Under the provisions of the Saxon Interpreters Act, public services interpreters, translators and sign language interpreters can be publicly appointed in the federal state of Saxony.
If you wish to provide such professional services, you can apply for general public appointment.
NOTE: Even if you have already been appointed in any other federal state or any country outside Germany you may be appointed in Saxony as well.
You have proved to have required expert knowledge.
To prove the required expert knowledge you must submit:
a confirmation by the state examination body that basic knowledge of legal German had been part of the examination you have taken,
and either
an examination certificate for proficiency in interpreting, translating or sign language interpreting issued in this country by a state or state-approved examination body or for any other state or state-approved examination for interpreters, translators or sign language interpreters
or
an examination certificate issued abroad confirming your proficiency in interpreting, translating or sign language interpreting that has been approved by the competent German authority as being equivalent to an examination in Germany.
NOTE: In case you have obtained your university degree abroad you have to apply for the recognition of equivalence of your language-related university degree at the Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism. You will get the relevant application documents through the Higher Regional Court of Dresden (Oberlandesgericht) after the court has approved your basic knowledge of legal German. The application including all required documents (listed in the application form) must be filed with the Higher Regional Court of Dresden and is then submitted to the Saxon Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism for further examination and decision.
Truly and accurately completed application form.
Within a month of notification of any negative decision you can raise your objection against any such decision. Your objection must be filed in writing or in electronic form under Section 3a subsection 2 of the Administrative Procedure Law or declared for recording at the Higher Regional Court of Dresden, Schlossplatz 1, 01067 Dresden.
If the objection is filed in electronic form, then the electronic document must be sent either with a qualified electronic signature attached using the electronic court and administrative mail box according to the communication procedure described on the internet site www.egvp.de or using the mailing methods under Section 5 subsection 5 of the German De-Mail Act to the address olg-dresden@egvp.de-mail.de.
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Sächsisches Dolmetschergesetz (SächsDolmG) of 15th March 2023
Sächsische Dolmetscherverordnung (SächsDolmVO) of 3rd April 2023
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