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What is Sworn Translator?

A translator appointed or sworn before a court so that their translations carry legal effect.

In detail

Many European and Latin American jurisdictions maintain registers of sworn translators whose work needs no further certification. Thailand has no statutory sworn-translator register, so the closest equivalent is a translator's certification followed by a notarial attorney and the Department of Consular Affairs. If the receiving authority insists on a sworn translator of its own country, confirm in advance whether a Thai-certified translation is accepted.

คำอธิบายภาษาไทย — นักแปลสาบานตน (Sworn Translator)

หลายประเทศในยุโรปและละตินอเมริกาใช้ระบบนักแปลสาบานตน ซึ่งคำแปลมีผลทางกฎหมายทันทีโดยไม่ต้องรับรองเพิ่ม ประเทศไทยไม่มีระบบนี้ตามกฎหมาย จึงใช้วิธีเทียบเคียงคือให้ผู้แปลลงนามรับรองแล้วผ่านทนายผู้ทำคำรับรองและกรมการกงสุลแทน หากปลายทางระบุว่าต้องเป็น sworn/official translator ของประเทศนั้น ควรตรวจสอบก่อนว่ายอมรับคำแปลจากไทยหรือไม่

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