you are a sworn translator, then you can notarize your own translation. Otherwise the only thing notary public will be able to notarize is your signature.

One trick I once did was to stitch and notarize together an original document, an English translation of that document, a certified copy of a University diploma in the language of the document and a certified copy of the translator's almost perfect TOEFL certificate. It was sent to several US government agencies and to a US University and was accepted without any problem. But it was so long ago that it is almost irrelevant.

Unless his translation as well also comes from Deepl.com

Have you checked that your Strafregisterauszug ist not already in English? The version I received is in all four languages (German, French, Italian and English).

Just received it and it is indeed in English among all the other languages. Sorry for wasting time shame no one else can get any use out if this info. 😔