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Dear Clients, for the sake of protecting both your and our colleagues’ health, please continue avoiding contact with other people if you feel symptoms of being sick, as recommended by Hungary’s Chief Medical Officer. If you have no symptoms and visit the customer service of the Hungarian Office for Translation and Attestation Ltd. (OFFI), we continue to request you to adhere to the health protection measures.

In view of the situation caused by the pandemic – when the aim is to keep a safe distance and avoid unnecessary contact – we are working on a new certified translation procedure, which would allow the ordering of certified translations without personal appearance.

With respect to the current public health situation, for the sake of protecting the health of You and our colleagues, please avoid contact with other people, if you perceive the symptoms of the disease, as recommended by Hungary’s Chief Medical Officer. We inform you that as many clients may stay in our office as the maximum number of the administrators.

On 12-13 March 2020, TransELTE2020–OFFI ONLINE Conference of Translation Science will be held for the 22nd time, focusing on innovation and technological advancement. The cooperation of ELTE and the Hungarian Office for Translation and Attestation looks back on a history of several decades.

In the course of the 2020 audit, the co-workers of Bureau Veritas expressed their recognition with regard to the overall operation of the quality-management system, the commitment to quality, and the activities carried out in the areas that had been defined as development opportunities.

The integrated quality management system of OFFI Ltd, as well as the implementation and documentation of our processes are appropriate and comply with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 17100:2015 standards. This was confirmed in June 2019 by the organisation conducting a surveillance audit to verify compliance with ISO standards.

“The Ministry of Justice approved the new 2019-2022 company development strategy of OFFI Ltd”, CEO Dr Gabriella Németh has informed OFFI’s employees.

As of 16 February 2019 the recognition of certain documents issued by the authorities of the 28 EU member states, as well as Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland and used in another member state will be simplified.

Operating under the professional supervision of the Minister of Justice, OFFI Ltd. is the National Translation Office responsible for attested translations in Hungary. OFFI’s activities are carried out in accordance with legal provisions.

We inform you that as of 2 July 2018, the Hungarian Office for Translation and Attestation Ltd. (OFFI) will change and modernise the format of certified translations issued pursuant to Decree No. 24/1986 (26 June) of the Council of Ministers.

The Department of Translation and Interpreting of the Faculty of Humanities of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE BTK) and OFFI Ltd. organised their 20th Translation Studies Conference on 22-23 March 2018.

The new Hungarian Civil Procedure Act (Act CXXX of 2016 - CPA) enacted on 01 January 2018 upheld the court practice already in use regarding the use of foreign language documents in lawsuits, namely that submitting Hungarian attested (certified) translations of non-Hungarian documents in lawsuits is not in all cases required.

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