Sworn Translation for Brazil

It is the official translation required in Brazil, done by a public sworn translator registered with a Brazilian Board of Trade (Junta Comercial). It has public faith nationwide, the same legal value as the original. Ours are delivered as PDF with an ICP-Brasil digital signature.

A sworn translation is done by a public sworn translator registered with a Board of Trade (Junta Comercial) and has public faith, the same legal value as the original, before Brazilian authorities. A regular (simple) translation has no official value and serves for information only. For any official use in Brazil, the sworn translation is the one accepted.

It is a term translators use in Brazil. To keep it simple: a translation goes from language A to language B, and a "versão" goes the other way. We do both.

Only a public sworn translator (tradutor público) approved in the public exam and registered with a Brazilian Board of Trade (Junta Comercial), for each language of their registration. That is why not every language pair has a sworn translator available. Ours sign with ICP-Brasil digital certificates.

In general, any document in a foreign language submitted to a Brazilian public agency, registry office (cartório), court, university or Board of Trade (Junta Comercial), such as certificates, diplomas, transcripts, contracts and powers of attorney. The receiving institution sets the final rule, so tell us where you will submit it and we confirm before quoting.

Yes. A sworn translation has public faith throughout Brazil, in all 26 states and the Federal District, regardless of which Board of Trade (Junta Comercial) registered the translator.

No. A sworn translator is registered with the Board of Trade (Junta Comercial) of their state, but the translations they sign have public faith throughout Brazil. A translation by a sworn translator from another state is accepted by the registry office, the university or the consulate in your city. What matters is the language of the document, the turnaround and the delivery format. Order your translation online.

Each Brazilian state has its own. The state Board of Trade (Junta Comercial: JUCESP in São Paulo, JUCEMG in Minas Gerais, JUCEPAR in Paraná, JUCERJA in Rio de Janeiro, and so on) registers the public sworn translators and publishes the list on its website. There is no national list: DREI, the federal agency, only regulates. In some states, such as Acre, the Board of Trade appoints an ad hoc translator for each document. A sworn translation by a translator registered with any Board of Trade is valid throughout Brazil, so you don't need to search your state's list: at Roxo Translations you send the document online and see the price and turnaround right away.

Yes. A sworn translation signed with an ICP-Brasil digital certificate has the same value as the printed version before Brazilian public agencies (IN DREI 72/2020). The signature can be checked on the official validator at validar.iti.gov.br.

By its digital signature: upload the PDF to the official ITI validator, at validar.iti.gov.br.

No. The whole process is online: send a photo or scan of the document from anywhere, and you receive the sworn translation by email as a digitally signed PDF.

Online, from anywhere. Our sworn translators are registered with a Brazilian Board of Trade (Junta Comercial) and the translation has public faith in every state, so it serves São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro or any other city in the same way. You send the document digitally and receive a PDF signed with ICP-Brasil.

Yes, physical delivery is available as an additional service, quoted by destination. In most cases the digital PDF with ICP-Brasil signature is already accepted and arrives faster, so check with the receiving agency before ordering a printed copy.

It depends on the language pair, because a sworn translation requires a public translator registered for that language. For pairs without one, we can offer a two-step route: certified translation into English, then sworn translation from English into Portuguese. We confirm before quoting.

Yes. Italian is one of our core languages. For Italian citizenship, the consulate or comune defines which documents to translate and whether they must be apostilled first. Send us their list and we confirm the format and build the complete order.

Yes, when a Brazilian agency or another country requires it. If the document is for a US agency such as USCIS, what you need is a certified translation, the format those agencies ask for. Tell us where you will submit it and we confirm before quoting.

Sometimes. A sworn translation is not limited to use inside Brazil, and some countries accept it, often with an apostille. Each consulate or agency sets its own rule, so tell us the country and institution and we confirm the right format before quoting.

The exact price comes up right away when you order: send the certificates through our website and the price and deadline for each one appear before payment.

The translation reproduces each name exactly as it appears on the certificate being translated, even if another family document uses a different spelling. If you need another spelling, tell us when you place your order, before we start.

The exact price comes up right away when you order: send the document through our website and the price and deadline appear before payment.

Yes. A sworn translation has public faith in all 26 states and the Federal District, regardless of which Board of Trade (Junta Comercial) registered the translator who signed it.

Both stay, in the original order, with the accents and the ñ. If another of your documents spells the name differently, tell us when you place your order, before we start.

The exact price comes up right away when you order: send the document through our website and the price and deadline appear before payment. A two-sided document, such as an RG or a CNH, counts as one page.

No. The translation does not expire: the validity is that of the document that was translated. If an institution requires a recent document, it is the original that needs to be within the deadline.

The exact price comes up right away when you order: send the document through our website and the price and deadline appear before payment.

Yes. It has public faith in all 26 states and the Federal District, regardless of the translator’s Board of Trade (Junta Comercial), and the version signed with an ICP-Brasil certificate has the same value as the printed one.

Yes. We translate the Brazilian birth, marriage and death certificates of the family line into German. The German authority that receives the application sets the list and the format: send us the list and we confirm before quoting.

The exact price comes up right away when you order: send the documents through our website and the price and deadline appear before payment.

The exact price comes up right away when you order: send the document through our website and the price and deadline appear before payment.

It depends on who receives it. A Brazilian sworn translation is not limited to use in Brazil, and each authority, city office or employer sets the format and whether it asks for an apostille. Tell us where you will submit it and we confirm before quoting.

Yes. Mandarin is the spoken language, and documents are written in standard Chinese. The Chinese sworn translator translates that written text, in simplified or traditional characters.

The exact price comes up right away when you order: send the document through our website and the price and deadline appear before payment.

For US agencies such as USCIS, the format requested is a certified translation into English, with the translator’s certificate of accuracy. The sworn translation is Brazil’s official format, made for Brazilian authorities. If you already have one, check with the receiving agency; if not, order the certified translation directly.

We are a translation company and do not give legal or immigration advice. Whether a document is valid is decided by your attorney or by the office that receives it. With that information, we translate in the format that office requires.