What should I check on a translation before lodging it?

In-depth Answer

You can check a translation yourself without deep knowledge of the target language, because the errors that matter most are names and numbers, which compare directly.

Start with your given name and surname against the passport, letter for letter, including parents' names on a birth certificate.

Move to dates, watching for day/month inversion and for Buddhist-era to Common-era conversion, which subtracts 543.

Then the key figures: the thirteen-digit national ID, document numbers, amounts.

Next the stamp — does it state the direction of translation you ordered, and is the credential expiry later than the signing date?

Finally, count the pages, and confirm that seals and signatures visible on the source are described in the translation.

If the practitioner made an error, correction is your right as the client and should always happen before lodgement.

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