Serbian to English translation

Cyrillic or Latin

Serbia’s constitution puts the Serbian language and Cyrillic script in official use, so many documents are in Cyrillic, while others use Latin letters or both. Whichever yours uses, names are romanised to match your passport, Đorđević and all. Macedonian Cyrillic has letters of its own: see Macedonian to English translation.

Source: Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, Article 10, via Constitute (checked 19 September 2026)

An electronic extract and its QR code

A register extract ordered through eUprava can arrive as an electronic document, signed by the registrar and carrying a QR code that checks its authenticity. Serbia’s eGovernment office says a printed copy of it is only a copy, so send us the electronic file itself; the translation carries its reference.

Source: Office for IT and eGovernment, Serbia, certificates and extracts (checked 19 September 2026)

The JMBG and the international form

The 13-digit JMBG, your unique personal number, is copied digit for digit, and a month written as a Roman numeral (12. IV 2010) is written out in words. Extracts can also be issued on the international multilingual form of the 1976 Vienna Convention; if yours reads in English where it matters, see documents already in English.

The whole licence

Both sides of the card: name, date and place of birth, issue and expiry dates, the issuing police administration, the licence number, and each category with its dates and codes, set out in English.

Register extracts and certificates

Birth, marriage and death extracts, citizenship certificates and criminal record certificates, paper or electronic, with the registrar’s details, the register entry and every later note.

Diplomas and court records

Diplomas with their supplements, transcripts and court decisions. Seals and signatures are marked where they appear, and text that cannot be read in the photo is marked in square brackets.