How Much Does a Certified Translation Cost?

A certified translation costs $24.95 per page at Eagle Translate, and one page means one page of the PDF you upload, holding up to 250 words. Most single records, a birth certificate or a marriage certificate for example, are one page with fewer than 250 words, so the whole order is $24.95. A translation without certification is $19.95 per page, and Premium, which is translated ahead of other orders and delivered in one to two business days, is $39.95 per page.

What each service level costs per page

| Service level | Price per page | Turnaround | Signed certificate of accuracy | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Standard | $19.95 | 3 to 5 business days | No | | Certified | $24.95 | 2 to 3 business days | Yes | | Premium | $39.95 | 1 to 2 business days | Yes |

Certification is included in the Certified and Premium rates. There is no separate charge for the certificate of accuracy, for the official template the translation is issued on, for matching the layout of your original, or for delivery. The price shown before you pay is the price you pay.

The rate is the same for every language pair we work in. Translating a document from Turkish into English costs exactly what translating from Spanish into English costs, and the languages we cover are listed on the languages page. Chinese is the one exception to the word count. It is priced by page alone, because Chinese text has no spaces to count words by. Divide any rate by 250 and you have the per word equivalent, which is just under 8 cents a word at Standard, just under 10 cents at Certified, and about 16 cents at Premium. The full comparison of what each level includes sits on the services and pricing page.

Why certified translation is priced per page

Translation cost tracks the amount of text a translator has to read, render and check. A dense academic transcript can carry four times the text of a birth certificate printed on the same size paper. So every page of your PDF is priced at the flat page rate, and a document averaging more than 250 words a page is priced by its words instead, which keeps the rate proportional to the actual work while staying simple enough to quote in one line.

It also means the number is predictable before anyone starts. Your document is measured when you upload it, the page count appears on screen, and the total is fixed at that point. There is no reweighing at the end and no invoice that arrives larger than the quote. If you want the counting rules in detail, including how dense documents are priced, read what counts as one page in translation pricing.

What common documents actually cost

These are typical page counts at the Certified rate of $24.95 per page.

• Birth certificate, usually 100 to 200 words, one page, $24.95
• Marriage certificate, one page, $24.95
• Passport biographical page, one page, $24.95
• Police clearance certificate, one page, $24.95
• University transcript of three PDF pages carrying about 900 words, charged as 900 words, $89.82
• Divorce decree of ten PDF pages carrying about 2,100 words, charged as ten pages, $249.50
• Commercial contract of twelve PDF pages carrying about 4,000 words, charged as 4,000 words, $399.20

The same documents at the Standard rate are $19.95 per page, and at Premium they are $39.95 per page. A one page birth certificate is therefore $19.95, $24.95 or $39.95 depending on the level you pick, and only the Certified and Premium versions carry the signed certificate of accuracy that official filings ask for.

The 50 page limit on a single document

Each document can be up to 50 PDF pages, which costs at least $1,247.50 at the Certified rate, and more if it averages more than 250 words a page. That covers almost every personal filing and most business documents. If your document runs past 50 pages, get in touch and we will price and schedule it with you directly rather than asking you to split it into pieces.

What is never charged as an extra

• The signed certificate of accuracy on Certified and Premium orders
• The official certified template the translation is issued on
• Matching the structure of the original, including tables, stamps and seal text
• Digital delivery, and printing your file as many times as you need
• Correcting a translation error that we made

What happens if a certified translation is rejected

If a certified translation is rejected because of a translation error we made, we correct it at no charge. If the corrected translation is rejected again for that same error, we refund what you paid for it. You need to tell us within 30 days and send us the written rejection. The conditions, and the situations this does not cover, are set out in full in the refund policy.

That remedy covers our work. It does not cover a filing turned down for a reason that has nothing to do with the translation, such as a missing form, an expired document or an instruction from the receiving office that was never passed to us. Requirements differ between agencies, courts and universities, and the instructions you were given by the office receiving your paperwork always govern.

What to check when you compare translation prices

Quoted rates are only comparable once you know what sits behind them. Five things are worth checking before you decide.

• Whether certification is included in the rate or added at checkout
• What the provider counts as a page, and whether a page dense with text costs the same as a sparse one
• Whether you see the exact price before paying or an estimate that moves afterwards
• Turnaround stated in business days, not vague promises of speed
• Whether the certificate you receive can be checked by the office you send it to, which anyone can do on our verification page

Which level you actually need

If the document is going to a government agency, a court, a university or a licensing board, you need Certified at $24.95 or Premium at $39.95, because those are the levels that carry the signed certificate of accuracy. Standard at $19.95 is for translations you need to be accurate but do not need to be certified, such as internal business documents or personal correspondence.

Premium is worth the extra $15.00 a page only when your deadline is genuinely inside three business days. The translation itself, the certificate and the way it is prepared are identical to Certified. You are buying position in the schedule and nothing else, which is covered in when you actually need a priority translation. If you are working out whether a normal turnaround will reach your deadline in time, how long a certified translation takes walks through it with dates.

Upload your PDF at start an order and the page count and the exact price appear before you enter a card. If your document is unusual or larger than 50 pages, contact us and we will quote it properly.