Romanian to English translation

Multilingual extracts, and where they count

Romania joined the 1976 Vienna Convention in 2012, and civil status offices issue multilingual extracts of birth, marriage and death records. They are recognised without translation in the Convention’s member states. Australia is not one, so ask the office reading yours whether it will do.

Source: Ilfov county population records directorate, multilingual extracts (checked 19 September 2026)

Ș, Ț and the CNP

Romanian names carry ă, â, î, ș and ț, and the translation spells yours as your passport does. The 13-digit CNP, the personal numeric code that begins with a digit for sex and century of birth, is copied digit for digit. Older typed documents often print ş and ţ with a cedilla rather than a comma; they are the same letters, and the translation treats a name written either way as one name.

Documents from Moldova

Moldovan records are in Romanian, but older ones may use the Cyrillic alphabet, or Russian. We translate what the page shows. A document wholly in Russian is best ordered as Russian to English, and for a page that mixes the two, ask us first and we will confirm before you pay.

The whole permis de conducere

Both sides of the card: your details in the numbered fields, the issuing authority, and each category on the reverse with its dates and codes, set out in English words.

Certificates and their mentions

Birth, marriage and death certificates are translated with every later mention, such as a divorce or a change of name, where the document records it.

Diplomas and records

Diplomas with their supplements, transcripts, criminal record certificates and court decisions. Seals and signatures are marked where they appear; unreadable text is marked in square brackets.