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Certified Prenuptial Agreement Translation
Get your prenuptial agreement 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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Why these get translated
A prenuptial or postnuptial agreement signed abroad turns up in a US file for three reasons: a divorce where one party asks a US court to enforce it, an estate where the agreement governs what the surviving spouse can claim, and an immigration file where a marital property arrangement has to be explained.
In all three the court is reading the agreement to decide what it does, so the translation has to reproduce the operative clauses exactly. A summary of "the parties agreed to separate property" is not a translation of a document that runs to twenty numbered clauses with exceptions.
Marital property regimes have no US equivalent
Most civil law countries let couples elect a named matrimonial property regime at marriage, and the agreement is frequently short because it does no more than elect one. Séparation de biens, communauté réduite aux acquêts, Gütertrennung, separación de bienes, comunhão parcial de bens, regime di separazione dei beni — each is a defined body of law, not a phrase.
Translating one as "separate property" loses the content, because the regime carries default rules the document never states. We render the regime by its own name with a plain-English gloss, so a US judge can see that a named statutory scheme is being invoked and look it up.
The notarial form is part of the substance
In much of the civil law world a prenuptial agreement is void unless made as a notarial deed, and in some countries it must also be registered — in a marital property register, in the civil registry, or noted on the marriage record.
So the notary's clause, the protocol number and the registration entry are not formalities to be summarised. They are what makes the agreement enforceable, and a US court asked to apply foreign law will look for them. We translate them in full.
Independent advice, disclosure and the enforceability questions
US courts examining a foreign prenuptial agreement typically ask whether there was financial disclosure, whether each party had independent legal advice, whether the signing was voluntary, and how close to the wedding it was signed.
Foreign agreements often recite exactly these things — that the notary read the deed aloud, that the parties declared their assets in an annex, that an interpreter was present. Those recitals are the evidence, and we translate them rather than compressing them into "the parties signed".
The annexes are usually where the money is
A prenuptial agreement commonly attaches schedules of assets — property with registry references, company shareholdings, accounts — and those annexes are part of the instrument.
A translation of the clauses without the schedules answers the wrong question. We translate the annexes with the agreement, keeping the figures, the currencies and the registry references exactly as written.
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.
Frequently asked questions
Will a US court enforce a foreign prenup?
That is the court's question, not ours. What we can do is give it an accurate, complete translation including the notarial and registration entries it will want to see.
Do you translate the asset schedules?
Yes. The schedules are part of the instrument and a translation without them is incomplete.
My agreement just elects a property regime.
Common in civil law countries. We render the regime by its own name with a gloss, because the name invokes a body of default rules.
Does it need to be certified?
For a US court filing, yes — a signed certification of completeness and accuracy. Ask the court whether it also wants notarisation of the certifier's signature.
We signed before an interpreter.
The recital naming the interpreter is evidence that the signing was informed, and we translate it.
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