Document Translation Services for the files a decision gets made on.

Document translation is quoted per project rather than from a published rate, because the figure moves with the language pair and how scarce qualified linguists are in it, the volume and the document type, the review depth the file needs, whether the source is editable text or a scan that has to be rebuilt, and the turnaround. Two quotes only become comparable once you know the unit each one is using — per word, per page, or per document — and what that unit includes, since review, formatting, and certification are sometimes inside the figure and sometimes billed on top. MoniSa reviews the files and returns feasibility and a defined quote.

An official translation usually means one of three things, and they are not priced alike: a certified translation, which adds a signed statement of accuracy; a notarized translation, which adds a notary witnessing that signature; and a sworn translation, which requires a translator authorized by a particular jurisdiction and exists only where that jurisdiction operates such a register. The translation itself is priced as ordinary work, and the official element adds the certification step and, where relevant, notary or apostille handling. Ask the organization receiving the document which of the three it requires before pricing anything, because paying for a sworn translation where a signed statement would have been accepted is the most common avoidable cost on this kind of job.

A notary public witnesses signatures and verifies identity, so notarizing a translation attests to who signed the statement of accuracy rather than to whether the translation is correct. A notary who is also a qualified translator can do both, but the two acts stay separate, and in many jurisdictions a notary may not notarize a document they prepared themselves. When a receiving organization asks for a notarized translation, what it generally wants is a translation certified by the translator with that signature notarized. Confirm which one it needs before ordering, because certified and notarized are often used interchangeably by people who only require one of them.

A general-purpose language model produces fluent output in widely-resourced language pairs and is genuinely useful for understanding the gist of something. What it does not carry is accountability for the result: no named reviewer, no terminology held consistent across a set of documents, no verification that names, dates, and numbers survived intact, and no confidentiality undertaking for a file you are about to sign or submit. Quality also falls away in low-resource languages and specialist subject matter, and that failure is hard to see, because the output stays fluent after it stops being accurate. MoniSa treats machine translation as a first draft: a named human reviewer checks it against the source under MoniSa’s ISO 17100-certified translation process before it reaches the buyer.

The files in the format they were issued in, the language pair and the country the translation is for, the page or word count, the deadline, any glossary or previously approved wording, and what the document will be used for. That last item changes the work more than the page count does: reference reading, a signed agreement, and a submission to an outside organization need different review depth and different things delivered alongside the text. Rare pairs are confirmed against actual linguist availability before a delivery date is agreed.