When a loved one leaves a will in another language, a court or bank cannot act on it until it is in a language they read. Our notarised will translation turns the will into clear English, or into the language an office abroad needs. A Notary Public registered with the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) then notarises the translation.
Most of our will jobs come from executors. Some need a foreign will in English for probate in Singapore. Others need a Singapore will translated for land, bank money or shares held overseas. We also translate the papers that travel with a will, such as codicils and grants of probate.
We keep every gift, name and witness line exactly as written. If a word is hard to read, we mark it instead of guessing. Courts look closely at wills, so our translator has no link to your family and never shortens a clause.
Your will translation with a notary seal is usually ready in 2–3 working days, with express help in 24 hours for short wills. You get a soft copy by email and a hard copy by courier in Singapore, or you can collect it at Suntec Tower One. A free quote comes first.
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Translating and notarising a will is usually one early step in a longer estate task. These are the six situations we see most often.
If the person had assets in Singapore but wrote the will in another language, the court will need it in English. Speak to your lawyer early, because probate papers wait for the translation.
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A grant of probate from some countries, such as Malaysia, may be resealed here. The court can ask for English versions of some papers, so translate the grant and the will together.
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A bank or land office abroad may want the will in its own language, and often with an apostille. Ask them which language and which steps they need before you order.
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For a Muslim estate, the Syariah Court issues an Inheritance Certificate. Family papers from abroad that are not in English may need a translation first.
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A bank or insurer overseas may ask to read the will before it pays out. Send them the translation together with the executor's ID to avoid back-and-forth.
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When a will gives away a house, the land office reads the gift clause closely. Make sure the address in the will matches the title deed.
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Is the will going abroad after probate here? Read about our apostille for a Singapore will going abroad, then send the papers for a will translation sealed by a notary.
Check My WillIn many countries a will is made in front of a local notary or office, and each type looks different. A notarised English translation of a foreign will must keep those marks. If the will is headed to a country outside the Apostille Convention, ask us about legalisation through an embassy.
A will made at a Japanese notary office; we keep the deed number.
A notarised will whose notary certificate page we translate too.
Drawn up by an Indonesian Notaris; deed numbers stay exact.
Sub-Registrar stamps and book numbers are translated as shown.
Terms like faraid are kept, with a short meaning in brackets.
District office stamps and witness lines stay in place.
We show if a notary or the commune office certified it.
A will or a certificate of heirs; court file numbers kept exact.
An open will signed before a notary, with its protocol number.
A will speaks for someone who can no longer explain it. So every will translated and notarised by us is checked on these six parts.
Matched to the death certificate and passport you send.
Each person's role is named the same way all through the will.
Each gift keeps its own line, amount or share, and person.
What is left after the gifts is translated with great care.
Kept exactly, because a later will can cancel an older one.
We show who witnessed the will and where each person signed.
In Singapore, a will is valid when it follows the Wills Act, such as being signed with two witnesses present. A translation does not make a will valid or invalid. Probate rules can change, so please follow your lawyer's or the court's advice on the form of translation.
A notary public translation of a will follows four calm steps, and we keep you updated at each one.
Hire Notarized TranslatorUpload a clear scan of every page of the will, including any codicil. If you have a grant of probate or a death certificate, send those too. Tell us which court, bank or office will read the translation, and in which language. If your lawyer gave you a checklist, attach it so we follow the same wording.
We read the whole will and send a free quote with a clear delivery date. Long or handwritten wills may take a little longer, and we tell you that upfront. You can pay by Visa, Mastercard, PayNow or PayLah. Work starts only after you say yes. Express help in 24 hours is possible for short wills.
A legal translator works clause by clause, and a second person checks every name, gift and date against your papers. Any doubt is raised with you, never guessed. Then comes notarising the translated will, done by a SAL-registered Notary Public. If the will is going abroad, our notary seal before SAL authentication keeps the order of steps right.
We email you a soft copy first, so you or your lawyer can check names and spellings. The hard copy goes by courier anywhere in Singapore, or you can collect it at Suntec Tower One. Most will jobs are ready in 2–3 working days. If the court asks for a change to our translation, we fix it free.
Get Your Will Translated
We offer last will translation with notarisation in over 200 languages. Wills often reach us in Mandarin, Japanese, Bahasa Indonesia, Malay, Tamil, Thai, Vietnamese, Hindi and Korean.
Older wills bring their own puzzles, such as Jawi script, traditional Chinese characters or faded handwriting. Our translators know these forms. For a notarised testament translation, we mark any word that cannot be read as [illegible], so the court sees exactly what is on the page.
Chinese (Simplified)
简体中文
Japanese
日本語
Malay
Bahasa Melayu
French
Français
Spanish
Español
Indonesian
Bahasa Indonesia
Sinhala
සිංහල
Thai
ภาษาไทย
German
Deutsch
Russian
Русский
Vietnamese
Tiếng Việt
Tamil
தமிழ்
Chinese (Traditional)
繁體中文
Dutch
Nederlands
Hindi
हिन्दी
Korean
한국어
Burmese
မြန်မာ
Arabic
العربية
Italian
Italiano
Danish
Dansk
Portuguese
Português
Khmer
ខ្មែរ
Hebrew
עברית
Norwegian
Norsk
Czech
Čeština
Greek
Ελληνικά
Bengali
বাংলা
Romanian
Română
Persian
فارسی
Turkish
Türkçe
Tagalog
Wikang Tagalog
Urdu
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Don't see your language? We translate 200+ languages, including rare and regional ones.
Your notarised translation of the will arrives as one joined set, in the order courts and banks like to see.
Keep the will and testament translated under notary seal in one piece, and do not take out staples. If the papers must go on to a country that wants a government stamp after the notary, see our notarised translations for MFA legalisation.
Every clause in the target language, laid out like the original.
Signed and sealed by a SAL-registered Notary Public.
Attached so the reader can compare both versions.
Any codicil or grant you send is translated in the same style.
If a court, bank or office asks for a change to our translation, we correct it at no cost.
Wills stay private, so we never publish them. These samples of family papers show the layout and care you get in our notary-sealed will translations.
Kind words from families and executors who trusted us with will notarisation and other family papers.
These stories come from work close to estates and courts, and they guide how we handle translated wills with a notary seal.
Koseki family register pages and tax records were translated and notarised for ICA. Family registers like these often help prove who the heirs are.
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An Indonesian birth certificate was translated and notarised as court evidence. It shows why the reader, format and copy must be clear before work begins.
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A short guide to what SAL authentication does, which helps when a will must be used abroad.
Read Full Case StudySend us the will today for a free quote. We read every page, tell you the date, and keep you updated until your wills notarized translation is in your hands, usually within 2–3 working days.
