Medical specialist certificate – Certified translation

Certified translation of medical specialist certificate / specialist diploma

Do you need a certified translation of your medical specialist certificate? You are probably a doctor and would like to have your specialist certificate recognized in a country where you would like to work. Among many other documents, you will need a certified translation of your specialist certificate for this purpose. By the way, you can also order the certified translation of your license to practice medicinor your certificate of medical license examination from us.

What is a medical specialist certificate?

After graduating from high school, studying medicine and working for many years as an assistant doctor or doctor in further training, physicians have the opportunity to become a specialist.

Becoming a specialist requires years of training, culminating in the specialist examination.

For more information, please visit the website of the German Medical Association.
Possible areas of expertise include, for example:

• internal medicine
• general medicine
• surgery
• etc.

With the specialist certificate, a physician is entitled to set up or run his/her own practice.

Recognition of the specialist certificate

Due to standardized processes, the recognition of specialist medical training and examinations is much easier within Europe than moving from the EU to third countries or vice versa. Visit the German Medical Association‘s site for more information on the recognition process. In any case, an important part of the procedure is the certified translation of certain documents into the target language.

Certified translation of your medical specialist certificate

A certified translation of your medical specialist certificate is a careful and true-to-layout translation of the language of your document into the desired target language (e.g. German) by a translator sworn in at a German court. The latter confirms the accuracy and completeness of the translation in relation to the original document by means of his or her stamp and certification mark. A copy of the original document is also usually attached to the certified translation. For the translation we only need a copy (scan or photo) of your document. For information on providing the certificate and digitizing your document, click here. You will receive the certified translation by mail within the specified delivery time (2-3 business days for short documents). You can find more useful information about the order process here.