Signed translator certifications
Thread poster: Kim Metzger
Kim Metzger
Kim Metzger  Identity Verified
Mexico
Local time: 09:04
German to English
Aug 28, 2020

I just finished translating university certificates and transcripts that require a signed translator's certification. I sent the translation as a Word file and the signed certification per PDF. The client says he needs a single file in PDF. I can't figure out how to do that. Help appreciated. Kim

 
Sheila Wilson
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Spain
Local time: 15:04
Member (2007)
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Save it as a PDF Aug 29, 2020

Under the File tab in Word you can export the file as a PDF, so just make your statement the last page of your translation. I imagine it would be useful to number the pages. In the current free Adobe program you can record your signature and/or initials and then append them to the PDF.

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Rolf Keller
Rolf Keller
Germany
Local time: 16:04
English to German
"digital signature/certificate" is ambiguous Aug 29, 2020

Kim Metzger wrote:

a signed translator's certification

It depends on what the client means/needs.

With digital documents there are two meanings for "signature":

-- An optically readable signature. This is just a picture that looks like a handwritten signature. You can insert such a picture via MS Word or via Adobe Reader. For Word you need a graphics file (created elsewhere e. g. using a scanner). Adobe Reader enables you to draw/create such a graphics image (see Sheila's hint).
In either case it is - from a legal point of view - just a picture of a signage, not a real sigature.

-- A real digital signature. Such a signature proves (1) that you signed that document and (2) that the document has not be modified after you signed it. In many countries this is equivalent to a real sigature (ink on paper).

In order to create such a document you need a tool like Adobe Acrobat (Acrobat Readert isn't suffient) AND an electronic certificate that proves that you are Kim Metzger and not Rolf Keller who pretends to be Kim Metzger.


 
Kim Metzger
Kim Metzger  Identity Verified
Mexico
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German to English
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Success Aug 29, 2020

Thank you, Sheila and Rolf. Mission accomplished with Adobe Acrobat.

 


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