Arabic translation in Madrid

Arabic documents for use in Spain

We can examine certificates, company records, agreements, reports and correspondence. Official documents may contain handwritten entries, stamps, unfamiliar date conventions and several spellings of the same name. Send clear images of every page and any reverse side with content. If a passport or another official record gives a Latin-script spelling of a person's name, include it as a reference; the translation still needs to reflect the source and the receiving body's instructions.

An agreement requires legal translation informed by the function of its clauses and the legal setting in which it was written. A court or administrative title should not be replaced by a misleading Spanish equivalent merely because the words look similar. If the file will be submitted to a Spanish authority, ask whether it needs sworn translation of Arabic. Professional authorisation for the relevant combination and direction must be checked; an ordinary agency stamp cannot confer sworn status.

Spanish material for Arabic readers

For corporate and public-facing content, specify the target country and audience. A sales message or institutional page should not be assumed to work identically throughout the Arabic-speaking world. Tell us where it will appear, who will read it and whether your organisation has approved terms or a house style. A product sheet, customer website and formal communication call for different registers.

On a website or in an app, localisation has to address right-to-left reading, the placement of numbers and Latin-script names, forms and navigation. Right-aligning a translated string alone does not establish a usable interface. Designed catalogues and forms can require multilingual typesetting with suitable fonts and checks on tables, illustrations and mixed-script passages.

Names, dates and legibility

Personal and place names may already have more than one Latin transcription. We need to know whether a recognised spelling must be retained for the recipient. Dates, references, numbering and measurements should be checked against the original. If the file also contains French or English, identify the sections to translate and the target language for each; the quotation should reflect the actual multilingual content.

A poorly scanned stamp or clipped annotation should not be completed by guesswork. We may request a better scan or clarification. For recurring business content, an agreed glossary can maintain product names and job titles across documents. A glossary still needs to be applied with regard to the context of each occurrence, especially when the same word has several functions.

Where a company uses both Arabic and English names on packaging, provide the approved forms and explain which one belongs in each market. That prevents an apparently harmless change of spelling from separating a catalogue item from its label or supporting documentation.

General translation and official use

Not every Arabic document requires sworn certification. A catalogue or internal briefing may need a specialist translation under our translation services. An authority may instead prescribe certification, a paper copy or another form of presentation. Ask the recipient and provide its instructions. Apostille or legalisation of the source document is a separate question governed by the country and procedure.

For Spanish documents intended for use abroad, check which form of translation the overseas recipient accepts. “Official”, “certified” and “sworn” do not describe one universal procedure. We can assess the text after that requirement is clear rather than promise that a Spanish certification will be accepted everywhere.

Sending an enquiry

Specify Arabic into Spanish or Spanish into Arabic, the relevant country, subject, deadline and required output. Include every page and any approved terminology. If a designed file must be returned in editable form, tell us before quoting. Browse the translation languages and quality approach, or send the material via the quote form.