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Bilingual document and translation in Belgium
A bilingual document is not always enough. If the right language is not the one the authority will read, or if the decisive entries sit elsewhere, you have gained nothing.
Understand the processCompare every entry
Link to this sectionA bilingual heading does not make the whole record bilingual. Compare each field, stamp, handwritten note and marginal entry with the version in the accepted language. Flag differences to the recipient and ask whether the remaining entries need translation; do not automatically order another translation of the whole record.
EU multilingual form: an attachment to the record
Link to this sectionFor covered documents and subjects, the issuing authority can provide a multilingual standard form to accompany the public document. It does not replace the record. A certified translation may then be required only exceptionally if the authority cannot fully understand the content. A bilingual commercial document does not automatically qualify.
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