Translate an Israeli death certificate to English

teudat petira (תעודת פטירה). Upload the original and get it back in English with the same layout: every stamp, table and number stays where it is.

Hebrew → English
Asked for in 3 use cases
Public document
Issued by Population and Immigration Authority

Translate your death certificate How we translate it

Sample Israeli death certificate — **Sample death certificate.** Shown for layout only; the details on it are not a real person's. Source: ody.co.il.

What it is

Certificate of a death registered in Israel. Needed for inheritance abroad, widow status and citizenship-by-descent family trees.

Key fields

What appears on the document and must come through in the translation.

Deceased's name and ID
date
time and place of death
issue date
sometimes cause of death

How we translate it

These rules go to the translation engine when you upload a death certificate, on top of the general rules for Israeli documents.

Keep the time of death format as written.
Translate cause of death with standard medical English only if it is printed.
Render the honorific ז״ל the same way throughout, e.g. "(of blessed memory)", or omit it with a translator note.

Common mistake: Translating honorifics inconsistently across family documents.

Glossary

Terms on the document and the English we use for them.

Hebrew	English
הנפטר	The deceased
תאריך פטירה	Date of death
מקום הפטירה	Place of death
ז״ל	Of blessed memory

Who asks for it

Use cases where a translated death certificate is on the list.

EU citizenship by descent (Germany, Austria, Poland, Portugal)Inheritance and probate abroad Getting married overseas (Cyprus, Prague, USA and more) sometimes

Apostille and validity

Public document: can be apostilled in Israel. Foreign authorities often want a certified or sworn translation of it.

Samedoc gives you an English copy in the original layout. You're responsible for checking it before you submit it, and a professional manual review is available at extra cost. Where an authority requires a certified or sworn translation, a qualified translator signs it; the Samedoc copy gives them a ready draft. Check the official source for your destination.

Questions

Who asks for a translated death certificate?

It is on the document list for EU citizenship by descent (Germany, Austria, Poland, Portugal), Inheritance and probate abroad and Getting married overseas (Cyprus, Prague, USA and more).

Does a translated death certificate need an apostille?

Public document: can be apostilled in Israel. Foreign authorities often want a certified or sworn translation of it.

Will the numbers and stamps stay the same?

Yes. Samedoc keeps every number, date, ID, amount, stamp and signature exactly where it is and only replaces the text, so the English copy can be checked against the original line by line.