Burnaby Certified Translation Services

Official document translation in Burnaby

Burnaby sits at the geographic centre of Metro Vancouver, a diverse, fast-growing city built around two major campuses and the Metrotown core. With residents drawn from across East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and beyond, official document translation is a routine need: a record in another language has to be translated and certified before a university, an employer, a provincial office, or an immigration officer will accept it. We serve Burnaby online, from Metrotown and Brentwood to Edmonds, Lougheed, and the SFU community on Burnaby Mountain.

An official translation is a certified one. It is faithful to the source, signed with a statement of accuracy, and prepared by an accredited professional so the office receiving it can rely on it. That standard sits behind every Burnaby file we deliver.

Certified, officially recognized translations in BC

In British Columbia, certified translations are produced by translators accredited through the Society of Translators and Interpreters of British Columbia (STIBC), a member of the Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council. An accredited translator carries the Certified Translator (C. Tr.) designation, and a translation under that seal, with a statement of accuracy, is officially recognized by IRCC, BC courts, Simon Fraser University and BCIT, regulators, and employers.

The level you need depends on the destination. A certified translation covers most official uses, while a notarized translation adds a sworn affidavit before a notary when an authority or another country requires it. We confirm what applies to your case before any work begins.

The translation services we offer in Burnaby

Documents we translate for Burnaby clients

These are the documents we are asked to certify most often for Burnaby clients.

Languages we translate in Burnaby

Burnaby is among the most multilingual cities in Canada, with large Mandarin, Cantonese, and Korean-speaking communities alongside many others, and our accredited translators reflect that. We work in more than 60 languages, with these among the most requested in the city:

Who we help in Burnaby

Much of our Burnaby work falls into a few groups. Choose the one that fits your situation:

Translation for Burnaby's universities and students

With Simon Fraser University on Burnaby Mountain and BCIT nearby, Burnaby is a student city, and international applicants make up a large part of our work. They translate secondary and post-secondary records for admission, and graduates translate degrees and transcripts for further study, licensing, or work.

Academic records carry course names, grading scales, and institution titles that must be rendered precisely, because an unclear line can stall an application. We certify each one to the standard admissions and assessment offices expect, often to firm intake deadlines.

Sending a Burnaby document abroad

Documents leave Burnaby as often as they arrive. Residents and businesses send records overseas for citizenship, family matters, study, or trade, frequently to and from East Asian countries, and each destination sets its own rules.

A certified translation is usually the first step, with a notarized affidavit and, for Hague Convention countries, an apostille added where needed. We set out that path before starting, so your document is recognized at its destination the first time.

Why choose our certified translation company

Common situations that call for an official translation in Burnaby

The requests we handle match the city's profile. Skilled workers and families translate identity and civil status records for IRCC and sponsorship. International students translate transcripts for SFU and BCIT. New residents translate a foreign driver's licence for ICBC, and professionals translate degrees for credential assessment.

Many are tied to a deadline, an intake date, or an application window, so we confirm turnaround at the outset and keep a priority option ready when the timing is tight.

Couples completing a sponsorship translate marriage and civil status records, and businesses translate corporate documents for cross-border work. We keep names and terminology consistent across a multi-document file, which matters when records are submitted together.

Serving Burnaby and Metro Vancouver

We serve all of Burnaby online, with secure PDF delivery and a mailed hard copy whenever an original is needed. For nearby cities, we keep dedicated pages:

Burnaby certified translation: frequently asked questions