Whether you live or work in Mons or elsewhere in the Province of Hainaut, ABC Translation handles your official documents from start to finish: sworn translation, apostille, embassy legalisation, document retrieval and interpreting.
Postcode 7000 Administrative language French
Which language for your documents in Mons?
Mons is in Wallonia, where administrations work in French. Foreign documents, and Dutch or German documents from other parts of Belgium, usually need a sworn translation into French before they are accepted. French documents going abroad are translated into the language of the destination country.
Common requests in Mons
As an administrative centre, Mons sees many procedures that call for official documents: registrations with the municipality, notarial deeds, applications to regional and provincial services.
With international institutions, embassies and many international employers nearby, residents of Mons often need diplomas, employment documents and civil-status records translated for registration with the municipality, or legalised for a posting abroad.
Students and researchers in Mons often need diplomas and transcripts translated for enrolment or for a diploma equivalence application, and Belgian diplomas translated and apostilled to study or work abroad.
Our services in Mons
- Sworn translation in MonsOfficial translations signed by sworn translators, accepted by Belgian authorities, notaries and courts.
- Apostille in MonsApostille for Belgian public documents and translations going to countries party to the Hague Convention.
- Legalisation in MonsLegalisation through the FPS Foreign Affairs, embassies and consulates for countries outside the Apostille Convention.
- Document retrieval in MonsOfficial documents requested on your behalf from Belgian and foreign authorities.
- Interpreting in MonsSworn and professional interpreters for notaries, municipalities, meetings and conferences, on site or remote.
Ordering from Mons
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 Mons, or sent electronically when the authority accepts it. For interpreting, the interpreter comes to your appointment in Mons or joins by video.