Why hire a professional translator?

Translation is a creative process that goes beyond just transcribing a text from one language to another. Emotions can be captured, comprehended, and replicated in the target language by the translator. Unlike automatic apps, the translator’s eye is essential for interpreting and communicating not just the essence of the source material in a particular setting and culture, but also its nuances, tone, puns, and double meanings.

What is a certified or sworn translator?

By signing and sealing their documents, they are the only professionals who are registered with a Sworn Translators Association and who attest to the accuracy of the translations they complete, giving them legal validity.
They ensure that official documents translated into the target language are given the same legal weight and value as those written in the original language before governments, courts, academic institutions, and public and private organizations worldwide.
They ensure that the message and spirit of the original document remain intact.
Although their primary area of expertise is legal terminology, they are also qualified to translate any type of text, such as academic, commercial, financial, educational, IT, marketing, technical, and life sciences materials.

What is a certified or sworn translation?

The translation of a document from a foreign language into the national language or from the national language into a foreign language bearing the signature and seal of a certified translator registered with the relevant professional association.
By signing and sealing it, the translator acts as a certifying officer for the translated document giving it legal standing with Argentinean and international government institutions, organizations, and corporations.
Within the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the Association of Sworn Translators of the City of Buenos Aires (CTPCBA) is the organization that authorizes the sworn translator’s signature and seal to be included in translations that adhere to the strict requirements of Law No. 20,305, which governs the practice of certified or sworn translations.
The certified or sworn translation must adhere to a particular format that is free of blank spaces and can be either handwritten or digitally signed. Both options give the translation the same legal legitimacy.

What is the difference between a digital signature and a handwritten signature?

Digital signature:
-Identifies the translator easily and unequivocally
-Guarantees document integrity by making them tamper-proof throughout their lifecycle
-Provides the same authenticity to electronic documents as the handwritten signature
-Reduces costs by eliminating the need for paper
-Can be added anytime, anywhere
-Traceable-allows verification and preserving the signature chain
-Authenticated via the CTPCBA’s platform in 24 to 48 hours.

Handwritten signature:
-Written on printed documents
-Provides a tangible and traditional approach
-Might be more suitable or well-received in situations where digitization is less common
-Allows for same-day or 24-hour authentication in person at the CTPCBA

How long does it take to authenticate the signature of a certified or sworn translation?

The CTPCBA offers same-day or 24-hour in-person authentication for handwritten signed translations.
Authentication of digitally signed translations takes 24 to 48 hours and can be done at any time via the CTPCBA’s platform.

When is a certified or sworn translation necessary?

When the documents must be delivered to public or private entities, educational institutions, businesses, or courts in Argentina or abroad that need to ensure their legality and security.

Which translations usually require the signature and stamp of a certified translator?

-Personal documentation: Birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates, co-habitation union certificates, criminal record certificates, ID cards, passports, visas, licenses, bank statements, apostilles.
-Academic documentation: Degrees and diplomas, transcripts, syllabi, curricula.
-Notarial documentation: Powers of attorney, certified copies, deeds or notarial acts, notarial attestations, certification of signatures.
-Corporate documentation: Documents required to register foreign companies with the Inspección General de Justicia (IGJ) of Argentina (Section 123 of the Business Companies Law No. 19550), certificates and articles of incorporation, memoranda of association, bylaws, directors’ certificates and resolutions, certificates of good standing, shareholders’ registers, registration certificates, commercial contracts, sworn statements, powers of attorney, minutes of meetings, non-disclosure agreements (NDA), balance sheets, financial statements, transfer pricing reports, HR documents and policies, financial reports, press releases and newsletters, offering memoranda, SEC filings.
-Technical documentation: Material safety data sheets (MSDS), procedures, reports, user guides, free sale certificates (medicines).

What is a simple or non-certified translation?

The process of translating any text from the source language into the target language while attempting to preserve or replicate the original format, without being bound by a preset format (unlike certified or sworn translations). Both printed and electronic versions (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or PDF) of the original content can be received and delivered.

What can be translated without a signature?

Anything.