Certified translation in Catania for use in Lebanon
An Italian document bound for Lebanon needs a certified translation into Arabic in Catania before a ministry or consulate there will act on it. The source paper keeps its wording exactly as issued; what changes is the addition of a signed statement of accuracy from the translator, attached to the Arabic pages. That signed statement is what a clerk in Lebanon looks for first. That single line of the certificate carries more weight for the file than the wording of the translation itself.
Where the source paper is a civil record — a birth, marriage or death certificate — the only copy does not need to leave anyone's hands for this work. Prefettura di Catania – Ufficio Legalizzazioni, at Via Prefettura 14, 95124 Catania, handles administrative and civil paperwork, and a fresh certified copy of a civil record can be obtained through the right register office before translation begins.
The language Lebanon requires
Lebanon's ministries and courts work in Arabic, so a certified translation into Arabic in Catania is the form that gets read there, not a translation left in Italian. Arabic script runs right to left, and names carried across from Italian spelling are checked closely by a clerk in Lebanon, since a transliterated name that does not match a passport can hold up the whole file.
A certified Arabic translator working this corridor treats that name-matching as central to the job, not a detail to fix later. Dates, official titles and place names are carried into Arabic with the same care, since Lebanon's offices read the translated page on its own once it is filed.
Certification Lebanon accepts
The certificate attached is a certified translation accepted by consulates and ministries. It is a signed accuracy statement from the translator. It is bound to the source paper and its Arabic version. A sworn Arabic translator in Catania is not needed for this basic certificate. Most desks in Lebanon accept it as it stands.
Some offices in Lebanon do ask for an extra step. Italy calls it asseverazione, an oath sworn before a court. Where it is wanted, two Catania offices handle it: Tribunale di Catania – Ufficio Asseverazioni, at Piazza Giovanni Verga, 95100 Catania, and Giudice di Pace di Catania, at Via Matteo Renato Imbriani 226, 95128 Catania. Both put the oath on pages the translator has already produced.
Per-page cost & turnaround
Price runs at roughly €30 per page, with the final total set by how many pages the source paper has rather than one flat charge for any document. Standard turnaround is 3–5 business days, counted from when the translator has the paper. A 48-hour express route is offered separately for a reader working to a shorter deadline than the standard window.
Adding the court oath step, where a Lebanese authority wants it, is booked alongside the translation rather than treated as a second errand once the pages are already done. Booking both at the same time means the finished set is ready in one trip, not two, once the translator has started work.
Acceptance in Lebanon
Once done, the Arabic translation and the Italian original travel together. They go to whichever office in Lebanon asked for them — a ministry desk, a university, an employer or a court, depending on why the paper is needed. Neither one stands alone. The translator's signed statement links the two and shows how the Arabic text came from the Italian source.
Sometimes the Italian paper itself must be shown as genuine before Lebanon will use it. That step is separate from the translation. It follows Italy's own route for proving a document was really issued there, run apart from the translation work described here. A reader can start both at the same time rather than one after the other.