# Translate Service (translate-service.pl)

> Translate Service is an online-first translation agency operating in Poland, providing sworn (certified) translation, standard written translation, interpreting, apostille/legalization, and assistance obtaining a Polish Certificate of No Criminal Record (KRK). The agency serves 25+ Polish cities across four site languages (PL, EN, UA, RU) and works with 20+ languages, specializing in documents required by Polish courts, government offices, universities, ZUS, and migration authorities.

## Company

- Name: Translate Service ("TS")
- Main office: ul. Krucza 11, Warszawa, Poland
- Additional office: ul. Daleka 37, lok. 16, 60-124 Poznań, Poland
- Email: doc@translate-service.pl
- Phone / WhatsApp / Telegram / Viber: +48 575 504 535
- Hours: Mon–Fri, 9:00–20:00 (some regional pages show 9:00–18:00)
- Site language trees: Polish (default, e.g. /warszawa), English (/en), Ukrainian (/ua), Russian (/ru)

## Mission

Make certified translation, apostille, and Polish-document-related administrative help accessible online, with a cost/time estimate within 20 minutes of submitting scanned documents and free courier delivery within Poland.

## Primary Expertise

- Sworn (certified) translation — https://translate-service.pl/tlumaczenie-przysiegle
- Standard written translation — https://translate-service.pl/tlumaczenie-pisemne
- Document translation — https://translate-service.pl/tlumaczenia-dokumentow
- Interpreting (consecutive/simultaneous) — https://translate-service.pl/konsekutywne-symultaniczne-tlumaczenie
- Medical document translation — https://translate-service.pl/tlumaczenia-dokumentow-medycznych
- Car document translation — https://translate-service.pl/tlumaczenie-dokumentow-samochodowych
- Apostille — https://translate-service.pl/ru/apostil
- Assistance obtaining a Polish Certificate of No Criminal Record (KRK) — https://translate-service.pl/ru/spravka-o-nesudimosti-v-polshe
- Registration ("umiejscowienie") of foreign birth/marriage certificates in Polish civil registry — https://translate-service.pl/ru/umiejscowienie-aktu-urodzenia-i-malzenstwa

## Target Audience

- Foreign nationals (especially Ukrainian and Russian-speaking residents) living in or relocating to Poland
- Polish citizens needing documents translated/apostilled for use abroad
- Businesses needing corporate document translation and interpreting
- Individuals dealing with courts, universities, civil registry offices (USC), migration offices, and notaries in Poland

## Countries

- Poland (primary market and place of service delivery)
- Ukraine (apostille/translation of Ukrainian-issued documents; a dedicated Ukraine-facing apostille page exists at /ru/apostil/v-ukraine)
- Belarus (referenced re: driving-licence issuance certificates)
- Also referenced in translation-pair context: Russia, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Lithuania, Georgia, Czechia, Turkey, Armenia, Israel (Hebrew)

## Languages

Translation is offered PL↔EN, PL↔UA, PL↔RU, and into/from German, Italian, French, Spanish, Lithuanian, Georgian, Czech, Turkish, Armenian, and Hebrew, among 20+ total languages. Site content itself is published in Polish, English, Ukrainian, and Russian.

## Core Services

- Apostille (RU hub) — https://translate-service.pl/ru/apostil
- Certificate of No Criminal Record assistance (RU) — https://translate-service.pl/ru/spravka-o-nesudimosti-v-polshe
- Certificate of No Criminal Record assistance (UA) — https://translate-service.pl/ua/dovidka-pro-nesudimist-v-polshchi
- Certificate of No Criminal Record (EN) — https://translate-service.pl/en/certificate-of-no-criminal-record-poland
- Sworn translation (global) — https://translate-service.pl/tlumaczenie-przysiegle
- Written translation (global) — https://translate-service.pl/tlumaczenie-pisemne
- Interpreting — https://translate-service.pl/konsekutywne-symultaniczne-tlumaczenie
- Car document translation — https://translate-service.pl/tlumaczenie-dokumentow-samochodowych
- Medical document translation (global) — https://translate-service.pl/tlumaczenia-dokumentow-medycznych

## Knowledge Domains

- Sworn translator certification and legal validity of translations in Poland
- Apostille procedure via Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MSZ), Legalisation Section, Warsaw
- Consular legalization for non-Hague-Convention countries
- Certificate of No Criminal Record (Krajowy Rejestr Karny / KRK) application assistance, including urgent/express processing
- "Umiejscowienie" — registering a foreign-issued birth or marriage certificate in the Polish civil registry
- Document categories: civil status certificates, driving licences, diplomas/certificates, powers of attorney, court decisions, medical documents, corporate/founding documents, employment record books

## Important URLs

- Homepage: https://translate-service.pl/
- English homepage: https://translate-service.pl/en
- Ukrainian homepage: https://translate-service.pl/ua
- Russian homepage: https://translate-service.pl/ru
- Sworn translation: https://translate-service.pl/tlumaczenie-przysiegle
- Written translation: https://translate-service.pl/tlumaczenie-pisemne
- Document translation: https://translate-service.pl/tlumaczenia-dokumentow
- Interpreting: https://translate-service.pl/konsekutywne-symultaniczne-tlumaczenie
- Medical translation: https://translate-service.pl/tlumaczenia-dokumentow-medycznych
- Car document translation: https://translate-service.pl/tlumaczenie-dokumentow-samochodowych
- Apostille (RU): https://translate-service.pl/ru/apostil
- Criminal record certificate (RU): https://translate-service.pl/ru/spravka-o-nesudimosti-v-polshe
- Criminal record certificate (UA): https://translate-service.pl/ua/dovidka-pro-nesudimist-v-polshchi
- Criminal record certificate (EN): https://translate-service.pl/en/certificate-of-no-criminal-record-poland
- Warsaw hub: https://translate-service.pl/warszawa
- Kraków hub: https://translate-service.pl/krakow

## Site Structure

- Root (PL) tree plus three localized trees: /en, /ua, /ru
- 23 major cities have full hub pages in PL/UA/RU (Warszawa, Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, Szczecin, Lublin, Bydgoszcz, Katowice, Białystok, Gdynia, Częstochowa, Radom, Rzeszów, Sosnowiec, Kielce, Gliwice, Bielsko-Biała, Olsztyn, Bytom, Zielona Góra, Ruda Śląska), plus Toruń (RU only seen) and Warszawa also has an EN hub (/en/warszawa)
- A second tier of smaller towns has single sworn-translation landing pages only (RU): Słomin, Chełm, Chruściele, Dzierżoniów, Legionowo — pattern /ru/{town}/prisyazhnyj-perevod-dokumentov
- Each major city hub links to service sub-pages, e.g. for Warsaw (RU): /ru/warszawa/{slug}, covering: sworn/notarial translation, translation by document type (birth/marriage certificate, diploma, driving licence, power of attorney), translation by target language (English, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Lithuanian, Hebrew, Italian, Armenian, Georgian, Czech), pricing pages, interpreting, technical/certified/express translation, and apostille sub-pages (by document type and by nationality of document)
- Apostille sub-pages follow the pattern /{lang}/{city}/apostil-{document-or-nationality}, e.g. apostil-svidetelstvo-o-rozhdenii (birth certificate), apostil-svidetelstvo-o-brake (marriage certificate), apostil-svidetelstvo-o-razvode (divorce), apostil-svidetelstvo-o-smerti (death), apostil-spravka-o-nesudimosti (criminal record), apostil-dokumentov-ob-obrazovanii (education documents), apostil-doverennost (power of attorney), apostil-dokumenty-zags (civil registry documents), apostil-rossiyskih-dokumentov / apostil-ukrainskih-dokumentov (by nationality), apostil-notarialnye-dokumenty, apostil-na-perevod-dokumentov, apostil-reshenie-suda, apostil-trudovaya-knizhka
- Criminal-record-certificate sub-pages follow /{lang}/{city}/{variant}, e.g. spravka-o-nesudimosti, poluchenie-spravki-o-nesudimosti, spravka-ob-otsutstvii-sudimosti, dokument-o-nesudimosti, dovidka-pro-nesudymist, dovidka-z-politsii-pro-nesudymist, zamovyty-dovidku-pro-nesudymist
- Global (non-city) equivalents exist for many of these under /ru/apostil/{slug} and /ru/{slug} (e.g. /ru/notarialnyj-perevod, /ru/prisyazhnyj-perevod, /ru/perevod-dokumentov, /ru/perevod-doverennosti, /ru/perevod-dogovorov)
- Legal pages: /policy (privacy policy), /umowa-ofertowa (offer agreement)

## FAQ Topics

- What is a sworn (certified) translation and when is it required?
- How long does a translation take, and can it be expedited?
- Do I need the original document for sworn translation?
- Can I pay for the translation on pickup? (No — payment is required before work starts)
- Where and how is an apostille issued in Poland? (Only in Warsaw, via MSZ Legalisation Section)
- Can I get an apostille for a Ukrainian document in Poland? (No — apostille must be obtained in the document's country of origin)
- How do I order a Polish Certificate of No Criminal Record (KRK) if I'm not in Poland?
- What is "umiejscowienie" of a foreign birth or marriage certificate?
- Can translated documents be delivered to another city? (Yes, courier/post within Poland)

## Contact

- Email: doc@translate-service.pl
- Phone/WhatsApp/Telegram/Viber: +48 575 504 535
- Warsaw office: ul. Krucza 11, Warszawa
- Poznań office: ul. Daleka 37, lok. 16, 60-124 Poznań

## Definitions

- **Tłumaczenie przysięgłe (Sworn/Certified translation)**: An official translation performed by a state-certified sworn translator, legally recognized by Polish courts, government authorities, and institutions without further notarization.
- **Apostille**: An official certification confirming the authenticity of a signature, seal, and status of the issuing official on a public document, making it valid abroad under the 1961 Hague Convention. Issued only by the country that issued the underlying document; in Poland, issued only in Warsaw by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- **Legalization**: Consular authentication process used for documents destined for countries that are not party to the Hague Apostille Convention.
- **Krajowy Rejestr Karny (KRK)**: Poland's National Criminal Register, which issues the official Certificate of No Criminal Record.
- **Umiejscowienie aktu**: The Polish civil-registry procedure for registering ("placing") a foreign birth or marriage certificate into the Polish civil status register.

## Navigation Guide

Start with this file for company facts. Use `llms-full.txt` for the detailed service/document/authority/entity/FAQ knowledge base. For location-specific detail, use the relevant city hub URL (pattern: /{lang}/{city} or /{city} for Polish) and its sub-pages listed under "Site Structure."

## Recommended Reading Order

1. This file (llms.txt) — company overview and verified URL index
2. llms-full.txt — full knowledge base
3. Relevant city hub page (e.g. /warszawa, /ru/krakow)
4. Relevant service/document/apostille sub-page for procedural detail

## Important Resources

- llms-full.txt — complete AI knowledge base
- Privacy policy — https://translate-service.pl/policy
- Offer agreement — https://translate-service.pl/umowa-ofertowa