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When the Spanish consulate asks for a traducción oficial al castellano, it means a sworn translation from a traductor-intérprete jurado appointed by Spain's Foreign Ministry. An ordinary US certified translation will be turned away. We coordinate the sealed, official version — and the apostille that has to come before it.
Don [nombre], Traductor-Intérprete Jurado de inglés
…nombrado por el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación, certifica que la que antecede es traducción fiel y completa al castellano de un documento redactado en inglés.
The signature, the seal and the Ministry wording — that is what makes it official.
Spain gives certain translations official legal status. They are produced by a traductor jurado — a translator appointed by Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Union and Cooperation. Their work stands before Spanish courts and administrative bodies on the same footing as the original, certified with the translator's own signature and seal in the wording the Ministry prescribes.
A sworn translator officially appointed by Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whose translations between Spanish and a foreign language are recognized as official for legal and administrative use in Spain.
Consulate pages and agencies all describe the same thing. The last one on this list is the exception — and the one that gets files rejected.
Only Ministry-appointed translators may issue a sworn translation, so we do not claim that title. We run the process end to end so you get a valid sealed result and documents ready to use in Spain.
Upload or drop off what needs translating. We confirm the exact requirement for how it will be used in Spain before anything starts.
We coordinate the translation through a translator registered with Spain's Foreign Ministry, signed and sealed to the official standard.
If the document also needs an apostille or legalization first, we handle that too — then return everything ready to file.
Most Spanish consulate and immigration filings accept a digital sworn translation. If they specifically require a physical wet signature and seal, we produce that too — it just needs a little more time.
Signed and sealed digitally, delivered as an official PDF. Accepted by the Spanish consulate for most purposes.
Physically signed and stamped hard copy, for filings that specifically require an original on paper.
You do not have to handle the pieces separately. We authenticate the document with an apostille and produce the sworn translation in the right order — and if you need an FBI national criminal background check, we obtain that as well. Everything comes back ready for the Spanish consulate.
Worth knowing: many documents must be apostilled before translation, and the sworn translation itself has to follow Spain's prescribed certification format. We check both, so the file is not rejected at the counter.
A traductor jurado is a sworn translator officially appointed by Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Union and Cooperation. Their translations are recognized as official for legal and administrative use in Spain, certified with the translator's own signature and seal.
Yes — traducción jurada is the translation itself and traductor jurado (or traductora jurada) is the appointed translator who produces it. You may also see traducción jurada de inglés a español, traducción oficial, sworn translation or MAEC-certified translation. Consulate instructions usually phrase it as a traducción oficial al castellano, and the translator's formal title is traductor-intérprete jurado. All the same thing. A traducción certificada — a standard US certified translation — is a different product that Spain generally does not accept.
It depends on your case. Ask the Spanish consulate and check their requirements for your specific document and purpose — sometimes a sworn translation is required, sometimes it is not. We will not sell you something you do not need. Once you know what is required, we produce the sworn translation and can cover the apostille too.
The apostille comes first. The document is authenticated, then the sworn translation is made of the full document including the apostille page. Translating before the apostille is issued usually means paying for it twice.
For official use before Spanish courts, consulates and government offices, a standard US certified translation generally is not accepted. Spain requires a sworn translation from a Ministry-appointed traductor jurado.
A digital sworn translation takes 2–3 business days. A version with a wet physical signature and seal takes 5–7 business days. The Spanish consulate accepts digital for most purposes — confirm your exact requirement in our free pre-check.
Yes. We authenticate the document with an apostille and produce the sworn translation in the correct order — and if you need an FBI national criminal background check, we obtain that as well. Everything comes back ready for the Spanish consulate or for immigration.
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