Most current Italian requests involve civil, identity, legal, and academic records issued in Italy for immigration and official U.S. use, and Italian birth certificate translation remains one of the most common packet types.
Italy is a Hague Apostille Convention member, and under the HCCH status table the Convention entered into force for Italy on 11 February 1978 after ratification on 13 December 1977, so Italian public documents generally use apostille instead of embassy legalization when the receiving country is also a Hague member.
That apostille step does not replace certified translation: USCIS, courts, and universities still require a complete English translation of comune wording, names, codice fiscale entries, seals, and annotations.
If you are following older instructions or filing in a non-Hague destination, confirm whether you need translation only, translation plus apostille, or legalizzazione through the Prefettura or another competent authority before submission.