Sworn translation in Tarragona

Few cities its size do as many things at once as Tarragona. Right beside the terraces of the Roman amphitheatre and the stones of Tarraco, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, sits one of the busiest commercial ports in the Mediterranean, and next to it a petrochemical hub that moves cargo, engineers and contracts in half a dozen languages. Add the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, which draws students from abroad every year, and a stretch of the Costa Daurada where the foreign community is no longer only seasonal. All that activity leaves a trail of paperwork that needs a sworn translation before any Spanish authority will accept it.

Textualia works online. It makes no difference whether you are the family that has just bought in Salou or the technician newly arrived at the chemical complex in La Canonja: 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 registries, the notaries and the URV itself. If your procedure calls for paper, we courier the copy on official stamped paper to anywhere in the Camp de Tarragona.

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, the digital nomad visa and arraigo.
• Accepted by the civil registries, notaries and land registries of the Camp de Tarragona.
• Recognised by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) for enrolment and the recognition of foreign qualifications.
• Admitted by the Generalitat de Catalunya and town councils for regional and municipal 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 Tarragona:

• Apostilled criminal record certificates for the digital nomad visa: FBI (USA), ACRO (United Kingdom) or bulletin no. 3 (France), translated into Spanish.
• University degrees and academic transcripts for enrolment or recognition at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
• Employment contracts and professional and safety certificates for the technical staff arriving at the port and the petrochemical complex.
• Birth, marriage and life certificates for the civil registry and family reunification.
• Deeds and powers of attorney for buying a home in Salou, Cambrils or the city itself.
• Foreign driving licences for exchange at the traffic authority.

In Tarragona, documents in other languages are not the exception; they are routine. The port and the chemical industry south of the Camp run on staff and suppliers from half the world, and the URV, whose chemical engineering degrees are closely tied to that sector, welcomes students and lecturers from abroad every year. Contracts signed in Houston or Rotterdam, safety certificates issued in another country, an engineer who lands for a two-year project with the family in tow. A few kilometres away, the Costa Daurada has spent decades as a second home —and, increasingly, a first one— for British, French and northern European families who buy in Salou or Cambrils and end up needing to register, enrol their children at school or settle an inheritance.

That is where our work fits. Each of those procedures has its office, its format and its deadlines; we hand over the sworn translation ready to file, with no appointment to book and no drive across town to drop off an envelope. You handle the procedure; we handle the translated, signed document.