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Italian Translation Services — Italian ⇄ German.

Italian translation services deliver certified German ⇄ Italian documents, produced by sworn, court-authorised translators for authorities, courts and partners here. Because a German Regional Court (Landgericht) publicly appoints each translator, registry offices and the courts accept the certification for personal and commercial documents alike. The right register is kept, from an Italian certificate to a Ticino contract. Standard-line pricing starts from €0.89.

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Native Italian specialists · standard & Swiss Italian · certified translations recognised by German authorities

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Short & clear

Certified Italian translations by sworn, native-speaker translators.

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Italian looks approachable, but its administrative and legal register is a language of its own, and a missing accent can change a word entirely. Whether it is a birth certificate (certificato di nascita) for a German registry office, a diploma for recognition, a contract with a partner in Milan or Lugano, or English-language project documentation: the work is done by native Italian specialists with a proven field — in standard or Swiss Italian, as the target country requires.

We work in both directions and both pairings. Italian ⇄ German is what German authorities, courts and local partners need — including certified translations and names kept exactly as in the passport. Italian ⇄ English covers international life and business in Germany: applications, employer paperwork, contracts and documentation that circulate in English.

Who it's for

Living in Germany, working in more than one language.

Most people who search for this in English are already fluent Italian speakers dealing with a German system — or internationals and companies who use English as the working language. Both are covered.

Italian → German, for the authorities

Birth, marriage and name-change certificates, diplomas and criminal-record extracts for a registry office (Standesamt), the immigration office or recognition of qualifications — as a certified German translation, with names matched exactly to the passport.

Italian ⇄ English, for international life

Job applications, employment contracts, references and company documents that an employer, university or partner abroad expects in English rather than German. Same specialists, same care with register and terminology.

German → Italian, for the target country

German certificates, contracts, powers of attorney and rulings to be presented in Italy, Switzerland (Ticino) or San Marino — in the register and legal terminology valid there.

Business across borders

Companies trading with Italy or Italian-speaking Switzerland, or teams that run in English while the paperwork is German or Italian. We assign a specialist for the direction, variety and field you actually need.

Language & script

Accents that change meaning, and a bureaucratese of its own.

Italian is a Romance language in the Latin alphabet, but its accents carry meaning — e (and) versus è (is), papa (pope) versus papà (dad) — and its grammatical gender governs articles, adjectives and, in compound tenses, past-participle agreement. Get the gender wrong and a whole sentence shifts.

Official Italian has a bureaucratese (burocratese) far from everyday speech, and Switzerland's Italian differs from Italy's in administrative wording. Numbers use the thousands dot and the decimal comma, and dates are day-first. For official use, an authorised translator issues a certified translation; whether an apostille is also needed is something we check in advance — it is issued by the competent authority, not by the translation agency.

Quality you only notice at the receiving end

What only a native Italian specialist catches.

Italian looks easy — and that is the trap: accents that flip meaning, gender agreement, a formal register of its own, and legal forms that must not be swapped. Each pitfall below is specific to Italian and demonstrable.

Typical pitfalls in Italian translation and how a specialist resolves them
Pitfall	Why it goes wrong	How the FÜD solves it
A missing accent	Drop the accent and the sense tips over: e (and) becomes è (is), papa becomes papà. In an official text that is an error, not a nuance.	Accents are set correctly and names matched character-for-character to the passport.
Gender agreement	Grammatical gender governs the article, the adjective and — with essere — the past participle. A wrong gender ripples through the sentence.	We write from the gender of each noun, so article, adjective and participle agree throughout.
The polite form	Italian marks courtesy with the capitalised Lei and third-person verb forms. Miss it and a formal letter reads as too familiar for an authority.	Register and courtesy forms are set for the document type — formal where an office expects it.
Legal forms and institutions	A GmbH is not an Srl or SpA; a Landgericht is not a tribunale of the same order. Swap the institution and the document misstates the legal reality.	Company forms, courts and offices stay demonstrable, with an explanatory equivalent where needed — never silently replaced.
Numbers, decimals and dates	Italian uses the thousands dot and the decimal comma: 1,000,000.50 becomes 1.000.000,50, and the date is day-first. Left in the English pattern, figures are misread.	Number, decimal and date formats are converted to the Italian convention, so amounts and dates cannot be misread.
Capitalisation rules	Months, weekdays, languages and nationality adjectives are lower-case in Italian (lunedì, italiano). English or German capitalisation looks wrong to a native reader.	Capitalisation follows Italian rules, so the text reads as written by a native.
Standard vs Swiss Italian	Swiss administrative Italian differs from Italy's in wording and terminology. Italy Italian sent to a Ticino office reads as foreign, and vice versa.	We set the variety of the target country in wording and terminology — Italy or Switzerland.

Why “holiday Italian” won’t do here

None of these is a simple typo — most survive any spell-check. They arise where an approachable-sounding language hides meaningful accents, strict agreement, a formal register and its own legal vocabulary, and they only surface at the receiving end: the registry office, the Italian court, the Swiss authority. That is exactly where native professional translation earns its place.

The difference shows not in the text, but at the receiving end.

So: native speakers with a field, the right register, and passport-matched names.

Certification & recognition

“asseverata”, “authorised”, “certified” — what counts where.

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For submission to German authorities and courts, a court-authorised translator (in German, ermächtigter Übersetzer, publicly authorised under German state law) produces a certified translation with stamp, signature and certification note — recognised nationwide. In Italy a sworn translation is an asseverazione: the translator swears the translation before a court (tribunale), a giudice di pace or a notary — Italy keeps no single national register of sworn translators.

So a German authorised translator is not automatically admitted in Italy, and an Italian asseverazione is a different act, and vice versa. We clarify before the project which country the document is for and set the form valid there — following FÜD's documented quality process; where the service is delivered under DIN EN ISO 17100, the required second-person revision is included. Whether an apostille is additionally required we check in advance; the apostille itself is issued by the competent authority — the FÜD does not issue apostilles.

Use cases

Italian to German translation: three typical cases from practice.

Variety, target country and register decide the wording, terminology and form of certification. Three common jobs — from the starting point to the result.

Registry office & family

Birth & marriage certificate Italian → German

Starting point: For a marriage or naturalisation, an Italian certificato di nascita or di matrimonio is needed in German, with the name exactly as issued.
Process: An authorised translator renders the certificate, keeps accents and matches the name to the passport; the certification note makes it ready for the authority.
Result: A certified translation the registry office accepts, its name spelling identical to the ID — no follow-up query.

Careers in English

Diploma & CV Italian → English

Starting point: A professional from Italy or Ticino applies to an international employer or programme in Germany that works in English and needs a diploma, references and CV rendered accurately.
Process: Degrees, subjects and titles stay in the original with an explanatory equivalent; the register is kept formal; a specialist handles the terminology.
Result: Documents an English-speaking employer can place correctly — without misrepresenting a foreign qualification.

Law & trade

Contract & power of attorney German → Italian

Starting point: A German company signs with a partner in Milan or Lugano; legal form, deadlines and terminology must be precise in the right variety of Italian.
Process: Legal terms stay demonstrable, company forms are not swapped, and Italian number formats are applied; a legal specialist checks the terminology.
Result: A contract that is legally readable in the target country without replacing German legal institutions with foreign ones.

Quote & price

What does a Italian translation cost?

We review volume, field, language direction and variety and name a binding fixed price. Standard certificates are usually a flat fee per document; longer texts are priced per standard line — certification on request, advance PDF and postal delivery included.

Binding fixed price

from € 0.89 / standard linestandard certificates at a flat fee per document

Price up front · no unannounced extra costs

Native Italian professional translation	✓included
Standard or Swiss Italian & the correct register	✓included
Certification by an authorised translator on request	✓included
Advance PDF & postal delivery of the original	✓included
Quality management & final check	✓included

Italian is priced in language Group 1, from € 0.89 per standard line (55 characters incl. spaces); we name the exact amount after a brief review. How the price is made up →

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Italian documents & texts

Certified Italian document translation.

We translate Italian – German and Italian – English – from certified records to specialist texts. Commonly requested from Italian: certificato di nascita (birth certificate), certificato di matrimonio (marriage certificate), patente di guida (driving licence), diploma (diploma), casellario giudiziale (police clearance certificate), sentenza di divorzio (divorce decree).

Certificates & personal records

Law & business

Technology, web & IT

Medicine & marketing

FAQ

Italian translation – frequently asked questions.

Do you translate both Italian to German and Italian to English?

Yes. Italian to German is the usual pairing for German authorities, courts and business partners; Italian to English covers international contexts – applications, contracts and documentation exchanged in English. A native-speaker specialist is assigned to each direction.

Do you offer certified Italian translations?

Yes. For certificates, diplomas and official documents an authorised translator (ermächtigter Übersetzer, authorised by a German court under state law) issues a certified translation with a certification note, recognised by German authorities and courts nationwide.

Do you translate standard Italian and Swiss Italian?

Yes. Swiss administrative Italian differs from Italy in wording and terminology; we set the variety of the target country before we start.

Are Italian certificates certified for German authorities?

Yes. An Italian certificate or diploma is rendered into German by an authorised translator and provided with a certification note, so a Standesamt, university or court accepts it. Whether an apostille is also needed we check in advance.

How are Italian names written for a German registry office?

Accents are kept and the name is matched exactly to the spelling in your passport, so the document is accepted without a query.

What does an Italian translation cost?

The price depends on volume, field, direction and deadline. After a brief review we name a binding fixed price; standard certificates are usually a flat fee per document, from € 0.89 per standard line.

The certificato di nascita from Milan was translated into flawless official German, my name kept exactly as in my passport — the Standesamt accepted the certified translation without a single query.

★★★★★

M. Ricci · marriage registration, Munich

Work with us

Already a native Italian speaker? Become an authorised translator.

Our Italian translations are produced by native-speaker specialists — the reason German authorities, universities and courts accept them without queries. Beyond the language itself, that rests on German at C2 level, a specialist field the translator can defend, and — for certified work — court authorisation. If you bring that combination rather than bilingualism alone, we work with Italian translators employed and freelance, and the way in is also open through an internship.

The path

German to C2, plus a field

Native Italian is your starting capital; the market rewards what you build on top. German at C2 — the level at which you read a German ruling or a medical report without hesitation — is the real gate, because certified work means rendering official German with precision, not just understanding it. Add a field you can defend (law, medicine, technology, finance) and its terminology. That combination, not language alone, is what a registry office or a court relies on.

Why it holds up

Authorisation, and work automation can’t touch

For certified translations you apply to the competent Regional Court (Landgericht) to be authorised under state law. And Italian rewards a specialist's judgement: meaningful accents, strict agreement, the formal register and legal forms that must not be swapped. Careful human work here is what the receiving authority requires.

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