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04Sworn status & register

Under oath.Verifiable. Generally sworn translator for Arabic and German — Darmstadt Regional Court, court person ID 49172.

Generally sworn translator before Darmstadt Regional Court, listed in the interpreter and translator database of the German state justice administrations. What that means for your document — and why it counts throughout Germany.

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Darmstadt Regional CourtCourt person ID 49172Register as of 05.09.2023

Chapter 01The data sheet

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Many translator websites show logos and promises. Here you get the number you can look it up with.

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Name: Azzab Ragab
Status: Generally sworn translator
Sworn in before: Darmstadt Regional Court, Hesse
Languages: Arabic ⇄ German
Court person ID: 49172
Register: Interpreter and translator database of the German state justice administrations ↗
Register as of: 05.09.2023
Validity: Germany-wide — Section 142(3) German Code of Civil Procedure

Chapter 02What lies behind it

Five things worth knowing about being sworn in.

What “generally sworn” actually means

Not self-declared. Administered by a regional court.

You do not become sworn through an examination alone, and certainly not by declaring it yourself. A regional court administers the oath — to produce translations faithfully and conscientiously, and to render what is said at an appointment completely and without distortion. The oath is a general one: it covers all future assignments, not just a single case.

In practice that means I may attach the certification note to a translation and provide it with stamp and signature. That is precisely the difference between a translated text and a document an authority will accept.

Why an oath sworn in Hesse is valid in Bavaria

Section 142(3) ZPO — the same paper counts in Erding as in Hamburg.

My oath was administered by Darmstadt Regional Court. This question comes up in almost every first conversation: does that even count here?

It does. Certified translations by translators sworn in Germany must be accepted nationwide under Section 142(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure — regardless of which regional court administered the oath. The Erding registry office, the district office, a university in Hamburg or an authority in North Rhine-Westphalia will accept the same translation. Moving house or federal state does not invalidate it.

If an office nevertheless hesitates: let me know. I will give you the legal reference and, if needed, my register entry to look up.

The entry you can look up

You do not have to take my word for it. The entry is public.

The justice administrations of the German states maintain a joint database of all sworn interpreters and translators. Anyone not listed there is not sworn — that is how simple the check is. My entry carries the court person ID 49172, register as of 05.09.2023.

With the Act on the General Swearing-in of Court Interpreters (GDolmG) the requirements were harmonised nationwide and the entries updated accordingly. You do not have to take my word for it: the entry is publicly accessible.

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How you recognise it

Note, stamp, signature — that turns text into a document.

Symbolic image: bound set of documents, close-up — not a photograph of an issued translation.

Confidentiality comes with it

A professional duty, not small print.

What I hear at an appointment and what is written in your documents stays there. For sworn interpreters, confidentiality is part of the professional duties, not a promise in the small print.

Your documents are kept only for as long as the assignment and the statutory retention periods require. You can ask at any time for copies to be deleted.

Neutrality is not distance

I render what is said. Not what sounds good.

An interpreter is not a party to the matter. I do not give you legal advice, I do not colour anything and I do not summarise what someone said at length. That is exactly what makes the rendering usable in court and before authorities.

What I do very much do: explain beforehand how the appointment will run, what the office pays attention to and which documents you should bring. That kind of preparation is permitted — and it often decides whether an appointment gets through in a single attempt.

Chapter 03The difference

Agency or person — you notice it at the appointment at the latest.

Through an agency

You write to an address, not to a person.
You usually never learn who does the translating.
Questions go through an intermediary — and take time.
You pay the agency's mark-up as well.
For the appointment someone is assigned whom you have never spoken to.

Directly with me

From the first message you speak to the person who translates and interprets.
Questions go back and forth the same day.
No mark-up for a middleman.
We clarify in advance what your particular authority requires.
At the appointment, the person sitting next to you is the one you spoke to on the phone.

It becomes concrete on the service pages: interpreting at courts, authorities, registry offices and notaries and certified translations of certificates and diplomas. What an assignment costs is in the price list.

Still unsure?

Call and ask before you commission anything.

Two minutes on the phone often save you a second trip to the authority. I will tell you what your office needs — even when it turns out not to be a job for me.

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