# German Translation Services

> German translation services for documents from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, by native human translators, reviewed twice. Certified for USCIS.

https://roxotranslations.com/german-translation/

Roxo Translations offers German translation services for documents from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and the German-speaking part of Belgium, to and from English, Portuguese, Italian and other languages. Every translation is done by a human translator, native in the target language, and reviewed by a second one.

Send a photo or scan of the document, see the price and the deadline instantly, and receive the translation as a PDF. For the United States it comes certified and accepted by USCIS; for Brazil it can be a sworn translation into Portuguese, valid nationwide.

- German from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, in both directions
- Certified for USCIS or sworn for use in Brazil
- Instant online quote and fast delivery

## Where German is spoken and where your translation is accepted

German is an official language in six countries: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Belgium, and a regional language in South Tyrol, in northern Italy. It has more than 100 million speakers, it is the native language most spoken in the European Union and one of its official languages, and German-speaking communities live in the United States, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. A German document can be needed in many places, and the destination decides the type of translation.

| Where | What you need |
|---|---|
| United States: USCIS, courts, universities and employers | [Certified translation](https://roxotranslations.com/certified-translation/) into English, with the signed statement of accuracy and notarization included |
| Brazil: notary offices, universities and public agencies | [Sworn translation](https://roxotranslations.com/pt/traducao-juramentada/) into Portuguese, signed by a public sworn translator and valid nationwide |
| Germany, Austria, Switzerland and other German-speaking countries | Ask the receiving authority which format it accepts: we tell you the options before quoting, including the [Hague apostille](https://roxotranslations.com/apostille/) when it applies |
| Consulates, embassies and citizenship processes | The translation into the language the authority asks for, with the apostille on the original when it is required |

## German language pairs we translate

German is one of our core languages. These are the language pairs with German that we translate today, in both directions.

- [German to Arabic](https://roxotranslations.com/arabic-translation/)
- [German to English](https://roxotranslations.com/english-translation/)
- [German to Italian](https://roxotranslations.com/italian-translation/)
- [German to Portuguese](https://roxotranslations.com/portuguese-translation/)
- [German to Russian](https://roxotranslations.com/russian-translation/)
- [Arabic to German](https://roxotranslations.com/arabic-translation/)
- [English to German](https://roxotranslations.com/english-translation/)
- [Italian to German](https://roxotranslations.com/italian-translation/)
- [Portuguese to German](https://roxotranslations.com/portuguese-translation/)
- [Russian to German](https://roxotranslations.com/russian-translation/)

Need a pair that is not on the list? Talk to us: we answer within one hour, 7 days a week.

## German translation services for Germany, Austria and Switzerland

German is one language, but the German of Germany, of Austria and of Switzerland differ in spelling, in vocabulary and in the way numbers and documents are written. A good translation follows the variant of the country where the document was issued and keeps every noun, name and number exactly as it should be.

- Spelling: Germany and Austria write the letter ß, as in Straße (street), while Switzerland and Liechtenstein write ss, as in Strasse. Every noun starts with a capital letter, so the translator always tells common nouns from names by context.
- Vocabulary: January is Januar in Germany and Jänner in Austria, potatoes are Kartoffeln in Germany and Erdäpfel in Austria, and a bicycle is a Fahrrad in Germany and a Velo in Switzerland.
- Names: the umlauts in names such as Müller or Schröder can appear as Mueller or Schroeder in passports and foreign records, a married woman’s birth name comes after geb. (geborene), and the translation keeps every name exactly as in the original.
- Dates and numbers: dates are written day, month and year with dots, so 03.10.2026 is October 3, and Germany and Austria use a comma for decimals and a dot for thousands (1.500,00), while Switzerland often writes 1’500.00.
- Documents: the birth certificate (Geburtsurkunde) and the marriage certificate (Heiratsurkunde) come from the civil registry office (Standesamt), the proof of address is the Meldebescheinigung in Germany and the Meldezettel in Austria, and the police certificate is the Führungszeugnis. The translation reproduces every stamp, seal and note.

## The history of the German language

German is a West Germanic language, born from the dialects of the Germanic peoples of central Europe. Between the 6th and the 8th centuries, a change in pronunciation known as the High German consonant shift separated the High German of the south from the Low German of the north. The oldest book in German is the Abrogans, a Latin and German glossary from the 8th century.

In the 15th century, Johannes Gutenberg began printing books in Mainz, and in 1522 Martin Luther published his German translation of the New Testament, followed by the complete Bible in 1534. Read in every German-speaking region, it became a model for the written language. In 1838 the Brothers Grimm began their great German dictionary, finished only in 1961, and in 1880 Konrad Duden published the spelling dictionary that still carries his name.

Today German has more than 100 million speakers. Emigrants took it to the Americas: the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect of the United States is German in origin, and since 1824, when German immigrants founded São Leopoldo, German dialects have been spoken in towns of southern Brazil. German is one of the official languages of the European Union.

## We also translate other languages

- [Vietnamese translation](https://roxotranslations.com/vietnamese-translation/)
- [Italian translation](https://roxotranslations.com/italian-translation/)
- [Arabic translation](https://roxotranslations.com/arabic-translation/)
- [Chinese translation](https://roxotranslations.com/chinese-translation/)
- [Japanese translation](https://roxotranslations.com/japanese-translation/)