“用证书批准”可以翻译为 “approve with a certificate” 或者更自然地表达为 “grant approval through a certificate” ，“grant approval” 表示“给予批准”，“through a certificate” 说明批准的方式是“通过证书” 。
例如：The project was granted approval through a certificate issued by the relevant authority.（该项目通过相关当局颁发的证书获得了批准。 ）