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Death Certificate translation

Certified translations of death certificates and extracts from death registers — for inheritance proceedings, pension and insurance claims, and the civil registry. Court-sworn, with the certified original posted to you.

We currently post certified originals to addresses in Germany only.

From€ 49.90 / document3–5 business days standard
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When you need it

  • Inheritance proceedings and applications for a certificate of inheritance (Erbschein)
  • Widow's, widower's and orphan's pension claims
  • Life insurance and bank matters after a death
  • Registering a death abroad with a German Standesamt
  • Remarriage, where the death of a previous spouse has to be shown

What’s included

Every death certificate translation from Trusted Lingo includes:

  • Court-sworn certified translation
  • Certified original posted to you with Standard or Express, plus a free scan by email on request
  • Every entry, marginal note and stamp translated as it appears in the original
  • Priced by standard page (350 words), with the exact total shown before you pay
  • Apostille page included: an apostille attached to your document is translated with it and counts as one of its pages.
  • GDPR-compliant · confidential handling

Prepared for

German authorities including Ausländerbehörde, Standesamt, Anerkennungsstellen, universities and courts, as well as embassies and consulates. The decision to accept a document always rests with the receiving authority; if it is refused because of an error on our part, we correct it free of charge.

AusländerbehördeStandesamtAnerkennungsstellenUniversitiesCourtsEmbassies & consulates

How it works

  • 1
    Upload your document
    Drag in a photo or scan. PDFs, JPGs, PNGs all work.
  • 2
    Configure & pay
    Choose your options and see the final price. No surprises.
  • 3
    Sworn translator at work
    Matched to a specialist in your language pair and document type.
  • 4
    Receive your certified original
    Signed and stamped by your translator, posted to you with Standard or Express (ask for a free scan by email too), or a file to download with Digital.

Common questions

Which documents count as a death certificate?
Death certificates and full or short extracts from a death register, as issued by a registry office or municipality. A court decision declaring someone dead, and a will, are ordered as a Legal Document instead.
The certificate has handwritten entries. Is that a problem?
No. Handwritten entries, marginal notes, stamps and signatures are rendered in the translation, and anything we cannot read is marked as illegible rather than guessed.
How fast can I get it?
Standard certification takes 3–5 business days. Express (48 hours, +€20) and Digital (24 hours, +€40) are available at checkout. Standard and Express include your posted certified original, while Digital is a signed and stamped file to download, with nothing posted.
Do I need an apostille on the original?
That depends on the office and on the country that issued the certificate: some offices ask for an apostille or a legalisation on foreign civil-status documents, and you obtain it in the issuing country. If the certificate already carries one, upload it too — the apostille page is translated with the certificate and counts as one of its pages.
Is the certificate kept confidential?
Always. All documents are encrypted at rest and in transit, only your assigned translator can see the original, and your documents are permanently deleted 30 days after delivery. We never train AI on your data.
Who is responsible for the source document?
You are. Upload every page of the certificate, including the back if anything is printed or stamped on it. We translate exactly what we receive — missing pages or illegible passages will be reflected as such in the translation.
Do you refund if the office rejects the translation?
No. The fee covers the production and certification of the translation by a court-sworn translator. Once delivered, it is non-refundable — including if a probate court, pension office or Standesamt later refuses it. If the rejection is caused by an error on our part, we correct it free of charge and your statutory rights apply. Final acceptance rests with the receiving office.
From
€ 49.90 / document
Turnaround3–5 business days standard
DeliveryCertified original, posted within Germany
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No account needed · Price shown before you pay

What you receive

A specimen document — every detail invented.

  • Certification note confirming accuracy and completeness
  • Stamp and signature of the sworn translator
  • States what it was translated from — original, copy or scan
Court-sworn, every time

Every translation is produced by a translator sworn before a German regional court (Landgericht or Oberlandesgericht) — the same certified process behind every order.

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