Certified Business License translation
A certified English translation of your business license or registration — entity name, legal form, scope, and registry details exactly as issued — backed by a signed Certificate of Accuracy.
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A company proving it exists.
Before anyone banks, contracts, or petitions with a foreign company, they verify it: legally formed, currently registered, permitted to do what it claims. The license translation is the front door to that verification, which is why its identifiers must be flawless.
Immigration business filings
E-2 investments, L-1 transfers, and EB-5 projects all begin by proving the foreign entity is real. Officers read the registration against the corporate story, so names and dates must line up perfectly.
Banks and account opening
US banks onboarding foreign-owned businesses run compliance on the registration documents. Certified translations keep the process inside the checklist instead of escalating to review.
Partners and procurement
Vendor onboarding and joint ventures verify counterparties through their registrations. A precise translation answers due diligence before it becomes a delay.
Courts and disputes
Standing to sue, ownership fights, and enforcement actions turn on registry facts. Certified translations put the entity’s legal existence into evidence.
What gets translated
The entity, rendered without dressing up.
The strongest temptation in business document translation is to Americanize — to make the GmbH a “LLC” and the local registry a “Secretary of State.” We resist it, because verification depends on what the document actually says.
Entity name and legal form
The company as registered, with its legal form kept and glossed — a GmbH stays a GmbH, explained, not costumed as an LLC.
Registration numbers
Registry, tax, and license identifiers reproduced exactly — the keys anyone verifying the entity will type into a database.
Scope of business
Registered activities translated precisely; petitions and banks compare claimed operations against this list.
Dates and standing
Formation, registration, and validity dates exact, with status lines rendered as the registry states them.
Authority marks
Registry seals, signatures, and verification codes described in place, preserving the chain to the issuer.
Companion extracts
Registry extracts, articles, and shareholder lists translated alongside when the file requires the fuller corporate picture.
Before you order
Corporate paperwork, verified the first time.
Recent extracts beat old certificates
Many verifiers want proof the company exists now, not that it was formed then — which means a current registry extract alongside the original license. Check the date requirement before ordering, and translate the pair together.
Legal forms are not interchangeable
S.A., GmbH, K.K., Ltd. — each carries specific liability and capital meanings. Our translations keep the form and add a brief gloss, so the reader learns what your entity is instead of assuming what it resembles.
Match the whole corporate file
Licenses rarely file alone: articles, financials, and contracts follow. One linguist across the set keeps the entity name, officers, and registry references identical everywhere — the consistency due diligence actually tests.
How it works
Upload to verification-ready — usually overnight.
Photograph or scan it
Take a clear photo or scan of your business license and upload it. The word count and the exact total show before you pay — no account needed.
A specialist linguist takes it
Your file goes to a native speaker who works with this document type every week and knows its stamps, layouts, and abbreviations on sight.
Reviewed, then certified
A second linguist checks names, dates, numbers, and layout against the original. Only then is the Certificate of Accuracy signed.
Delivered as one PDF
Translation, certificate, and a copy of the source in a single file — ready to attach to your filing or forward to whoever asked for it.
Pricing is by word count. A license or extract is short, so most orders stay near the starting price of $24.95 — fuller corporate packages are itemized per document before you pay.
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FAQ
The questions that actually come up.
The ones we hear most often, answered by our dispatch and project-management teams.
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01Will USCIS accept the translation for an E-2 or L-1 filing?
Yes — certified translations with a signed Certificate of Accuracy are the standard for foreign corporate evidence. The practical advice: translate the registration together with the documents it must agree with, because officers read the set for consistency, not the license in isolation.
02Should the company type be translated as LLC so Americans understand it?
No — that substitutes a US legal meaning your entity may not have. We keep the legal form as registered and add a concise gloss of what it is. Banks, officers, and lawyers all prefer this; it is the difference between information and decoration.
03Our license is old and the bank wants proof we still exist.
That is a current registry extract, which most registries issue quickly. Translate the extract with the license — the pair proves formation and present standing together, which is what account-opening compliance is actually checking.
04Can you translate the whole corporate package — articles, registry, financials?
Yes, and as one order it comes with one termbase: entity names, officer titles, and registered activities rendered identically across every document. That consistency is what makes a corporate file read as verified rather than assembled.
05How is the price calculated?
By word count, per document — starting at $24.95. Licenses and extracts are short; articles and financials price by their length, itemized before you pay.
06How fast can we get it for a bank appointment?
Single registration documents are usually back within 24 hours, with rush available. Tell us the appointment date and the delivery commits to it in the quote.
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Your company’s papers, verification-ready.
Upload your registration documents and see the exact price and delivery time before you pay — entity details exact, and a signed Certificate of Accuracy on every document.