Guides to official translations. What each country and authority asks for.

Legalisation, apostille and notarisation

How to get a UK document recognised abroad: the FCDO apostille, full legalisation for non-Hague countries, notarisation, and where a certified translation fits in.

Sworn translations: country requirements

Why a UK certified translation is not always accepted abroad, and what France, Spain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and other civil-law countries require instead.