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Certified Articles of Incorporation Translation
Get your articles of incorporation translated into English by a professional human translator, with a signed certification accepted by USCIS, courts and universities. Flat $24.95 per page and a 100% USCIS acceptance guarantee.
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Two documents that are easy to confuse
A company's formation deed says how it was created: the founders, the purpose, the share capital, the by-laws. It is called an acta constitutiva, an escritura de constitución, estatutos sociales, a contrato social, a Gesellschaftsvertrag, statuts, and in most civil-law countries it is a notarial instrument running to many pages.
The registry extract says what the company looks like today: whether it still exists, who currently directs it, what the capital is now. A certificado de vigencia, a Handelsregisterauszug, an extrait Kbis, a certidão. When someone asks for proof that a company is in good standing, this is usually the document they mean, and a twenty-year-old formation deed will not answer it.
A legal form is not translated into an American one
An S.A. de C.V. is not an "Inc.", a GmbH is not an "LLC", and an S.à r.l. is not a "Ltd". The forms resemble each other, and they are not the same thing under the laws that created them. We keep the legal form as the document gives it, explaining it where a reader needs help, because asserting an equivalence would be a statement about foreign corporate law that no translator is in a position to make.
Share capital stays in its original currency, shareholding percentages and registry, tax and notarial protocol numbers are reproduced exactly, and the marginal annotations recording later amendments — a capital increase, a change of director, a merger — are translated along with the body they amend.
Where these get filed
E-2 and L-1 petitions that turn on what a foreign company is and who owns it, opening a US bank account, registering a branch or subsidiary, due diligence in an acquisition, litigation, and tender and procurement submissions. If the file is an immigration one, the corporate immigration page covers the rest of what usually travels with it.
How it works
Upload a photo or a scan of your document, pick the language pair and check out online. You never have to mail originals: a legible copy is all we need.
A professional human translator, never machine translation, translates the document word for word and mirrors the layout of the original. Every certified translation ships with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy that meets the requirements of USCIS, courts and universities.
Your translation is delivered digitally, usually within 24 hours for documents of one to three pages, and same-day delivery is available. If anything needs adjusting, we revise it.
Certified vs. standard translation
A certified translation is a word-for-word translation accompanied by a signed statement attesting to its accuracy and completeness. It is what official bodies require: USCIS, courts, universities and government agencies. Certified translations are $24.95 per page, where a page is up to 250 words.
A standard translation is for business or personal use where certification is not needed, such as CVs, client intake forms or marketing material, and is billed at $0.10 per word.
Frequently asked questions
Do you translate our company's legal form into its US equivalent?
No. An S.A. de C.V. is not an Inc. We keep the form as written and explain it where that helps, rather than asserting an equivalence under foreign law.
Do we need the full deed or just the registry extract?
It depends what was asked for. The deed shows how the company was formed; the extract shows what it is today, including current directors and capital.
Are the notarial and apostille pages translated?
Yes. They are part of what you are filing and are translated with the instrument.
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