German Translation Ireland
Certified, ISD Accepted

German-Language Documents We Translate

We translate German-language documents issued in Germany, Austria, Switzerland (Deutschschweiz), Liechtenstein and South Tyrol (Alto Adige / Südtirol). Umlauts and ß are preserved exactly as they appear on the original (ä, ö, ü, ß), with ae / oe / ue / ss transliteration only when the source uses that legacy form. Common German document types include:

• Birth certificates (Geburtsurkunde) from the Standesamt
• Marriage certificates (Eheurkunde / Heiratsurkunde) and civil-partnership records
• Divorce judgments (Scheidungsurteil / Scheidungsbeschluss) from the Familiengericht
• Death certificates (Sterbeurkunde)
• Police clearance: Führungszeugnis (Bundeszentralregister) and Austrian Strafregisterbescheinigung
• School and university certificates: Abitur / Reifezeugnis, Bachelor-Zeugnis, Master-Zeugnis, Diplomzeugnis, Promotionsurkunde
• Academic transcripts (Notenspiegel / Transcript of Records)
• Notarial deeds (notarielle Urkunden) drawn up by a Notar
• Court judgments (Urteile, Beschlüsse)
• Handelsregisterauszug (HRA / HRB commercial-register extracts) for AML and corporate use
• Employment references (Arbeitszeugnis) and salary certificates (Gehaltsbescheinigung)
• Medical records (Arztberichte), discharge summaries (Entlassungsbriefe) and vaccination certificates (Impfpass)

German-Specific Expertise

Germany operates a beeidigter or oeffentlich bestellter Uebersetzer system: sworn translators authorised per Land (federal state) by the competent Oberlandesgericht, whose stamped translations are self-certifying in Germany. Austria has gerichtlich beeidete Uebersetzer registered with the courts, and Switzerland operates cantonal registers. Ireland has no equivalent. German-source documents that already carry a beeidigter Uebersetzer stamp are accepted here, but for submissions to Irish authorities we produce a certified translation with a signed Statement of Accuracy: that is the format ISD, the Irish Courts Service and Irish universities actually require.

German-speaking civil-registry documents follow strict, jurisdiction-specific layouts. A Standesamt Geburtsurkunde differs from an Austrian Geburtsurkunde and from a Swiss Zivilstandsamt Geburtsschein, all of which differ again from an EU multilingual extract. We render each format faithfully so Irish reviewers can align field-for-field with the German-language original. Grade scales (1,0 to 5,0 in Germany; 1 to 5 in Austria; 1 to 6 in Switzerland) and Diplom / Magister / Staatsexamen equivalences to Irish qualifications are annotated where useful.

Common Ireland use-cases we deliver every week: EU freedom-of-movement paperwork for German, Austrian and Swiss nationals joining Dublin's financial, engineering and pharma sectors (Deutsche Bank, Bank of Ireland, Pfizer, SAP, Zalando); Stamp 4 and citizenship applications; academic recognition of Abitur / Reifepruefung / Matura and Bachelor- / Master-Zeugnisse for TCD, UCD, DCU, UCC and University of Galway admissions; Handelsregisterauszug and Notar-authenticated corporate documents for Irish AML, banking onboarding and company-registration filings; HSE-facing German medical records; Fuehrungszeugnis translations for Garda vetting and immigration paperwork.

Pricing

What Is a Statement of Accuracy?

Ireland does not have a "sworn translator" system. Instead, certified translations carry a signed Statement of Accuracy from the professional translator. This statement confirms:

"I, [Translator Name], a professional translator competent in both German and English, hereby certify that the above is a true, accurate and complete translation of the attached original document. Company registration: Tatkowski Interpreting & Recruitment Limited (CRO 803790). Date: [date]. Contact: contact@tatkowski.com."

This format is accepted by ISD (formerly INIS), the Department of Justice, Passport Office, HSE and all Irish courts. No stamp or registry is required under Irish law. Where the Irish institution asks for an apostille, that step is applied to the original German document (via the Bundesverwaltungsamt for Germany, the BMEIA for Austria, or the relevant cantonal authority in Switzerland), not to our translation.