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Certified Financial Statement Translation

Get your financial statement 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.

The accounting framework is part of the document

A balance sheet prepared under IFRS, under a national GAAP, or under a local statutory format is not the same document three times over. Line items differ, the order differs, and some items have no counterpart at all. We translate the statement as prepared and name the framework it states, and we do not restate anything into US GAAP — that is accounting, not translation, and it would produce figures the preparer never signed.

Terms are translated at the level of the original: patrimonio neto is equity, but a reserva legal is a legal reserve and not a general one, and flattening it loses the fact that it is not distributable.

Figures and dates are the hazard, not the words

A financial document is mostly numbers, and numbers are written in conventions that invert between countries. Most of the world writes 1.000,50 where the United States writes 1,000.50 — the separators swapped — and most of the world dates DD/MM/YYYY where the United States dates MM/DD/YYYY. A figure read under the wrong convention is not slightly wrong; it is wrong by a factor of a thousand, or by eleven months.

So the original figure is reproduced and the convention in use is stated, and currency is never converted. An exchange rate is a date-dependent opinion rather than a translation, and a converted total is a number the issuing institution never stated. Where a document uses a different grouping system entirely — Indian statements group in lakh and crore, so 12,34,567 is 1,234,567 — that is reproduced and explained rather than silently regrouped.

What usually comes with it

A complete set is rarely one page:

• The balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement
• The notes to the financial statements, which are frequently longer than the statements and are where the substance lives
• The directors' or management report
• The audit report, if the accounts were audited
• Comparative figures for the prior year, which carry their own conventions

Who asks for these

Lenders and investors assessing a foreign subsidiary. Courts and arbitrators. Acquirers in due diligence. Immigration filings where a company's standing is at issue — see corporate immigration. Regulators and licensing bodies.

Each wants a different scope, and the notes are the part most frequently forgotten and most frequently needed.

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 the same $24.95 per page of up to 250 words.

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