Certified translation in Catania for use in Egypt
A document heading to Egypt has to arrive in Arabic. That is the language Egyptian ministries and consulates work in. An Italian-issued paper written in Italian needs a certified translation into Arabic in Catania first. This is what makes the paperwork readable to the Egyptian office that will receive it. The source document is never rewritten. The translation is a separate paper, matched to it, carrying its own certification.
Anyone whose paper needs a sworn-translation oath as well can have it administered at the Tribunale di Catania, Ufficio Asseverazioni, Piazza Giovanni Verga, 95100 Catania, or at the Giudice di Pace di Catania, Via Matteo Renato Imbriani 226, 95128 Catania. Administrative or civil documents that first need legalising in Italy go through the Prefettura di Catania, Ufficio Legalizzazioni, Via Prefettura 14, 95124 Catania, which handles that step separately from the translation itself.
The language Egypt requires
Egypt's civil registries, ministries and consular section all conduct business in Arabic. A birth certificate, degree or business record drafted in Italian will not be read at face value there. It needs an official Arabic translation in Catania, carrying the same names, dates and figures as the source and nothing more, before an Egyptian office will act on it.
The rule in this corridor runs one way: Egypt sets Arabic as the target, and the translator's task is to render the Italian source faithfully, not to interpret or summarise it. No sworn Arabic translator in Catania is required for consulate and ministry submission; a certified Arabic translator is enough. Even so, the translation still has to be complete, with stamps, seals and signature blocks described in place.
Certification Egypt accepts
Egyptian consulates and ministries accept a certified translation that carries a signed statement of accuracy and the translator's credential. Catania's certified Arabic translator format meets that bar without an added sworn oath for this route. The credential attached to the pages identifies the translator by name and by qualification, which is what a consular clerk or ministry official checks alongside the statement itself.
Because a sworn translator is not part of Egypt's requirement, the translation is finished once the statement of accuracy and the credential are attached. Anyone whose paper does separately need the asseverazione oath can still have that arranged at the Tribunale di Catania before the pages are sent onward to Egypt.
Per-page cost & turnaround
Certified Arabic translation for Egypt from Catania runs at roughly €30 per page, calculated on the finished translated document rather than the source pages. Standard turnaround is 3–5 business days, counted from when the source document and instructions are confirmed.
An express service completing the same translation in 48 hours exists for anyone working against a tighter deadline, such as an Egyptian consular appointment. That faster figure is the express route, not the default. Plan on 3–5 business days unless the express option is specifically requested and confirmed in advance.
Acceptance in Egypt
Once translated and certified, the Arabic version travels together with the Italian original, and Egyptian offices review the pair side by side: the source document for authenticity, the Arabic translation for its content. This certified translation in Catania for Egypt keeps the paperwork in the form Egyptian ministries and consular staff already work with day to day.
Anyone whose Egyptian receiving office also wants the underlying Italian document legalised, not just translated, needs a separate step for that, handled through the Prefettura di Catania, Ufficio Legalizzazioni. The Arabic translation and that legalisation should be requested as two distinct pieces of the same file, so a document is not sent to Egypt missing a step the receiving office expects. Requesting both at the outset, rather than adding the legalisation later, keeps the whole file moving on one timeline instead of two.