Sworn translation in San Sebastián / Donostia

San Sebastián is smaller than it acts. Behind the postcard of La Concha bay runs a city that operates in several languages at once: researchers landing at UPV/EHU's Gipuzkoa campus and centres like the DIPC, people in tech and biomedical research, chefs drawn to its culinary schools and Michelin circuit, film crews passing through each September for the Zinemaldia, and a growing community of expats and digital nomads hooked on the quality of life, the waves at Zurriola and the pintxos in the old town. Sooner or later, nearly all of them hit the same wall: a Spanish authority that wants a foreign document translated by a sworn (jurado) translator.

Textualia handles that step without you leaving Donostia. You upload the document, see the final price on the spot, and the moment you pay you get your sworn translation as an electronically signed PDF, fully valid in Spain before the Gipuzkoa Immigration Office on Plaza Pío XII, the Basque Government, public registries and the university itself. And if a particular body still asks for paper, we courier you the hard copy on official state-stamped paper. No office visit, no juggling counter hours.

A sworn translation signed by a translator accredited by Spain's MAEC is fully valid across Spain, including Gipuzkoa and before the Basque Government. In Donostia it's usually needed for:

• Immigration and visas: applications at the Gipuzkoa Immigration Office (Plaza Pío XII), including the digital nomad visa.
• Apostilled criminal records: certificates from the FBI (USA), ACRO (UK) or France's bulletin no. 3, translated into Spanish.
• UPV/EHU and education: degrees, transcripts and diplomas for admission and recognition at the Gipuzkoa campus.
• Civil Registry and notaries: birth, marriage or death certificates for registrations and deeds.
• Work and healthcare: contracts, payslips and professional qualifications to work or join a professional body in the Basque Country.

• Criminal record certificates from your home country, apostilled and translated, for residence and the digital nomad visa.
• University degrees and academic transcripts for UPV/EHU or recognition before the Ministry.
• Birth, marriage and death certificates for the Civil Registry and notaries.
• Driving licences and vehicle documents for exchange and traffic procedures.
• Employment contracts, payslips and company certificates for registrations and work permits.
• Medical records and professional qualifications for licensing and practice in the Basque Country.

Few cities its size gather as much international talent as Donostia. UPV/EHU's Gipuzkoa campus and leading centres like the DIPC bring in scientists and PhD candidates from across the world; the Michelin-starred kitchens and the Basque Culinary Center welcome professionals who land each season with their credentials in hand; and every September the Zinemaldia fills the city with producers, crew and artists, a few of whom end up staying for good. Behind each of them tends to sit the same folder of foreign paperwork that the Basque or Spanish authorities eventually want translated and sworn.

That's where we come in. We translate from English and French into Spanish with the terminology immigration, the university and professional bodies expect, and we deliver within timeframes built for people who can't pause a contract or a course enrolment. You work from a café in Gros or between dips at Zurriola; we make sure your document arrives signed, sworn-stamped and ready to file.