Sworn Hungarian Translation for Košice and the South of the Region

Where Hungarian lives in the east: the south of the Košice region

By the 2021 census the Trebišov district is roughly one-quarter Hungarian, and the minority is strongly represented in the Michalovce, Košice-okolie and Rožňava districts too – the belt along the state border with Hungary. In Košice city itself Hungarian is less present; the documents come above all from the south of the region.

That is why the service is built remotely: you email the scans from anywhere in the region and we deliver the finished sworn translation by post or electronically. There is no office you need to travel to.

Inheritance and property on both sides of the border

The most common Hungarian-language agenda: inheritance proceedings and property transfers where some documents originate in Hungary and some in Slovakia – wills, inheritance decisions, land-register extracts, purchase contracts. Courts and notaries require a sworn translation of every document not in the language of the proceedings.

We prepare the whole file at once and make sure the spelling of names and village names matches across all documents – exactly where inheritance files most often get stuck.

Marriage, birth, divorce: documents from both sides of the border

Cross-border marriages, births and divorces mean in practice that a Hungarian birth or marriage certificate has to be submitted to the Slovak registry office, and just as often the other way round. Because these are documents between two EU member states, an apostille generally does not apply to them (Regulation 2016/1191), and an official translation is enough.

In our experience, some Hungarian civil-status documents come with an EU multilingual standard form – in that case the registry office does not ask for a translation at all. We check for that option before we start translating.

Older documents issued in Hungarian

A long-settled minority also means older papers: register extracts, church records, school certificates and land documents written in Hungarian, sometimes by hand. Slovak authorities generally require a sworn translation of these.

Hard-to-read originals are no obstacle – we agree the approach and scope with the quote, based on what your institution requires.

How we work

1. 1Send scans of the documentsBy email or via the form, from anywhere in the region; tell us who the document is for.
2. 2We quote within hoursExact price and deadline; we also tell you whether the document needs translating at all.
3. 3Sworn translator produces the translationSworn translation with the clause and stamp – on paper or electronically with KEP; names and villages spelled consistently.
4. 4Delivery to the south of the region by postBy post to Trebišov, Michalovce, Rožňava or anywhere else – or electronically by email.

Prices

• Sworn translation Hungarian ↔ Slovak exact price by document type and lengthindividual quote
• Standard translation 1 standard page = 1,800 characters including spacesfrom €12 / standard page
• Inheritance and property file wills, decisions, land-register extracts – consistent name spellingindividual quote

The price of a sworn Hungarian translation is set by the document type and length – send scans for an exact quote. Standard translation from €12 per standard page (1,800 characters including spaces).

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