Certified Translation.

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And the wording is directly from the USCIS website

[DerZinker 4]

Just copy and paste what A16!!24A posted, as that's exactly what was provided in the VJ guide. That's also what I used with no problems.

And the wording is directly from the USCIS website

Thanks you guys for your response. Magical, nice to hear from you again

I guess what I'm looking for is an example of a finished product (as compared to the original) and / or just wondering how to approach this. Like, would one scan in the original Marriage Certificate and then use imaging software to translate and change the wording but otherwise preserve the overall look? Or is that way over the top / working too hard? Would one just translate line by line to a blank piece of paper?

[pushbrk 13,625]

Thanks you guys for your response. Magical, nice to hear from you again

I guess what I'm looking for is an example of a finished product (as compared to the original) and / or just wondering how to approach this. Like, would one scan in the original Marriage Certificate and then use imaging software to translate and change the wording but otherwise preserve the overall look? Or is that way over the top / working too hard? Would one just translate line by line to a blank piece of paper?

I would use a word document and lay out the translations a close to the layout of the original as possible. Don't use software to translate. Somebody is going to sign certifying they are fluent in both languages and that the translation is correct as done by them personally. A computer can't sign.

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I would use a word document and lay out the translations a close to the layout of the original as possible. Don't use software to translate. Somebody is going to sign certifying they are fluent in both languages and that the translation is correct as done by them personally. A computer can't sign.

see. .. this is what i have been wanting to know... after digging around.. there was never much of answer.. other then translate on your and sign the form..

but i was looking for more detail in the actual method.. and this was the course i was going to follow.. us word or publisher and try to format it as close to orginal as possible..

does anybody have a scan of a document they translated as an example? that sure would be helpful

[pushbrk 13,625]

see. .. this is what i have been wanting to know... after digging around.. there was never much of answer.. other then translate on your and sign the form..

but i was looking for more detail in the actual method.. and this was the course i was going to follow.. us word or publisher and try to format it as close to orginal as possible..

does anybody have a scan of a document they translated as an example? that sure would be helpful

A scan of a translation of some other document is not going to help you format yours. Format it similarly to your own original. Minor details are not important as long as all the information is there and appears in about the same place on the translation as the original. If there is a seal or a stamp, simply describe what it is. There's no need to recreate the stamp or seal.

[DerZinker 4]

I would use a word document and lay out the translations a close to the layout of the original as possible. Don't use software to translate. Somebody is going to sign certifying they are fluent in both languages and that the translation is correct as done by them personally. A computer can't sign.

Thanks Pushbrk. I think maybe you misunderstood as I wouldn't be using any software to actually translate anything, but rather the software would be used just to create a digital copy of the original document and then I would proceed to erase / write over the original text digitally while preserving the same overall look as the original document. But this is probably overkill and in any case, you did answer my question. There's really no way everybody is trying the scan-and-overwrite method because aside from that being crazy complicated it admittedly would also be a challenge to get good results doing that.

If anybody does have a copy of one or more of their translated documents that they wouldn't mind sharing, I think it would be very helpful to see an example.

Edited October 3, 2011 by DerZinker

[pushbrk 13,625]

Thanks Pushbrk. I think maybe you misunderstood as I wouldn't be using any software to actually translate anything, but rather the software would be used just to create a digital copy of the original document and then I would proceed to erase / write over the original text digitally while preserving the same overall look as the original document. But this is probably overkill and in any case, you did answer my question. There's really no way everybody is trying the scan-and-overwrite method because aside from that being crazy complicated it admittedly would also be a challenge to get good results doing that.

If anybody does have a copy of one or more of their translated documents that they wouldn't mind sharing, I think it would be very helpful to see an example.

I recommend against a scan, erase and fill method. If you could do that, you can approximate the same format or layout as the original.