EKO 4 National Translation Service

Certified German Translation Services

Standesamt certificates, old-script family records and citizenship-by-descent files — Germany, Austria and Switzerland covered
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EKO 4's Certified Translations
  • Over 30 Years’ Experience
  • ISO 17100 Compliant
  • Accredited in All 50 States
  • Confidentiality & Privacy Assured
  • Secure Online Ordering
  • 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

Certified German translation that satisfies the strictest reviewer

Few bureaucracies read a translation as closely as the ones German documents pass through — USCIS officers, credential evaluators, German and Austrian consulates. EKO 4 National Translation Service has been preparing German-to-English certified translations for exactly those readers since 1991: every word and every stamp rendered by a sworn human translator, issued on official letterhead with a signed accuracy affidavit and wet stamp, and covered by our 100% acceptance guarantee — for clients in all 50 states.

German records also reach further back than most. Registry and church books written in Sütterlin, Fraktur or Kurrent hands, abbreviations left over from imperial and inter-war offices, and umlauts that must be transliterated one way and then never change (Müller or Mueller — your passport decides) are everyday work for our German team, which knows the Standesamt conventions of Germany, Austria and Switzerland alike. Express 24-hour delivery is available whenever the deadline demands it.

Both directions, one certified standard

German to English

  • USCIS & green card filings
  • Geburts-, Heirats- & Sterbeurkunden
  • Diplomas, Zeugnisse & credential evaluations
  • Court & notarial documents
  • Pension & insurance records
  • Genealogy & old-script records

English to German

  • German & Austrian citizenship by descent
  • Apostilled packages for German authorities
  • Marriage & residence abroad
  • Applications to German universities
  • Business & contract translation
  • Property & inheritance matters

German documents we translate every day

  • Birth certificates (Geburtsurkunden)
  • Marriage certificates (Heiratsurkunden)
  • Divorce decrees
  • Death certificates (Sterbeurkunden)
  • Diplomas & Zeugnisse
  • Academic transcripts
  • Police clearances (Führungszeugnisse)
  • Passports
  • Driver’s licenses (Führerscheine)
  • Bank statements
  • Naturalization & ancestry records
  • Notarial deeds & contracts

Document not listed? That has never stopped us — send it over for a free quote, or browse our full document translation service.

Why EKO 4 for this language

Sütterlin and Fraktur, read fluently

The pre-1940s handwriting on the records genealogy and citizenship cases hinge on is routine for our German linguists — every entry and marginal note translated, anything truly illegible flagged per certification practice.

USCIS-ready certification

Complete, word-for-word translation carrying the translator’s signed statement of accuracy and competence — precisely what 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) asks for, honored by our 100% acceptance guarantee.

Descent files across generations

German and Austrian citizenship applications stack birth, marriage and naturalization records across generations. We keep names, places and terminology consistent through the whole file — and apostille it in the same order when required.

Need it official? One order covers the whole chain

Certified translation, notarization and apostille — handled in-house, in a single online order, wherever in the country you are.

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Certified translation

Word-for-word translation with a signed accuracy affidavit, official letterhead and wet stamp — accepted by USCIS, courts and authorities nationwide.

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Notarization

A licensed notary notarizes your translation 100% online — no office visit, ready as fast as the next business day.

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Apostille

We obtain the apostille from the correct competent authority — the issuing state’s Secretary of State, or the U.S. Department of State for federal documents — end to end.

Not sure what your document needs? Call (844) 844-4423 — we answer 24/7 — or contact us online.

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German translation — questions & answers

1Will USCIS accept your German-to-English translation?
Yes. Nothing is summarized or skipped — seals, stamps and registrar annotations are all rendered in full — and the translator signs the certification of accuracy and competence that 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) calls for. Acceptance is covered by our 100% guarantee.
2My family records are in old German handwriting — can you read them?
We can. Sütterlin, Fraktur and Kurrent — the scripts on most records written before the 1940s — are read fluently by our German linguists, who translate every entry and margin note and mark anything genuinely illegible according to standard certification practice.
3Can you take on a complete German or Austrian citizenship-by-descent file?
That is one of our specialties. A descent application usually chains birth, marriage and naturalization records across two or three generations; we translate the whole set with one voice — identical name spellings and terminology throughout — and notarize and apostille it in the same order wherever the German or Austrian side requires it.
4How do you handle umlauts in names?
One rule: your identity documents win. Müller may be written Müller or Mueller, so we follow the spelling in your passport or earlier filings once you confirm it — and use it consistently, so a name mismatch never stalls your application.
5How fast can you translate my German documents?
Most standard certificates are done in a day, and express 24-hour or same-day service is there when you need it. Add roughly one business day for notarization; apostille timing depends on the issuing jurisdiction, and the order form shows your exact completion date up front.

EKO 4 National Translation Service delivers professional, human translation
in up to 72 languages — coast to coast

Every certified translation at EKO 4 is produced by a vetted human linguist — educated, widely experienced and genuinely at home in both of their languages. That is what allows us to stand behind a 100% accuracy guarantee across more than three decades of work.

From our first project in 1991 to the 50,000+ clients we serve today, the formula has never changed: careful translators, disciplined proofreading and honest service. It is why a first order so often becomes a working relationship that lasts for years.

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ASIAN, AFRICAN, MIDDLE EASTERN

Arabic Assamese Azerbaijani Bashkir Bengali Bhojpuri Dari Farsi Gujarati Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Kannada
Khmer Konkani Malayalam Mandarin Marathi Nepali Oriya Ossetian Pashto Persian Punjabi
Sanskrit Sinhalese Sundanese Sylheti Tagalog Tamil Telugu Thai Urdu Vietnamese

No translation leaves our hands on a single pass. Before any linguist joins EKO 4 they are recruited, vetted, interviewed and examined; once on a project, their work moves through editors and project managers who proofread it again before it ever reaches you. That layered process is the machinery behind our 100% accuracy guarantee.

Most of our 500+ translators and editors have spent years inside international, multi-cultural projects, so the finished document does not merely say the right words — it speaks to the audience, authority or market it was written for.

Professionalism, precision and fair pricing, backed by a 100% quality guarantee. Wherever in the country you are, EKO 4 speaks your language — explore all of them on our languages page.

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