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Wedding translations
Sworn, certified at court and ready for the office that needs it
After "I do", or before your next step
Sooner or later a marriage certificate is needed in another language. You married in Italy and need the certificate back home, or in your partner's country. Or you married abroad and the certificate now has to be presented to an Italian office.
Either way, "a translation" is rarely enough. You need a sworn translation, sometimes certified at an Italian court, sometimes with an Apostille or legalisation, in exactly the form the receiving office asks for. Get the form wrong and you start again, weeks later.
We translate documents for international weddings every day, and before we translate anything we tell you what your case really needs.
How we can help
You have your Italian marriage certificate and need it at home, for example in the UK, Ireland or Canada. We translate it into English, French, German, Portuguese or Spanish and, when needed, arrange the Apostille or legalisation in Italy.
Your certificate is in English, French, German, Portuguese or Spanish and has to be presented to an Italian office. We translate it into Italian and have it sworn at court when the office requires it. If it needs to be legalised or apostilled first, we guide you through that too.
Sometimes the multilingual certificate is enough, sometimes it is not. We tell you which certificate to request, whether a translation is needed and in what form, before you spend time and money.
How sworn translation works
In Italy a translation becomes official through the asseverazione: the translator appears before the court, swears that the translation is accurate and obtains the court seal with the required tax stamps. Sworn translations are accepted by town halls, prefectures, consulates and other public offices.
We take care of all of it: the translation, the court, the tax stamps and, where needed, the Apostille or legalisation. You receive the documents ready to use, at the address you prefer or delivered straight to the office that needs them.
If your certificate was issued in another EU country, Regulation (EU) 2016/1191 can make things much simpler. Public documents such as marriage and birth certificates no longer need an Apostille, and you can often ask the issuing office for a multilingual standard form, which in many cases means no translation is needed at all.
It does not apply to every document or every office, so before you order anything we check with you which certificate to request and whether a translation is still required.
Still planning your wedding? All the paperwork is explained on our wedding paperwork page, and if one of you does not speak Italian, here is how a wedding interpreter works.
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