It is a translation that has public faith, also called Public Translation. In other words, it has public faith, and  officially reflects  in Portuguese the content of the original from which it was made. The terms are interchangeable,  Public  Translation or  Sworn Translation . It is carried out by a professional duly accredited as a  “ Public Translator and Commercial Interpreter” by the Commercial Board of the State (UF) where he resides, within the execution parameters determined by it for this purpose.

 The Sworn Translation is what gives legal existence in Brazil to a document issued in a foreign language. Decree 13,609 of 10/21/1943 says that:

 Art. 18 – No book, document or paper of any nature, which is drawn up in a foreign language, will have effect in offices of the Union, States or Municipalities, in any instance, Court or Court or entities maintained, supervised or guided by the public authorities, without being accompanied by the respective translation made in accordance with this regulation.

 Sole Paragraph – These provisions also include the clerks of notes and the notaries of records of titles and documents, which may not register, issue certificates or public document forms in whole or in part written in a foreign language. In other words, any paper in a foreign language has no legal value in Brazil, unless accompanied by its respective Sworn Translation. Note the “accompanied”. This means that the original document (or a copy of it) must be attached to the translation. It does not replace the original document. The Public or Sworn Translation is always printed, in at least two copies: one is delivered to the requesting client, and the other is filed in books, kept by the Public Translator. There is no Sworn Translation by fax or e-mail.

The price is set by the Commercial Board of each state. For the State of São Paulo, prices per page can be found on the JUCESP website. The values ​​are fixed per page, and depend on the type of document (  common  or  special texts ), and whether it is a  translation  or  a version . For other states, browse the websites of the respective Boards of Trade, but not all of them present this information online.

First, you need to check what type of document it is. Common  texts are passports, civil registry certificates, identity cards, professional licenses and similar documents, including personal letters that do not involve legal, technical or scientific texts. The  special texts  are legal, technical, scientific, commercial, including banking and accounting; school certificates and diplomas.

In the same state, there cannot be. The tables of the various Boards of Trade in the different states may differ from each other, there is no relationship between them, but the price listed in each state is fixed.

Consularization is an endorsement by the Brazilian diplomatic authorities in the country of issue of the document, to affirm that it is legitimate. It is usually just the signature of the signature, sometimes the signature of the notary who recognized the signature of the signer. Information on consularization can be found in Brazilian diplomatic representations in several countries, as well as in those countries in Brazil. A site that helps with the search is  http://www.consulados.com.br

 The Apostille is a certificate of authenticity issued by signatory countries of the Hague Convention, promulgated in Brazil by Decree 8.660/2016, which is placed in a public document to attest to its origin (signature, position of public agent, seal or stamp of institution) . This public apostilled document will be presented in another country, which is also a signatory to the Hague Convention, since the apostille is only valid between signatory countries.

The apostille was instituted to replace the legalization of documents, which were made through the consulates, often complicated, time-consuming and expensive and should be provided when it is necessary to present a document in another country than the one in which it was issued.

The Apostille Convention only applies when the country where the public document was issued (origin) and the country in which the document is used (destination) are parties to the Convention.

The complete and updated list of countries in which the Convention is applied can be found at this link:  https://www.hcch.net/es/instruments/conventions/status-table/?cid=41 .

where to do? 

In registered and authorized notaries, according  to the list  published by the National Council of Justice (CNJ).

The legislation defines as urgent service that performed and made available to the interested party at a rate of more than one page every four hours during business hours. It is easy to calculate that this represents a limit of two pages per day (of 8 working hours), or ten pages per week when there is no public holiday. The surcharge is 50% of the normal service, it is not numerically explicit in the Jucesp decision, and was calculated here to compose the table above. This is the only legal parameter we have about urgency.

Both are identical duplicates of a sworn translation. The difference is that certified copies are ordered together with the translation, and certified translations are ordered later.

Each certified copy costs, by law, 20% of the cost of the corresponding sworn translation.

Each transfer costs, by law, 50% of what would be the cost of the same sworn translation at the prices prevailing at the time it is issued.