In British Columbia, all services related to drivers licensing, car registration and insurance are provided by Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC). ICBC accepts translations of documents, such as driver’s licenses and letters of experience, only from translators who are on a special list of ICBC approved translators.
Earlier this year as a Russian interpreter I took part in the international conference Canada-Eurasia Cooperation in Forestry and Wood Processing, organized by the Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association (thank you for inviting me!)
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Before going into details on Russian software localization, I guess it is worthwhile to define localization and internalization in general. In common terms, software localization is the process of adapting a software application (its language and other locale-specific items) for use in foreign markets. Very important to understand that software localization includes translation, but not limited to this process.
Examples of activities in localization, which are not necessarily part of traditional translation: project management, software and online help engineering and testing, conversion of translated documentation to other formats, translation memory management, etc.
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In this post, I would like to describe how to order and receive a certified translation from English into Russian or translation from Russian into English in Vancouver and other areas of Lower Mainland. Just a reminder: a translation, done by a certified translator, doesn’t require any further verification or authentication and accepted by all authorities and organizations in British Columbia and other provinces of Canada. However some further authentication/notarization may be required for documents requested by the courts of law.
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