Whether you live or work in Bruges or elsewhere in the Province of West Flanders, ABC Translation handles your official documents from start to finish: sworn translation, apostille, embassy legalisation, document retrieval and interpreting.
Postcode 8000 Administrative language Dutch
Which language for your documents in Bruges?
Bruges is in Flanders, where municipalities and most administrations work in Dutch. A document in another language, whether a foreign birth certificate or a diploma, therefore usually has to be submitted with a sworn translation into Dutch. We also translate Dutch documents into French, German, English and other languages when you need them abroad or in another region.
Common requests in Bruges
As an administrative centre, Bruges sees many procedures that call for official documents: registrations with the municipality, notarial deeds, applications to regional and provincial services.
Import, export and logistics businesses around Bruges rely on legalised commercial documents: invoices, certificates of origin and powers of attorney, often with consular legalisation for countries outside the Apostille Convention.
Our services in Bruges
- Sworn translation in BrugesOfficial translations signed by sworn translators, accepted by Belgian authorities, notaries and courts.
- Apostille in BrugesApostille for Belgian public documents and translations going to countries party to the Hague Convention.
- Legalisation in BrugesLegalisation through the FPS Foreign Affairs, embassies and consulates for countries outside the Apostille Convention.
- Document retrieval in BrugesOfficial documents requested on your behalf from Belgian and foreign authorities.
- Interpreting in BrugesSworn and professional interpreters for notaries, municipalities, meetings and conferences, on site or remote.
Ordering from Bruges
Everything starts online: send scans through the form and receive your quote by email. When originals are needed they travel by registered post or courier, and your finished documents are returned to your address in Bruges, or sent electronically when the authority accepts it. For interpreting, the interpreter comes to your appointment in Bruges or joins by video.