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Sworn translators in Prague

15 court translators and agencies that make official (sworn) translations, with strong public reviews. Pick the language your document is in, then call, email or send your documents directly.

Languages come from each firm's own website, as a version of the site in the language or a statement that the firm serves customers in it or translates it, or from the official register the firm is in.

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15 firms

Most public reviews first. Nobody pays to be listed or to move up.

  1. I.L.T.S. Praha

    Sworn translations · Praha 1 · since 2005

    4.6 of 5 on Google294 reviews

    Languages
    EnglishUkrainianGermanSlovakPolishFrenchSpanishItalian+28 more
    Serves
    Prague · Central Bohemia · Anywhere in Czechia · Abroad
    Services
    Ordinary translations · Help with an apostille or superlegalisation · Express translations

  3. JSERVICE Translations

    Sworn translations · Praha 8 · since 2024

    99% on Firmy.cz48 reviews

    Languages
    EnglishUkrainianGermanSlovakPolishFrenchSpanishItalian+10 more
    Serves
    Prague · Central Bohemia · Anywhere in Czechia
    Services
    Ordinary translations · Interpreting · Help with an apostille or superlegalisation · Express translations · +1 more

  6. JSV Překlady a legalizace

    Sworn translations · Praha 1 · since 2015

    4.6 of 5 on Google56 reviews

    Languages
    EnglishUkrainianGermanSlovakPolishFrenchSpanishItalian+35 more
    Serves
    Prague · Central Bohemia · Anywhere in Czechia · Abroad
    Services
    Ordinary translations · Interpreting · Sworn interpreting at a wedding, a notary or the police · Help with an apostille or superlegalisation · +1 more

  7. Překlady textu

    Sworn translations · Praha 1 · since 2018

    4.9 of 5 on Google60 reviews

    Languages
    EnglishUkrainianGermanSlovakPolishFrenchSpanishItalian+19 more
    Serves
    Prague · Central Bohemia · Anywhere in Czechia · Abroad
    Services
    Ordinary translations · Interpreting · Sworn interpreting at a wedding, a notary or the police · Help with an apostille or superlegalisation · +2 more

  8. České překlady

    Sworn translations · Praha 1 · since 2007

    4.8 of 5 on Google56 reviews

    Languages
    EnglishUkrainianGermanSlovakPolishFrenchSpanishItalian+37 more
    Serves
    Prague · Central Bohemia · Anywhere in Czechia
    Services
    Ordinary translations · Interpreting · Sworn interpreting at a wedding, a notary or the police · Help with an apostille or superlegalisation · +2 more

  9. Překladex

    Sworn translations · Praha 1 · since 2020

    4.9 of 5 on Google29 reviews

    Languages
    EnglishUkrainianGermanSlovakPolishFrenchSpanishItalian+23 more
    Serves
    Prague
    Services
    Ordinary translations · Interpreting · Sworn interpreting at a wedding, a notary or the police · Express translations · +1 more

  10. Didacticus

    Sworn translations · Praha 1 · since 2003

    4.8 of 5 on Google33 reviews

    Languages
    EnglishUkrainianGermanSlovakPolishFrenchSpanishItalian+35 more
    Serves
    Prague · Central Bohemia · Anywhere in Czechia
    Services
    Ordinary translations · Interpreting · Sworn interpreting at a wedding, a notary or the police · Help with an apostille or superlegalisation · +2 more

  12. Překlady Levey

    Sworn translations · Praha 7 · since 1995

    5.0 of 5 on Google32 reviews

    Languages
    EnglishGermanPolishFrenchSpanishItalianGreek
    Serves
    Prague · Central Bohemia · Anywhere in Czechia · Abroad
    Services
    Ordinary translations · Interpreting · Sworn interpreting at a wedding, a notary or the police · Express translations · +1 more

What to know before you order a translation

How to check a translator, and when a Czech office needs an official translation at all.

How do I check that a translator is official?

Look them up in the Ministry of Justice's public list of court interpreters and translators. It shows their name, languages, address, IČO and data box, and whether their authorisation is suspended or has ended. Only someone in the list can make an official translation.

Source: Ministry of Justice, list of interpreters and translators

Is a translator appointed under the old rules still official?

Only if they're in the current list. Translators appointed under the 1967 act could carry on under the 2019 act for at most five years from 1 January 2021, so from 2026 an old appointment alone isn't enough. Check the list before you order.

Source: Act 354/2019 Coll. on court interpreters and translators, §44

When does an office need an official translation?

Czech offices deal in Czech and accept Slovak too. A document in any other language goes in as the original with an official Czech translation, unless the office tells you it doesn't need one, and an office can say so on its notice board for every case. Ask the office before you pay for a translation.

Source: Administrative Procedure Code 500/2004 Coll., §16

Can I get a certified copy of my passport?

No. A town hall or Czech POINT counter won't certify a copy of an ID card, a passport, a driving licence or a residence card, because no copy can stand in for them. Ask the office whether it wants the original shown or a plain copy.

Source: Act 21/2006 Coll. on verification, §9

Can I skip the translation for a document from another EU country?

Often. A birth, marriage or death certificate, a criminal record certificate and other public documents from another EU country need no apostille here. Ask the office that issues one for a multilingual standard form to go with it: a Czech office that accepts the form usually doesn't ask for a translation.

Source: Regulation (EU) 2016/1191 on public documents

Videos on translations and certified copies

People who live in Czechia, on which documents need an official translation and how to get a copy certified.

  • Translating Documents Into Czech for Your Visa Application.

    Jan Kalina - Author, Immigration Expert, Speaker28 Sept 2023 · 11:40

    An immigration adviser in Prague on which residence-permit documents must be in Czech or officially translated, why Slovak needs no translation, and what to check when a translation was made abroad. It starts after his introduction.

    Watch on YouTube

  • How to Authenticate Documents in Czech Republic // Vidimace

    Julius and Klara18 Jun 2025 · 2:22

    A short walk-through of getting a certified copy (vidimace) at a Czech POINT counter in a post office: what to bring and what the clerk does. Passports, ID cards and residence cards can't be copied this way.

    Watch on YouTube

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Who's listed

A firm is listed only when all of these hold. Bytky lists firms; it doesn't rate or vouch for them.

  1. It's registered and active in ARES, the business register, and its IČO is on its own website.
  2. It's a court translator in the Ministry of Justice's register, as only court translators may make a sworn translation, or a translation agency with the trade licence for translating.
  3. It's easy to contact: a website, a phone number, and an email or a quote form.
  4. It has strong public reviews: one source with at least 20 reviews, averaging at least 90% on Firmy.cz or 4.5 of 5 on Google or Trustpilot. A firm in its profession's official register, which admits it after checks and an exam and can strike it off, needs only 10 reviews from one source, at the same average.
  5. It makes sworn translations in Prague, or, as an agency, delivers them from court translators. Translators who make only ordinary translations, and marketplaces that pass a job on, aren't listed.

How the list is ordered

Firms with the most public reviews come first. Nobody pays to be listed or to move up. Advertising is labelled and sits above the list, never in it.

How firms get listed and featured

Questions

Getting a sworn translation in Prague

What is a sworn translation?

A translation made by a court translator in the Ministry of Justice's register (Act 354/2019 Coll.). It's bound to the original or a copy with a cord fixed under the translator's round seal, and ends with the translator's clause. Czech offices call it an official translation (úřední překlad) and ask for one with documents in other languages: the Interior Ministry for a residence permit, the registry office for a wedding, the Ministry of Education for school recognition.

Can the translator certify a copy of my document?

No. A court translator binds the translation to your original, to a plain copy, or to a certified copy made elsewhere. Copies are certified at a Czech POINT counter (post offices and town halls) or by a notary. Ask the translator which the office you're going to wants.

Do I need an apostille as well?

Often, for a document issued abroad. The Interior Ministry asks for a foreign public document to be apostilled or superlegalised first and then officially translated, unless a treaty or EU rule exempts it. The apostille comes from the country that issued the document, so get it before you have the document translated.

Which firms speak English or Ukrainian?

Pick the language above the list. A language is listed only when the firm's own website has a version in it, says the firm serves customers in it or translates it, or the official register the firm is in lists it.

Can a firm pay to be listed or to move up?

No. Firms are listed when they meet the bar and ordered by how many public reviews they have. Advertising is labelled and sits above the list, never in it.

How does a firm get listed or change its page?

Email [email protected] from an address on the firm's website. We list firms that meet the bar, and correct or remove a page within two working days.

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