What this work can include
Financial statements, balance sheets, income statements, audit reports, tax returns, notices of assessment, bank statements, proof-of-funds documents, pay records, invoices, insurance policies, claims files, annual reports and supporting schedules may all require translation.
Where accuracy has to stay consistent
Currencies, accounting periods, account labels, headings, notes, negative amounts, percentages, tax terminology and repeated entity names should remain consistent. Tables need enough structural fidelity that the reader can tell which translated label belongs to which source figure.
Managing large and multi-file projects
A financial package can contain repeated statements, appendices and supporting evidence from several years. Clarify the period and documents the receiver requires before translating an unnecessarily large archive. When the whole package is needed, send it together so terminology and reporting periods can be handled consistently.
Professional translation, certified translation or both?
Financial material may be used for immigration, lending, litigation, tax, audit, corporate or insurance purposes. Those uses do not all impose the same certification requirements. The receiving institution determines whether a certified translation or another formal step is necessary.
What affects the quote
Useful quoting information includes the complete file, reporting period, language pair, intended use, deadline, whether tables must closely reproduce the original layout and whether certification is required. Dense tables and scanned statements can require more production work than their raw word count suggests.
Questions about this type of translation
Are the numbers in financial statements changed?
No. Translation concerns the source text and labels; figures, currencies and reporting relationships need to remain faithful to the source document.
Can several years of statements be translated together?
Yes. Identify the periods the receiving party requires so the project includes the necessary records without adding irrelevant years.
Do bank or tax documents always need certification?
No single rule applies to every use. Immigration programs, lenders, courts and other institutions can set different requirements.
Can complex tables be preserved?
The translated layout can be prepared so labels remain associated with the correct figures. The exact formatting scope should be agreed from the source files.