English translations of court, religious court and notarial documents from across the Arab world, and Australian documents translated into Arabic.
Arabic documents reach us from Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, the Gulf states and North Africa. Each country has its own court structure, and in many of them family matters are handled by personal status or religious courts rather than civil courts, so the issuing body is often the first thing a reader needs to see clearly.
Many documents carry both Hijri and Gregorian dates, and some carry only the Hijri date. We translate the dates as written and do not silently convert one into the other. Names have no single correct English spelling: محمد may appear as Mohammed, Muhammad or Mohamad on different papers. Send the passport or visa you are using so the translator can take its spelling into account and keep your documents consistent.
Legal terms often have no Australian equivalent. A marriage contract records a dowry (مهر) split into an advance and a deferred portion, and divorce documents distinguish between kinds of divorce that do not exist in Australian law. The Arabic term may be kept in transliteration so the reader knows exactly which document type they are looking at. Court stamps, revenue stamps and handwritten endorsements are described in place.
We translate Australian documents into Modern Standard Arabic for use in Arabic-speaking countries: divorce orders, powers of attorney for selling or managing property, statutory declarations, police checks and company documents. Embassies and ministries in the region often have their own legalisation steps, so check what the receiving office wants before you order.
Upload every page, including the back of any page that carries a stamp or endorsement.
Arabic certificates are often stamped by several ministries one after another, with stamps on the back as well as the front. Scan both sides of every page. If a marriage contract is written across a wide register page with columns for witnesses and conditions, make sure the whole width is visible, as cropped columns cannot be translated. Where a document mixes Arabic and French, as many from Lebanon and North Africa do, both languages are translated.
We translate what your documents say. We do not advise on their legal effect, and we cannot confirm whether a particular court or agency will accept them. Please check requirements with the receiving body or your lawyer.
All of them. Documents from Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Sudan, the Gulf states and North Africa are written in Modern Standard Arabic, which our NAATI certified translators work in.
Send a copy of your passport or visa with your order so the translator can take its spelling into account.
Yes. We translate the document exactly as issued, including the name of the court and the type of divorce recorded. We do not comment on its legal effect in Australia; please ask a lawyer about that.
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