{"id":80,"date":"2013-11-19T12:42:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T19:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/?p=80"},"modified":"2025-12-03T18:45:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:45:32","slug":"foreign-language-document-notary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/foreign-language-document-notary\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Language Document Notary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/foreign-language-document-notary\/#Foreign_Language_Document_Notary\" >Foreign Language Document Notary<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/foreign-language-document-notary\/#Apostille\" >Apostille<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/foreign-language-document-notary\/#Google_Translate\" >Google Translate<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/foreign-language-document-notary\/#Foreign_Alphabet\" >Foreign Alphabet<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Foreign_Language_Document_Notary\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/foreign-language-document-notary-320x200.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3889\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/foreign-language-document-notary-320x200.jpg\" alt=\"foreign language document notary\" width=\"320\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Foreign Language Document Notary<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p id=\"stcpDiv\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Colorado notary may notarize a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/foreign-language-notary-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>foreign language<\/strong><\/a><\/span> document.\u00a0 Whether a document is written in English or a foreign language, a notary does not read the document and does not provide a legal opinion or legal advice.\u00a0 The notary will scan the document and ask that any blank spaces be filled in before notarizing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The notary must be able to communicate directly with the signer, without using a <strong>translator<\/strong> or <strong>interpreter<\/strong>.\u00a0 The notary must determine the signer&#8217;s identity, willingness to sign, and awareness.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Apostille\"><\/span>Apostille<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The notary must understand the notarial certificate on the document.\u00a0 The certificate may be in a foreign language.\u00a0 But, if the document requires an <strong>authentication<\/strong> certificate or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/apostille-authentication\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Apostille<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, from the Colorado Secretary of State, then the notarial certificate must be in English.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If a <strong>foreign language<\/strong> document needs to be translated, a <strong>certified translator<\/strong> may be required by the receiving party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The notary should record the title of the document in the notary journal, in the foreign language, and the number of pages.\u00a0 I also include the document title translated into English.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Google_Translate\"><\/span>Google Translate<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Translate.Google.com<\/a><\/strong> may be helpful for basic translation of a <strong>foreign language<\/strong> document in over 90 languages.\u00a0 A document may be uploaded or copy and paste may be used.\u00a0 Google Translate is also available as a free smartphone application.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Foreign_Alphabet\"><\/span>Foreign Alphabet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some languages use the Roman alphabet, including English, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/spanish-language-notary-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spanish<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/french-language-notary-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">French<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/german-language-notary-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">German<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Languages that do not use the <strong>Roman alphabet<\/strong>, including Chinese, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/korean-language-notary-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Korean<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/russian-language-notary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Russian<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, Hindi or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/arabic-language-notary-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arabic<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, can pose complications.\u00a0 The notary will have to verify that the person shown on a photo ID has the same name as the person named in the document.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I asked a customer from Siberia who was signing in Russian, using the <strong>Cyrillic alphabet<\/strong>, to also add her printed name using the Roman alphabet. I know some Russian and we were able to communicate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Visit our website for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/mobile-notary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-slimstat-async=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"false\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\" data-slimstat-clicked=\"false\" data-slimstat=\"5\">Colorado Springs Mobile Notary<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0services or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-notary-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-slimstat-async=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"false\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\" data-slimstat-clicked=\"false\" data-slimstat=\"5\">Colorado Notary Training<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>classes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[Last-Modified Date 2017-03-26] add review schema, add page links, add image<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a9 Copyright 2013 ABC Legal Docs, LLC All rights reserved. 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The notary must be able to communicate directly with the signer, without using a translator or interpreter.\u00a0 The notary must determine the signer&#8217;s identity, willingness to sign, and awareness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1111,8],"tags":[65,70,64,69,17,67,122,61,1235,63,5,66,68,62],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foreign-language","category-how-to","tag-apostille","tag-arabic","tag-authentication","tag-chinese","tag-colorado","tag-cyrillic","tag-document","tag-foreign-language","tag-hindi","tag-interpreter","tag-notary","tag-roman-alphabet","tag-russian","tag-translator","has_thumb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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