How a Trusted Lingo order works.

Four steps, start to finish: upload your document, see the certified price, and a court-sworn translator takes it from there. Every step is visible from the private order link we send you after checkout — no account, no waiting on hold.

1

Upload a scan or photo

Drop your document — PDF, JPG, even a phone photo. We detect the type, count the pages and check the scan is legible enough to certify. Unpaid uploads are deleted 7 days after you start the order.

Your upload
Birth_Certificate.pdf
2 pages · scanned
  • Document type detected
  • Pages counted
  • Scan legible enough to certify
2

See the price. Pay once.

Fixed price per document — no VAT is charged (small business, § 19 UStG). Choose how fast it’s certified: 3–5 business days Standard Shipping, 48h Express or 24h Digital. Standard and Express include your certified original, posted to you; Digital is a signed and stamped file to download, with nothing posted. After checkout you get a private order link — no account, no password.

Delivery speed
Standard Shipping
3–5 business days turnaround
Included
Express
48h turnaround
+€ 20
Digital
24h turnaround
+€ 40
3

A sworn translator claims it

Matched on language pair and document type. You can message each other from your order page if something in the original needs clarifying — a maiden name, an illegible stamp.

Your translatorCourt-sworn · registered at a German regional court
Hi — I’ve started on your birth certificate. Quick check: should I keep the name exactly as it’s spelled on the original document?
Yes please, exactly as written.
Done — your certified original is signed, stamped and in the post. Here’s the scan you asked for, too.
Birth_Certificate_certified.pdf
4

Certified, then delivered

Your translator stamps and signs the translation, matching the layout of your original — stamps, seals and annotations included. With Standard or Express your certified original is then posted to you, and you can also ask for a free scan by email; with Digital you download the signed and stamped file, and the order is complete once you approve it.

Order TL-2608-ABCDE

Certifying
Paid
Claimed
Translated
4Certified
5Delivered
Birth_Certificate.pdfSource · 1 page
Uploaded
Birth_Certificate_certified.pdfTranslation · being stamped & signed
Certifying

A few things worth knowing

If it’s rejected

The fee covers producing and certifying the translation — not the receiving authority’s decision. Once it’s delivered, it’s non-refundable, even if an authority later rejects it. If the rejection is caused by an error on our part, we correct it free of charge and your statutory rights apply.

Your document, protected

Everything you upload is handled under GDPR and automatically deleted 30 days after delivery. No account, no password, and nothing kept longer than it has to be.

Message your translator

Every order is handled by a specific court-sworn translator, not a queue. If something needs clarifying — a maiden name, an illegible stamp — you can message them from your order page.

Ready to get started?

Upload your document now, get an instant quote, and have it certified in as little as 24 hours — a signed and stamped file with Digital, or your certified original posted to you with Standard or Express, plus a free scan by email on request.