In March a customer sent us two signed land lease agreements in Gujarati, fourteen and fifteen pages each, part of a set of four covering family land leased to a solar power developer. The English versions were going to a bank in India. What followed was three weeks of close work: a fresh quote once the new files proved to differ in substance from one already translated, corrections to a name spelling and a missing numbered item, certificates rewritten so each pointed at its own agreement, and a company seal on every printed page. The customer wrote afterwards that he was “extremely happy with the service.”<\/p>\n
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Two signed agreements arrived on a Wednesday in March, fourteen and fifteen pages, each a twenty-six-year land lease for a solar power project. Two more from the same family set were already in progress on an earlier order, naming family members as lessors and the same developer as lessee. Explore our gujarati translation services<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n The instructions were brief. The customer expected the new files to resemble the earlier ones, wanted notarization and printed copies, and asked that everything be mailed with the previous package. The English versions were destined for a bank in India, which shaped how the certificates would later read.<\/p>\n Long commercial contracts are a different job from a one-page certificate, and our Gujarati translation team<\/a> treats them that way: layout, numbered clauses and tables all have to survive the move into English.<\/p>\n Our translator came back with an unwelcome finding: the formatting of all the documents was the same, but the content differed. A second translator checked the files to confirm it, because the premise of the request had been that these were near-copies.<\/p>\n Reading fourteen and fifteen pages line by line against an earlier version is slow work. So our consultant called the customer and offered a faster route: mark only the sections that differ, by hand if that is easiest, then scan the marked pages. Circling or underlining would be enough.<\/p>\n He did exactly that, sending three files, one of them the earlier agreement to serve as the comparison original. Our team confirmed the differences went past names and numbers: whole passages had been replaced or added, and that new text had to be fitted into the existing lease agreement translation<\/a> format. He paid the same day, adding notarization and mailing.<\/p>\n The drafts came back for review six days later and the response was precise. A family name appeared with a doubled letter throughout both documents and needed a single one. Item 36 of the original had not carried into the English version. Then came the question that shaped the next fortnight: is the certificate stamped on the document itself or issued separately, and if separately, how does anyone tell which certificate belongs to which document?<\/p>\n It is a fair question when four agreements share a title, a date and a lessee, leaving a generic certificate almost interchangeable between them. Our consultant asked the customer to confirm which details stayed constant across all four, and he did. Our team then rebuilt each certificate to name the document title, the date of execution, the lessee, that agreement’s own lessor or lessors and its land block details. At the customer’s request the heading “Contract Date” became “Date of Execution” on all four, and the land details were set as a table.<\/p>\n With the files approved, the set went for notarization and printing. Before it shipped, the customer raised his underlying concern: the translated pages carried no mark, so nothing tied them physically to the signed certificates. Our standard practice is to stamp the certificate, not the translation. Our consultant offered two alternatives: merge each certificate with its translation into one file, or add the company seal to every translated page. He chose the seal. Operations reprinted the files, placed the seal in the lower right of each page, and shipped by tracked courier.<\/p>\n The customer ended up with certified and notarized English translations, a separate certificate for each naming its own parties, date and land details, and printed copies carrying the company seal on every page. He wrote that the work had been handled with “the utmost professionalism and precision.” One formatting gap on a first page was still under review when the ticket closed.<\/p>\n A certificate of translation is a signed statement accompanying the translated document. At minimum it states that the translation is complete and accurate and that the translator is competent in both languages, over a signature and a date.<\/p>\n When a set of similar documents travels together, that minimum is not always enough. A certificate can also identify:<\/p>\n Those details let a reviewer match each certificate to its document without relying on file names. Ask for them when you submit several near-identical records.<\/p>\n Certified means a human translator signs a statement that the translation is complete and accurate. That statement covers the content.<\/p>\n Notarized means a notary public witnesses the translator signing that statement and adds a notarial certificate. The notary confirms who signed, and does not read, check or vouch for the translation. Notarized translation<\/a> is requested by some receiving offices and not others.<\/p>\n A company seal on printed pages is different again. It is not a legal certification, but a visible mark tying the printed sheets to the company that produced them, which is why customers submitting long contracts sometimes ask for it.<\/p>\n In this story the marked-up comparison copy was the most useful file the customer sent, because it turned an open-ended re-read into a defined piece of work.<\/p>\n Gujarati is spoken across the New York metro area, in Jackson Heights and Floral Park in Queens, in parts of Brooklyn and Staten Island, and throughout northern New Jersey. Families here need English translations of Indian property records, lease agreements and civil documents, and just as often need documents prepared for submission back in India.<\/p>\n Our office is at 224 W 35th St #1200-8, New York, NY 10001, on the 12th floor between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, a short walk from Penn Station, Herald Square and Port Authority. Printed sets can be collected there or mailed by tracked courier in 2\u20133 business days. Read more about our New York translation services<\/a>, or see how a notarized Turkish translation for a consulate<\/a> was prepared.<\/p>\n A short certificate can be same-day, and rush delivery within 2\u201324 hours can be arranged. Long contracts are quoted individually, because page count, tables and review rounds affect the schedule. In this story two agreements of fourteen and fifteen pages took about three weeks from first file to shipped copies.<\/p>\n In most cases yes. Numbered clauses, schedules and tables are reproduced so the English version reads alongside the original. Where a table is hard to follow, we can reformat it if you ask. In this story the land details were set as a table at the customer’s request.<\/p>\n Each translated document gets its own certificate of translation. When several documents are similar, ask for identifying details on the certificate itself: the title, the date of execution, the parties and the property concerned. That makes each certificate specific to one document, so a reviewer can match them confidently.<\/p>\n It depends entirely on the receiving institution, so ask before ordering. Certification is the translator’s signed statement of accuracy. Notarization only confirms that a notary witnessed the translator signing it, and some overseas banks, courts and registries want that layer. An apostille is a separate step again.<\/p>\n Tell us the spelling you want before translation starts and we will apply it consistently. Names written in another script can be transliterated several ways, and a set that mixes forms invites questions from the office reading it. If the originals really do differ, each translation follows its own source.<\/p>\n Yes, on request. The certificate of translation is stamped as standard, and we can also place the company seal on each page of the printed translation, or merge certificate and translation into one file. Say so before printing, since adding it later means reprinting the set.<\/p>\nHow We Handled It<\/h3>\n
The new files were not copies of the old ones<\/h4>\n
Marking the changes by hand<\/h4>\n
Two corrections, then certificates that had to point back<\/h4>\n
A seal on every printed page<\/h4>\n
The Result<\/h3>\n
What a Certificate of Translation Actually Says<\/h3>\n
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Certified, Notarized and Sealed Are Not the Same Thing<\/h3>\n
Preparing a Long Contract for Translation<\/h3>\n
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Gujarati Translation in New York and the Tri-State Area<\/h3>\n
Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n
How long does a certified Gujarati translation take?<\/h4>\n
Can you keep the original layout of a long contract?<\/h4>\n
How do I know which certificate belongs to which document?<\/h4>\n
Do I need notarization for documents going overseas?<\/h4>\n
What if a name is spelled differently across my documents?<\/h4>\n
Can you add a company seal to the printed copies?<\/h4>\n
Have a Gujarati Contract to Translate?<\/h3>\n