| Name romanised "nicely" instead of as in the passport | If the Latin spelling of the Arabic name diverges from the passport or prior documents, the person is officially someone else — the registry office or immigration office rejects the translation. | We take the name spelling exactly from your passport (ICAO Doc 9303) and carry the scholarly transliteration (ISO 233 / DIN 31635) only as an explanatory note, never the reverse. |
| Hamza, ta marbuta & sun letters ignored | ء (hamza), ة (ta marbuta, "-a/-at") and the assimilated article (الشمس → ash-shams) change the romanisation. A dropped "-t" or "al" for "ash" turns one name into another. | Native specialists apply the transliteration rules consistently and reconcile every form with your identity documents. |
| Hijri date read as if Gregorian | Many Gulf certificates carry the Islamic lunar date (e.g. 1445 AH). The lunar year is ~11 days shorter; a mere year shift gives a wrong birth or marriage date and the authority refuses it. | We convert Hijri and Gregorian dates correctly and, in case of doubt, carry both with a translator's note. |
| Eastern-Arabic numerals ٠١٢٣ copied 1:1 | In amounts, file numbers and IBANs the Mashreq often uses Eastern-Arabic digits (٠=0, ١=1, ٢=2). Left as is or confused, the sum or reference no longer matches. | Numbers, amounts and file numbers are transferred unambiguously into the target digits and checked digit by digit against the original. |
| Latin & numbers displaced in the RTL line (bidi) | Arabic runs right to left; embedded Latin terms, numbers or brackets flip into the wrong order without clean bidirectional handling, and brackets and quotation marks mirror — bilingual certificates break in layout. | We typeset by the Unicode bidirectional algorithm, verify every embedded left-to-right sequence and proof the bilingual layout. |
| Dialect used where Modern Standard is required | Colloquial Egyptian, Levantine or Gulf forms slip into an official text where authorities and courts expect Modern Standard Arabic — the register is wrong for the receiving body. | We translate official documents into Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and reserve regional register for content where it genuinely belongs. |
| Certification abroad ≠ German authorisation | A German court-authorised translator is not automatically admitted in an Arab state, and certification routes and legalisation differ from country to country. | We clarify in advance which country the document is for, set the form valid there, and check whether an apostille or consular legalisation is needed. |
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