Certified translation of a High School Diploma from Milan
A High School Diploma issued outside Italy needs a certified translation into Italian. This is required before an Italian university, employer or public office will act on it. In Milan, that translation is a sworn document. Italians call it a traduzione giurata, or asseverata, and it travels alongside the diploma rather than replacing it. This is different from a simple certified translation used elsewhere, and Milan's offices are set up specifically to produce the sworn version.
The original diploma is never altered. A copy travels with the translation instead of the source page itself. An Italian office then reviews the pair together: the diploma copy for authenticity, and the sworn Italian text next to it for its content. Keeping the two together, rather than sending either one separately, is what makes the file complete on first submission.
Translator credential & pre-requisites for a High School Diploma
Italian authorities ask for a sworn translation of a High School Diploma in Milan, not a plain certified one. It is produced by a court-sworn translator through asseverazione. The translator appears before a Tribunale and swears the Italian text is complete and true. The court then records that oath on the translated pages, and the credential named on those pages is what an admissions office checks first.
In Milan, that oath is taken at the Tribunale di Milano, Ufficio Asseverazioni, Via Carlo Freguglia 1, 20122 Milano, or at the Giudice di Pace di Milano, Via Francesco Sforza 23, 20122 Milano. A diploma that instead needs legalising, not translating, goes through a different office: the Prefettura di Milano, Ufficio Legalizzazioni, Corso Monforte 31, 20122 Milano.
Cost & turnaround
The translation cost for a High School Diploma in Milan runs at roughly €30 per page. That figure already includes the asseverazione oath; it is not billed as an extra fee on top. Standard turnaround is 2–4 business days, counted once the diploma and any transcript pages are confirmed and ready to work from.
An express service exists too, finishing in 24–48 hours. It suits anyone racing a university enrolment date. That faster window is the express option though, so 2–4 business days is the figure to plan a submission around by default, with express reserved for a genuinely tight deadline rather than treated as the everyday choice.
Common uses of a translated High School Diploma
A sworn translation of this kind is used most often for enrolling at an Italian university. It also serves an employer checking a foreign school-leaving qualification, or a public office recording education history for a residence or work application. Each of these bodies expects the same sworn format, built around the asseverazione oath rather than a lighter certificate.
Some receiving offices also ask for notarisation on top of the oath. Whether that applies depends on the issuing school and on the particular office reviewing the file. Each case follows the format that office has actually asked for, no more and no less.
Acceptance notes
The asseverazione record is what gives this translation its standing. A plain certified translation of a High School Diploma in Italy, without the court oath, does not carry the same weight. A university admissions office or an employer's HR department can accept the sworn version without checking further, because the oath already answers the question a plain certificate leaves open.
The translation, the oath record and a copy of the diploma travel as one set. The original diploma itself is never sent anywhere and stays with its holder. If a fresh copy of the diploma is needed first, the issuing school is the source for that — Milan's court and prefecture offices administer oaths and legalisation, but they do not reissue foreign school records. An official translation of a High School Diploma in Milan is only ever built on a copy for exactly this reason.