with regard to the original document and which is performed by a professional translator approved by the competent authority in each country. Not everyone has the capacity to certify a translated document. To acquire this capacity, professionals need to be competent in a specific field and obtain the Sworn Degree in the specific country.

I am a sworn translator from English into Spanish in Uruguay. I provide sworn translations of legal documents which are intended for official use there (submission before the Uruguayan authorities) like contracts, insurance policies, articles of incorporation, birth or marriage certificates, school transcripts, university degrees etc.

it takes a deeper look at how information and ideas are presented in the text, it also focuses on terminology. Ensuring that the text forms a coherent and meaningful whole can sometimes involve making major changes or even rewriting.

An editor makes changes that make a document easier to understand, better organized and more suitable for the targeted audience. After the adjustments from the editing process have been made, the text is ready for proofreading.

as a final step before submitting your document. The text is scanned for spelling, typography, grammar, punctuation and use of language, style and format, also anything missed at the editing stage.
As it involves correcting small errors (some of which can, nevertheless, have a major impact), terminology is irrelevant here, it does not require major rewriting as it focuses only on the correctness of the text.

Transcription is the process of rendering oral data into a written text. There are different transcription conventions and protocols.

These will vary and be applied according to the purposes of the transcription which will be determined together with the client.