Sinhala Translation Services

DHCTranslations prepares certified English translations of Sinhala and Tamil records for clients across the UK, working from scans or clear photographs sent through the secure portal. Registrar General certificates, police clearances and university documents are all handled, and the finished PDF arrives with a signed certification page.

A single Sri Lankan certificate starts from £40 per document, and longer files are priced from £0.09 per word after 400 words. Notarisation and apostille are listed as separate charges, as the notary and FCDO fees depend on the document. The Sinhala figure is confirmed in writing before work begins. The £0.09 rate is for translation into English; English into Sinhala starts from £0.10 per word.

Same-day completion is available for most Sinhala documents when the order and cleared payment are confirmed before 4pm on a working day. Confirmations later than that, weekend orders and bank holidays move to the next working day, and the quote gives the date.

Usually yes, because a certified English translation with a signed statement of accuracy is what UK bodies ask for, and the printed English column rarely covers every entry. Where that column disagrees with the Sinhala text, we translate the Sinhala and note the difference.

It is a hereditary house or family name that often sits among the given names in Sinhala records. UK forms have nowhere obvious to put it, so we translate it in place and add a note naming each element of the name.

The certificate states its own issue date and reference, and UK bodies apply their own currency rules for visas and employment. Both are reproduced in the translation so the receiving office can judge, and neither is altered.

Yes. UK ENIC assesses the qualifications, but the certificates need the school, subjects, grades and marking scheme intact. We explain the Sri Lankan marking system rather than converting grades into UK equivalents.

Initials are common and often stand for names that appear in full elsewhere in the file. We keep the initials as printed, expand them only where another document on the same order gives the full form, and note which document supplied it.

Usually yes. Copies issued from older registers are handwritten with a divisional secretariat stamp that is sometimes faint. We translate what is legible, describe the stamp, and say plainly where an entry cannot be read.

Yes, but not the Sri Lankan original: an FCDO apostille goes on a UK-issued document, or on our translation once a UK notary has certified it. The London notarisation comes first and the apostille attaches to those pages, with each step priced separately.