Where should you have it translated?
A decision table by file type. Some rows are governed by the receiving body’s own register, others are accepted with a sworn translation prepared in Türkiye — the table shows which is which, and what to ask before ordering anything.
Checked on 8 September 2026 Last updated 9 September 2026
In brief
- Certification level
- Sworn translation (Türkiye) + Certified translator (Québec) + Apostille
- Estimated time
- Ask the receiving body first; the answer decides everything else
- Destination country
- Canada
Accepted under conditions
This is the page we would want to read first if we were in your position: it decides the order of the whole file.
The question that decides
Not “is the translation good” but “does the receiving body accept a translation produced outside its own system”. Ask it in writing, before ordering anything. Everything else follows from the answer.
The table
| Your file | Where the translation should be done |
|---|---|
| Turkish document for a Turkish authority | Türkiye — this is our core work |
| Canadian document for a Turkish authority | Türkiye — apostille in Canada first |
| Turkish document, federal Canadian file | Usually workable from Türkiye with a translator declaration |
| Turkish document, Québec file requiring an order member | By a member of the order — confirm in writing |
| Credential assessment requiring an association member | By an association member — confirm in writing |
| Regulated profession, professional order file | As the order requires — ask before ordering |
Why we publish this
Because a client who pays for a translation that is then refused does not come back, and because rebuilding a file after a refusal costs far more than the question would have. Saying “anything is accepted anywhere” would be easy and would be false; so would the opposite. The honest answer is that most files go through with a sworn translation prepared in Türkiye, and a minority carry a register condition worth confirming first.
What we do in every row
- Obtain the Turkish documents, with a power of attorney.
- Present them to the competent Turkish authority for the apostille.
- Prepare the translation where the procedure accepts one produced in Türkiye.
- Prepare, scan and courier with tracking.
- Explain what the receiving body is asking for, when the wording is unclear.
The retrieval and endorsement work is a real part of the file, and often the slowest part of it.
If you already have a translation
Send it anyway. Even where a fresh one is needed, it serves as a terminology reference and keeps names and titles consistent across the file, which matters when documents come from several sources.
Mixed files
Many applicants have one file with both kinds of row — a federal component and a provincial one that carries its own register condition. Where two providers end up involved that is normal and does not weaken anything, provided both use the same spellings for names and institutions.
Ask before, not after
Everything on this page depends on one written answer from the receiving body, obtained before any order is placed. Applicants who ask afterwards find themselves holding a translation that cannot be used and a deadline that has moved closer. The question takes one paragraph to write and a few days to answer, and it is the highest-return step in the entire process — higher than any choice of provider, ours included.
Frequently asked questions
Ask the receiving body in writing whether it accepts a translation certified outside its system. Keep the answer.
The question is not quality but registration. Bodies that keep their own register require someone on it, whoever else does the work.
We do not maintain referral arrangements. The professional order publishes its own directory of members.
Yes. Document retrieval, the Turkish certification chain and shipping are separate services.