If you require translations of documents from Amharic or another language into German or from German into Amharic or another language, please note the following information:

In Ethiopia

The German Embassy is not aware of any translators in Ethiopia who produce translations of acceptable quality from or into German.

The Germany Embassy does not provide or certify translations.

If you require a translation for submission to an office in Germany, please enquire with this office whether a translation made in Ethiopia will be accepted there. Some German registry offices, for example, insist on translations made by sworn, publicly appointed or generally authorised translators in Germany (see the next section).

In Germany

You can find interpreters and translators who are generally sworn, publicly appointed or generally authorised in Germany in the interpreter and translator database operated by the state of Hesse.