Certified translation and document legalisation in the UAE

German translation services in the UAE

German documents reaching the UAE are usually corporate or technical: commercial register extracts, articles of association, audited accounts, conformity declarations and engineering specifications, alongside civil records for residency.

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The three jurisdictions diverge in ways that matter. A German Handelsregisterauszug, an Austrian Firmenbuchauszug and a Swiss Handelsregister extract contain broadly similar information under different headings and different legal effects, and German company forms — GmbH, AG, KG, GmbH & Co. KG — do not map cleanly onto UAE entity types. We translate the form and explain it rather than substituting a UAE label that implies something untrue.

Germany, Austria and Switzerland all issue beglaubigte Übersetzungen through court-sworn translators, and people often assume that certification carries over. It does not: a UAE authority wants an Arabic translation carrying a Ministry of Justice licence stamp. If your document already has a German sworn translation into English, that helps us but does not replace what is needed here.

How it works

  1. 1Send a scanEmail or upload the document, and tell us which authority will receive it.
  2. 2Get a written quoteA fixed price and a realistic date, with government fees shown separately from our fee.
  3. 3We handle the countersSubmission, tracking, fees and follow-up, with an update whenever the status changes.
  4. 4DeliverySigned PDF the moment it is ready, hard copies by courier or collected in person.

Questions we are asked

I already have a beglaubigte Übersetzung. Is that enough?

Not for UAE official use. A court-sworn German translation is valid in Germany; here the requirement is an Arabic translation stamped by a Ministry of Justice licensed translator. Your existing translation is still useful as a reference.

How do you translate GmbH or GmbH & Co. KG?

We keep the German form and add a short explanatory rendering. Substituting an LLC label implies a UAE entity type with different liability and governance, which can be misleading in a contract or a bank file.

Do you handle technical and engineering documents?

Yes — specifications, conformity declarations, test reports and manuals. Send any existing glossary or previous translation so terminology stays consistent with what your engineers already use.

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Prices vary by document, language pair and receiving authority, so we quote rather than publish a rate card. Most enquiries are answered within one working day.

PDF, JPG, PNG, DOC, DOCX or ZIP. Up to 5 files, 8 MB each. A clear photo of each page is fine — we do not need the original to quote.