Sworn translation in Salou

Salou changes face with the season. In summer it is one of the capitals of Costa Daurada tourism: the Passeig Jaume I packed, PortAventura pulling in visitors from half of Europe. The rest of the year a quieter Salou surfaces, the one belonging to people who no longer come on holiday but have stayed for good. British and French families who bought a seafront flat and now spend half the year here. Retirees from central and eastern Europe who have made the Costa Daurada their home. Buyers closing a deal at the notary with their adviser beside them. Behind each of those steps —buying, registering at the town hall, applying for residence— there are documents in another language that no Spanish authority will accept without a sworn translation.

At Textualia that step is handled online, with no waiting for the season to turn or for an office to open. You upload the document, see the final price on the spot and, the moment you pay, receive your sworn translation as an electronically signed PDF, fully valid before the Immigration Office in Tarragona, the Civil Registry, the notaries of Salou and Reus and every other authority. If the office dealing with you requires paper, we courier the copy on official stamped paper to any address on the Costa Daurada.

A sworn translation signed by a translator accredited by Spain's MAEC is fully valid throughout Spain, Catalonia included:

• Valid before the Immigration Office in Tarragona for residence, arraigo and the digital nomad visa.
• Accepted by the notaries of Salou, Reus and Tarragona and by the Land Registry in property purchases.
• Admitted at the Salou Civil Registry office and the Civil Registry of Tarragona for marriages, births and life certificates.
• Recognised by Salou Town Council and the Generalitat de Catalunya for municipal and regional procedures.
• Delivered as an electronically signed PDF, verifiable and with no need to travel.
• Important: MAEC accreditation establishes validity in Spain; we cannot guarantee acceptance by authorities in other countries.

These are the documents we are most often asked to translate in Salou:

• Deeds, deposit contracts and powers of attorney for buying or selling a home on the Costa Daurada seafront.
• Apostilled criminal record certificates for the digital nomad visa: FBI (USA), ACRO (United Kingdom) or bulletin no. 3 (France), translated into Spanish.
• Birth, marriage and life certificates for the Civil Registry, residence and family reunification.
• Pension and healthcare documents for British and eastern European retirees settling here.
• Academic degrees and transcripts to enrol children at school or have studies recognised in Catalonia.
• Foreign driving licences for exchange at the traffic authority in Tarragona.

Much of Salou's foreign community started out coming on holiday. They bought the flat for the summers and, over the years, the balance tipped: more months each year, until one day the second home becomes the first. That is when the paperwork stops being incidental. Registering at the town hall, applying for residence, exchanging a driving licence, enrolling grandchildren who have come to stay, drawing a pension from abroad or settling an inheritance with assets on both sides of the border: all of it means handing a Spanish authority documents issued in English, French or the language of origin, and no office accepts them without a sworn translation.

On top of that comes the pace of conveyancing on a much sought-after stretch of coast, where British, French and eastern European buyers close deals all year round. The notary needs the document in Spanish on the day of signing, not the following week. That is why we work online with a fixed price from the outset: you upload the deed, the power of attorney or the certificate, you know what it costs and when you will have it, and you receive the sworn translation ready to file without setting foot in an office.