Sworn translator in Warsaw

A sworn translation carries the seal and register entry of a translator on the Ministry of Justice list, which is what allows an institution to rely on it. A regular translation can be equally accurate but has no such standing. The deciding question is who receives the document: a court, office or notary needs the sworn form; a colleague or customer does not.

Anything that will be filed with or relied on by a Polish authority: court documents, civil-status certificates, diplomas and transcripts, powers of attorney, notarial deeds, vehicle documents and most register filings. If a document was issued abroad and is going to a Polish institution, assume the sworn form is required until told otherwise.

An apostille is a certificate issued by the country where the document originated, confirming that the signature and seal on it are genuine. It is obtained abroad, not in Poland, and it has to be in place before the translation is useful — which is why it is worth checking at the start. Documents from countries party to the Hague Convention use the apostille; others require consular legalisation instead.

A short standard document is usually a matter of days; a long contract or a set of corporate documents depends on volume and on the language pair, because sworn translators are far more numerous for English than for Turkish or Arabic. Send us the document and we will confirm a delivery date before you commit to anything that depends on it.

Yes. Scans are enough to begin work and to quote, and for many purposes a scan is enough to complete a sworn translation — though the certification will note that it was made from a copy rather than the original, and some institutions insist on the original having been seen. We tell you which case applies before starting, not after.