Your translation agency in Wavre

It depends entirely on who receives the document. A municipality, a court, a consulate or an equivalence service will only accept the sworn version: stamp, signature and statement of conformity from a translator listed on the national register of court experts, who is personally accountable for the work. An internal contract, a user guide or a website do not call for that. The linguistic quality is the same either way; what differs is the standing of the document before an authority.

One hour, for any request arriving between 8am and 10pm, Saturday and Sunday included. The quote carries the firm amount, the delivery date and, for interpreting, confirmation of availability. Nothing is added to it afterwards.

Four elements: the language combination, the field, the volume and the deadline. Standard translation is charged per word of the source text; sworn translation per page of 250 words, with every page started counted in full. When several documents resemble one another, the translation memory identifies segments already handled and you do not pay for them a second time at full rate.

These are two different formalities. Legalisation of the sworn translator's signature is obtained at the FPS Justice and we take care of it: allow 3 to 5 extra working days. The apostille concerns the original document and depends on the FPS Foreign Affairs or on the authority of the issuing country; we do not request it on your behalf. The quote does tell you whether it is required in your situation and which counter to approach.

No, never. A scan or a sharp photo is enough for us to work from, and the signed file comes back by email. If the service insists on the stamped original, it travels by registered post, within Belgium or abroad. Driving across Walloon Brabant at rush hour saves nobody any time.

Yes, across the sixteen municipalities in our area. Our interpreters travel to Nivelles, Waterloo, Braine-l'Alleud, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Rixensart or Jodoigne as readily as to the Wavre magistrate's court, and the journey is already included in the interpreting rate. For a document to be translated, your address makes no difference: everything moves electronically.

Allow 5 to 10 working days for simultaneous work from a booth: two interpreters per language have to be brought together and the equipment delivered. A liaison or sworn assignment falls into place far faster, and in most cases we find someone in under 24 hours, including for the following day.

That is a substantial part of our work. Waterloo, La Hulpe, Lasne and Rixensart attract families who have come for a multinational, a European institution or an international school, and their birth and marriage certificates, diplomas and driving licences have to be rendered into French or Dutch before they reach the town hall. The reverse happens just as often: a file heading for Flemish Brabant or for a bilingual federal administration is prepared in Dutch, and that is our most requested language pair.

They stay for as long as you want them to, not a day longer. Every translator and interpreter in the network has signed a confidentiality agreement. Files are hosted on servers located in the European Union, in line with the GDPR, and deleted as soon as you ask. For a sensitive matter, we sign your own agreement before the first document even reaches us.