Certified translation of medical documents

when it is needed

Treatment and insurance.

A certified translation of medical documents is required for treatment or surgery abroad, a second medical opinion, cross-border healthcare, insurance reimbursements and procedures, and assessments of working capacity.

what we certify

Findings, opinions and discharge letters.

We translate medical documentation with precise terminology and a faithful rendering of findings and diagnoses.

Findings and diagnoses Discharge letters Medical opinions Medical certificates Medical history Vaccination records

Medical translations.

For specialist medical and pharmaceutical translations, see court interpreters. The general certification procedure is described on the certified translations page.

preparing your records

Legible scans, complete findings.

Medical records are notoriously difficult to scan well: findings arrive as printouts, carbon copies and handwritten notes with clinical abbreviations.

Send every page, in order and photographed flat, including the reverse side wherever anything is written on it. Where handwriting genuinely cannot be deciphered, the certified translation marks the passage as illegible rather than guessing.

Your documentation is handled with discretion and shared only with the interpreter working on it.

Diagnoses, abbreviations and drug names are rendered with the terminology the receiving clinic or insurer expects, and if you already have earlier translated findings, send them too, so the new translation stays consistent with what your doctors abroad have on file.

OTHER TYPES OF CERTIFICATION

Other types of certified translation.

Frequently asked questions

Have any questions?

I need my Croatian medical records translated into German for treatment in Germany. Does the translation have to be certified?

That depends on who receives it. German clinics often accept a professional translation of findings, while insurers, courts and authorities usually require a certified one. Bilingua translates medical documentation into German in-house, and can certify it with the stamp and signature of a sworn court interpreter whenever the receiving institution requires official certification.

Can you translate handwritten doctor's notes and abbreviations in a discharge letter?

Yes, within the limits of legibility. Bilingua's court interpreters routinely work with handwritten findings, clinical abbreviations and laboratory forms in Croatian medical documentation. Where a note truly cannot be read, the certified translation records it as such instead of inventing a reading. Sharp, complete scans of every page, including reverse sides, help the interpreter render each finding precisely.

Is my medical documentation kept confidential when I send it for certified translation?

Yes. Bilingua treats medical documentation received for certified translation as confidential: findings, diagnoses and personal details are used only to prepare the translation, and access is limited to the interpreter engaged on your file. If you or the receiving institution require a signed non-disclosure agreement, Bilingua will provide one before work begins.

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Medical documents.