NAATI Certified Medical Report Translation Services in Australia

Ahpra – Translation Requirements for Health Practitioner Registration

Ahpra’s rules are similar in principle but are applied to registration documents (qualifications, identity, good standing, and any medical/health documents they request):

• All non-English medical reports must be submitted with a certified medical report translation.
• Medical report translations performed within Australia must be done by a translator holding NAATI certification.
• When the translation of medical reports is done outside Australia, it should be authorised/approved by the relevant authorities in that country.
• Ahpra does not accept translations done by relatives, friends, acquaintances, or volunteer agencies.
• One needs to submit a full translation of diplomas, degrees, certificates, or transcripts.
• The original documents along with the English medical report translations need to be submitted using the online document upload. Hard copy is generally not needed.
• All medical report translators require the original document/s or a notarised photocopy of the document/s, which must be clearly legible.

Seeking high-quality medical report translations online for better treatment abroad? We have a team of certified medical translators bound by the AUSIT Code of Ethics, offering accurate and precise translation services Australia.

In healthcare and medical document translations, a single mistranslated term or incorrect code can delay visas, trigger extra requests from immigration, or even affect Ahpra registration decisions. That’s why we treat every diagnosis, medication name, and ICD code as high-risk content that must be accurate.

Clinically Trained Translators

As a reputed standard translation service provider, where the document requires it, we assign translators with a background in health or life sciences. Our qualified medical translators help us maintain accuracy and precision because they know the difference between similar-sounding conditions, test names, and treatments.

Exact Matching of ICD Codes

Our certified medical translators preserve ICD-10 / ICD-10-AM codes — and ICD-11 where the source document uses it — and align them with the correct English clinical terms. This helps us maintain consistency across immigration medical assessments, Ahpra registration documents, and insurance and specialist referrals. 

Terminology Consistency Checks

To offer you high-quality translations of medical documents, we maintain consistency in multi-document cases such as several hospital letters, pathology reports, and specialist notes. Using translation tools and glossaries, we maintain a project-specific terminology list. This helps us ensure the same condition is translated consistently across your documents, drug names, dosages, and units (mg, mL, IU) are consistent, and abbreviations are expanded where needed for clarity.

Format Fidelity for Official Use

From headings, tables, and reference ranges to imaging findings, we mirror the formatting of your original medical report and documents as closely as the source document allows. This helps immigration officers and Ahpra assessors verify the translated document against the original.

Two-step Quality Control

We have a strict quality assurance process. Primary medical report translation in Australia is completed by a clinically experienced certified translator, then checked by a second medical translator who verifies terminology, ICD codes, and formatting against the original.