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Romanian Translation Services — Romanian ⇄ German.

Romanian translation for Switzerland is produced by native-speaker specialists — Romanian ⇄ German for authorities and courts in Switzerland and Romanian ⇄ English for international contexts — with the comma-below diacritics right, Moldovan being the same language. Certified on request by a qualified translator and notarised where a Swiss authority requires it, at a binding fixed price from CHF 89.

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Native Romanian specialists · correct ș/ț diacritics · certified translations prepared for Swiss authorities

DIN EN ISO 17100certified · Reg. 7U517
Correct diacriticsș/ț comma-below, not cedilla
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Romanian–German translation

Certified Romanian translations by qualified, native-speaker translators.

Reviewed by specialists · FÜD editorial team · kept current

Romanian is a Romance language written with four extra letters — and two of them, ș and ț, are a Unicode trap that quietly corrupts names. Whether it is a birth certificate for a Swiss civil registry office (Zivilstandsamt), a diploma for recognition, a contract with a partner in Bucharest or Chișinău, or documentation for an English-language project: the work is done by native Romanian specialists with a proven field — in standard Romanian, which also serves Moldova.

We work in both directions and both pairings. Romanian ⇄ German is what Swiss authorities, courts and local partners need — including certified translations and passport-matched spelling of names. Romanian ⇄ English covers international life in Switzerland: applications, employer paperwork, contracts and documentation that circulate in English.

When you need a Romanian translator

Living in Switzerland, thinking in more than one language.

Most people who search for this in English are already fluent Romanian speakers dealing with the Swiss system — or internationals who use English as the working language. Both are covered. As EU citizens, many need documents recognised fast.

Romanian → German, for the authorities

Birth, marriage and name-change certificates, diplomas and criminal-record extracts (cazier judiciar) for a civil-status office, the immigration office or recognition of qualifications — as a certified German translation, names matched exactly to the passport.

Romanian ⇄ English, for international life

Job applications, employment contracts, references and company documents that your employer, university or a partner abroad expects in English rather than German. Same specialists, same care with diacritics and terminology.

German → Romanian, for home

German certificates, contracts, powers of attorney and rulings that have to be presented to authorities, courts or family in Romania or Moldova — in standard Romanian, in the form that is valid there.

Business across the three

Companies trading with Romania or Moldova, or teams that run in English while the paperwork is German or Romanian. We assign a specialist for the direction and field you actually need.

Language & script

Latin alphabet with a catch, a postposed article, and a language shared with Moldova.

Romanian uses the Latin alphabet plus five special letters: ă, â, î, ș and ț. The last two must carry a comma below, not a cedilla — ș/ț (U+0219/U+021B), not ş/ţ. Systems and fonts routinely substitute the cedilla or drop the diacritic entirely, which mangles names and place-names. Grammatically Romanian is the Romance outlier: it keeps noun cases and marks definiteness with a postposed (enclitic) article at the end of the word — om (man) → omul (the man).

Because Moldovan is linguistically the same language as Romanian, a document from Chișinău is translated into the same standard — we simply confirm the issuing country for the certification route. For authorities the decisive point is diacritics and passport-matched names: a name written with a cedilla instead of a comma-below, or stripped of its diacritic, no longer matches the ID. For official use an authorised translator issues a certified translation; whether an apostille is also needed is something we check in advance — it is issued by the competent authority, not by the translation agency.

Quality you only notice at the receiving end

What only a native Romanian specialist catches.

Romanian looks like a straightforward Latin-script Romance language — and that is the trap: the comma-below diacritics, the retained cases and the enclitic article are its own. Each pitfall below is specific to Romanian and demonstrable.

Typical pitfalls in Romanian translation and how a specialist resolves them
PitfallWhy it goes wrongHow the FÜD solves it
Cedilla instead of comma-belowș/ț (comma-below, U+0219/U+021B) are constantly replaced by the Turkish-style cedilla ş/ţ or dropped. In a name that is a different character — and the document is queried.We use the correct comma-below characters and verify every name against the source, so the spelling matches the passport exactly.
â vs î (the same sound, spelled by rule)Romanian writes the same sound as â inside a word but î at the start/end (înainte, român). Guessed, it looks illiterate to a Romanian reader.The â/î spelling rule is applied correctly throughout, per the current orthographic norm.
The enclitic definite articleDefiniteness sits at the end of the word (copil → copilul). Rebuilding it like a French or German article produces impossible forms.We write from Romanian’s enclitic-article structure, not by transplanting article rules from another language.
Retained noun casesUnlike its Romance siblings, Romanian keeps case (genitive/dative) and gender agreement. Ignore them and endings and articles fall out of agreement.Case and agreement are handled natively, so official phrasing reads correctly rather than word-by-word.
Moldova ≠ a different languageDocuments from Moldova are sometimes treated as “Moldovan”, a separate language. Linguistically they are standard Romanian; the difference is the issuing country, not the norm.We translate into standard Romanian and clarify the issuing country only for the certification and apostille route.
Legal & administrative terms are not 1:1Institutions differ (primărie, notar public, Romanian court structure vs German). A literal swap misrepresents the institution.Legal terminology stays demonstrable and is checked by a specialist; German and Romanian institutions are not silently equated.

Why “just Latin-script Romance” won’t do here

None of these is a simple typo — the diacritic swaps in particular survive a careless spell-check and only fail at the receiving end: the registry office, the Romanian court, the recognition body, where a name with the wrong character no longer matches the ID. That is exactly where native professional translation earns its place.

The difference shows not in the text, but at the receiving end.

So: native speakers with a field, the correct comma-below diacritics, and passport-matched names.

Certified Romanian translation

“traducător autorizat”, “authorised”, “certified” — what counts where.

Reviewed by specialists · FÜD editorial team · kept current

For submission to Swiss authorities and courts, a qualified translator prepares a translation in the form required by the intended receiving authority; where certification or notarisation is required, FÜD coordinates the applicable formal step. In Romania that role is filled by a traducător autorizat authorised by the Ministry of Justice (Ministerul Justiției).

So a German authorised translator is not automatically admitted in Romania, and vice versa. We clarify before the project which country the document is for (Romania or Moldova) and set the form valid there — following FÜD's documented quality process; where the service is delivered under DIN EN ISO 17100, the required second-person revision is included. Whether an apostille is additionally required (Romania, Moldova and Germany are all parties to the Hague Apostille Convention) we check in advance. The apostille itself is issued by the competent authority — the FÜD does not issue apostilles.

Use cases

Romanian to German translation: three typical cases from practice.

Issuing country, diacritics and terminology decide the spelling and form of certification. Three common jobs — from the starting point to the result.

Registry office & family

Birth & marriage certificate Romanian → German

Starting point
For a marriage or naturalisation, a Romanian civil-status certificate (certificat de naștere) is needed in German — with names carrying comma-below diacritics.
Process
An authorised translator renders the certificate, keeps ș/ț correct and matches the name exactly to the passport; the certification note makes it ready for the authority.
Result
A certified translation the registry office accepts, its name spelling identical to the ID — no follow-up query.

Careers in English

Diploma & CV Romanian → English

Starting point
A professional from Romania or Moldova applies to an international employer or programme in Switzerland that works in English, and needs a diploma (diplomă), references and CV rendered accurately.
Process
Degrees, subjects and titles stay in the original with an explanatory equivalent; names keep their diacritics; terminology is handled by a specialist in the field.
Result
Documents an English-speaking employer can place correctly — without misrepresenting a Romanian qualification.

Law & trade

Contract & power of attorney German → Romanian

Starting point
A German company signs a contract with a partner in Bucharest; legal form, deadlines and terminology must be precise in Romanian.
Process
Legal terms stay demonstrable, cases and the enclitic article are set correctly; a legal specialist checks the terminology.
Result
A contract that is legally readable without replacing the source system’s legal institutions with foreign ones.

What a Romanian translation costs

What does a Romanian translation cost?

We review volume, field, language direction and issuing country and name a binding fixed price. Standard certificates are usually a flat fee per document; longer texts are priced per standard line — certification on request, advance PDF and postal delivery included.

Binding fixed price
from CHF 1.09 / standard linestandard certificates at a flat fee per document
Price up front · no unannounced extra costs
Native Romanian professional translation✓included
Correct comma-below diacritics & passport-matched names✓included
Certification by an authorised translator on request✓included
Advance PDF & postal delivery of the original✓included
Quality management & final check✓included

Romanian is priced in language Group 1, from CHF 1.09 per standard line (55 characters incl. spaces); we name the exact amount after a brief review — in Switzerland plus VAT. How the price is made up →

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Romanian documents we translate into German

Certified Romanian document translation.

We translate Romanian – German and Romanian – English – from certified records to specialist texts. Commonly requested from Romanian: Certificat de naștere (birth certificate), Certificat de căsătorie (marriage certificate), Cazier judiciar (diploma), Diplomă (diploma), Sentință de divorț (divorce decree).

Certificates & personal records

Law & business

Technology, web & IT

Medicine & marketing

FAQ

Romanian translation – frequently asked questions.

Do you translate both Romanian to German and Romanian to English?

Yes. Romanian ⇄ German is the usual pairing for Swiss authorities, courts and business partners; Romanian ⇄ English covers international contexts – applications, contracts and documentation exchanged in English. A native-speaker specialist is assigned to each direction.

Do you handle documents from Moldova?

Yes. Moldovan is linguistically standard Romanian, so the translation is the same; we simply confirm the issuing country (Moldova or Romania) for the certification and apostille route.

Why do the ș and ț characters matter so much?

Romanian ș and ț carry a comma below (U+0219/U+021B), not a cedilla. Systems often substitute the cedilla or drop the diacritic, which changes a name and gets the document queried. We use the correct characters and match names to the passport.

Can you provide a certified Romanian translation recognised in Switzerland?

Yes. For certificates, diplomas and official documents a qualified translator, with any required certification or notarisation arranged in the form required by the intended Swiss receiving authority issues a certified translation with a certification note, prepared for the requirements of the intended Swiss receiving authority.

Does a German authorised translator also count in Romania?

Not automatically. There, a traducător autorizat authorised by the Ministry of Justice certifies translations. We clarify in advance which country the document is for, apply the form valid there and check whether an apostille is also required. The apostille is issued by the competent authority, not by the FÜD.

What does a Romanian translation cost?

The price depends on volume, field, direction and deadline. After a brief review we name a binding fixed price; standard certificates are usually a flat fee per document, from CHF 1.09 per standard line.
My surname has a ț in it, and every earlier translation had turned it into a ţ with a cedilla. This time it matched my passport exactly and the Standesamt accepted the certified translation at once.
★★★★★

A. Ionescu · marriage, Nuremberg

Next

Where to go next: services, fields, documents and languages.

Services

Interpreter serviceProofreadingWebsite translationScientific translation

Specialist fields

Technical translatorCertified legal translationMedical translatorPharma translator

Documents

Passport & ID translationCertificate of no impedimentCertified certificate translationBirth certificate translation

Languages

English–German translationFrench translationAlbanian–German translationPashto–German translation

Work with us

Already a native Romanian speaker? Become an authorised translator.

Our Romanian translations are produced by native-speaker specialists — the reason Swiss authorities, universities and courts accept them without queries. Beyond the language itself, that rests on German at C2 level, a specialist field the translator can defend, and — for certified work — Swiss certification and notarisation practice. If you bring that combination rather than bilingualism alone, we work with Romanian translators employed and freelance, and the way in is also open through an internship.

The path

German to C2, plus a field

Native Romanian is your starting capital; the market rewards what you build on top. German at C2 — the level at which you read a German ruling or medical report without hesitation — is the real gate, because certified work means rendering official German with precision. Add a field you can defend (law, medicine, technology, finance) and its terminology. That combination, not language alone, is what a registry office or a Romanian court relies on.

Why it holds up

Authorisation, and the expertise behind it

For official use in Switzerland, the required form depends on the receiving authority and may involve a cantonal procedure. FÜD checks the intended use first, assigns the appropriately qualified translator and coordinates certification or notarisation where that procedure requires it. And Romanian is exacting, specialist work: the comma-below diacritics get corrupted, the enclitic article and retained cases confuse it, and names must be passport-exact the first time. Careful human work here is what the receiving authority requires.

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