Since foreign passports are documents expressed in foreign languages, it is necessary to apply for relevant documents at domestic public security and judicial organs, industrial and commercial bureaus, foreign exchange administrations, taxation bureaus, labor bureaus, education bureaus, notary offices, marriage registration offices and other national agencies. When registering business, you need to provide the corresponding Chinese translation. In order to ensure the consistency between the original passport and the translation, the passport translation is required to be stamped with a special translation seal of a qualified translation agency.
What are the characteristics of a qualified translation agency?
1. A formal and qualified translation agency has an industrial and commercial business license issued by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. The qualifications of a translation company mainly refer to the industrial and commercial business license. It contains the category of "translation services" and does not require separate authorization from other institutions. For formal translation companies whose main business is translation services, the company name contains the words "translation services", the English name contains the words "TRANSLATION", and others Those with names such as "Business Consulting" and "Consulting Services" are not formal translation companies whose main business is translation services.
2. Qualified formal translation companies have sound seals, including the official Chinese and English seal of the translation agency (round), the 13-digit coded translation special seal (round) registered with the Ministry of Public Security and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and Special foreign-related seal (round), the translated document stamped with the seal is the translation agency's confirmation of the consistency of the document content. It is recognized by domestic and foreign government law enforcement agencies and has a certain authority.
3. Regular translation agencies have experienced teams of translators and fixed office spaces. Experienced translators can ensure the rigor of passport translation, and the fixed office space makes it easy for consumers to come to get translation services. Since the content of the passport is relatively simple, it is usually possible to wait and get it immediately.
4. As a legal document proving the nationality and identity of foreigners, passports have styles unique to each country. Translations produced by regular translation companies will be typeset in strict accordance with the original passport, and screenshots will be taken if anti-counterfeiting codes are involved. reserve.
5. Regular translation companies charge for passport translations based on the number of pages. After the translation is completed, a copy of the industrial and commercial business license stamped with the official seal of the translation company will be attached to facilitate the domestic government law enforcement agencies to review the translation qualifications.