{"id":100832,"date":"2026-03-11T08:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/?p=100832"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:50:15","slug":"sworn-translations-buy-property-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/sworn-translations-buy-property-spain\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Certified translations: Which documents from the UK must be translated to buy a property in Spain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"243\" data-end=\"559\">More and more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/where-foreigners-buy-property-spain\/?lang=en\">foreign buyers are choosing to purchase property in Spain<\/a>, which means that in many cases documentation issued in other countries is used. In these situations, presenting the original documents is not enough: for them to have legal effect before a notary or to be registered with the Land Registry, <strong>they will usually need to be properly translated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"561\" data-end=\"800\">When documents are drafted in a language other than Spanish, a <strong data-start=\"657\" data-end=\"678\">sworn translation<\/strong> may be required.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"561\" data-end=\"800\">At Fotocasa, we explain what a sworn translation is, when it is needed and which documents may require one in a real estate transaction.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"561\" data-end=\"800\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"844\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><section class=\"mini-posts\"><div class=\"row align-items-center\"><div class=\"col-4 col-md-3 pt-2 pb-2\"><div class=\"mini-posts__image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/documents-buy-house-spain-from-abroad\/?lang=en\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gemini_Generated_Image_9gvzkq9gvzkq9gvz-1-355x230.jpg\" alt=\"What documents to request when buying a house in Spain from abroad\" title=\"-\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-8 col-md-9 pt-2 pb-2\"><h3 class=\"mini-posts__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/documents-buy-house-spain-from-abroad\/?lang=en\">What documents to request when buying a house in Spain from abroad<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"844\">What is a sworn translation?<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"846\" data-end=\"1010\">A <strong data-start=\"850\" data-end=\"871\">sworn translation<\/strong> is an official translation carried out by a sworn translator appointed by the <strong>Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1012\" data-end=\"1217\">This professional certifies, by means of their signature and seal, that the translation is faithful and complete in relation to the original document. A sworn translation has <strong data-start=\"1163\" data-end=\"1216\">legal validity before official bodies in Spain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fotocasa is the expert real estate portal if you are looking for your home in Spain and want to resolve your doubts about housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":100838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13472],"tags":[13692,13548,13552,13551,13549,13550,13547,14278,14267],"class_list":["post-100832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buyers","tag-buy","tag-buy-in-spain","tag-housing-doubts","tag-housing-experts-in-spain","tag-housing-purchase-market-spain","tag-live-in-spain","tag-real-estate-market","tag-sworn-translations-to-buy-property-in-spain","tag-vivienda-extranjeros-espana"],"modified_by":"Patricia Andr\u00e9s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}