Tamil Translation Services
Tamil records are translated into English at DHCTranslations from $54 a document, with the signed certificate and the PDF included; past 400 words the rate is $0.12 per word. The certificate names the office and the country that issued the page, which matters where a certificate was bilingual before we touched it.
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Tamil documents we translate most often
Birth certificate
The registrar's certificate from Tamil Nadu or Sri Lanka, with the language blocks and the entry number kept.
Marriage certificate
The marriage certificate or the temple record, with the registrar and the date of registration.
Community certificate
The Tamil Nadu revenue certificate, with the community, the tahsildar's office and the number printed on it.
Nativity certificate
The certificate confirming birthplace and residence, often Tamil only, with its issuing office named.
Police clearance
The Sri Lankan police clearance or the Indian police clearance certificate, translated complete.
Mark sheets
Subject-wise mark sheets in Tamil and English, with the grading explained for a WES or NACES file.
Transfer certificate
The school transfer certificate, with the dates of study, the subjects taken and the headmaster's signature.
Degree certificate
The university degree certificate, with the institution, the course and the year of award as issued.
Driving license
The Indian or Sri Lankan license, with the vehicle classes, for a state DMV or an exchange.
Passport
The data page and the machine-readable strip, reproduced as the passport has them.
Medical records
Discharge summaries, clinic notes and test reports, with the hospital named as printed.
Court and affidavit papers
Court orders and sworn statements, with the case number and the jurat kept in place.
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We translate document types that are not listed here. Send us the document and we will confirm the price before you order: [email protected].
What a certified Tamil translation costs
Certified translations start at $54 per document: from $0.12 per word after the first 400 words into English, and from $0.14 per word for English into another language, with some pairs quoted higher.
Certification is the translator's signed statement, and it is included in the price.
A translation for USCIS, a US court or a US university is certified by the translator's signed statement, and nothing further is added to the quote.
$54
From, per document
$0.12+
Per word after 400, into English
How It Works: 3 Steps to a Certified Translation
A simple route from a phone photo to a certified PDF prepared for the receiving authority.
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- Language pair and deadline
- Who will receive it
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Certified PDF, often the same day when ordered before 4pm ET, with printed copies available on request.
- Certification page and translator credentials
- Layout, stamps and seals mirrored
- Certification wording the receiving body asks for
What comes with a certified Tamil translation
A Tamil order is returned with a signed statement of accuracy, and the certificate says which country issued the record and which languages were already printed on it.
What the certification includes
- Signed statement of accuracy: the translator's name, signature and date, their CIOL or ITI membership number, our company stamp and our contact details.
- Initials, not surnames: many Tamil names carry the father's initial where a US form expects a family name, so R. Karthik is Karthik, son of a father whose name begins with R. The initial is kept where the page puts it and expanded in a note.
- S/O, D/O and W/O: a certificate records a relationship as son of, daughter of or wife of, followed by the relative's name. Each is translated in full rather than shortened, because a US form asks for parents in boxes of their own.
- Certified PDF: the certified file is emailed at no extra cost, which is what a US filing accepts. A printed set can be arranged if a receiving body insists on paper, and is quoted per order.
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Tamil documents by country of issue
Tamil is an official language in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the same certificate is laid out differently in each. The table below sets the three systems against the records US applicants send and against the English each becomes.
Birth certificate
- What usually appears
- Tamil Nadu prints Tamil and English on one page; Sri Lanka prints Sinhala, Tamil and English
- What we do with it
- Translated whole, with each language block noted and the registrar kept
Community or nativity certificate
- What usually appears
- A revenue department certificate from Tamil Nadu, usually in Tamil only
- What we do with it
- Translated complete, with the tahsildar's office and the certificate number named
Academic record
- What usually appears
- Mark sheets and a transfer certificate, with subjects printed in Tamil and English
- What we do with it
- Every subject and mark translated, with the Tamil headings given in English
Police clearance
- What usually appears
- A Sri Lankan police clearance, or an Indian police clearance certificate from the passport office
- What we do with it
- Translated complete, with the authority, the reference and the date kept
The country decides the form: Tamil Nadu issues a bilingual page, Sri Lanka a trilingual one, and a Malaysian certificate is usually in English already. The certificate we sign says which system issued the page you sent.
What our clients say
Rated 4.9/5 from 314 verified reviews for USCIS submissions, court filings and credential evaluations.
“Our marriage certificate was translated with the registrar and witness details, and the spouse visa application went through without a query.”
Rajan K.
“A handwritten reference was transcribed and certified within 24 hours.”
Aisha B.
“Degree certificate and transcripts were translated for a professional registration and accepted first time.”
Sanjay P.
The certification, the price and the turnaround are the same for Tamil documents sent from anywhere in the United States. Start with the page that matches what you need:
Frequently asked questions
DHCTranslations translates Tamil records into English at our US offices, and the translator who handles the file signs the certificate. Send every page, front and back, and say which office will read it, since a revenue certificate and a school record are read for different things.
A document is $54, which includes the translation, the signed statement and the PDF. Past 400 words the charge is $0.12 per word into English, and an English document rendered into Tamil is $0.14. A set of certificates is quoted on the words in the whole set.
A single page paid for before 4pm ET on a weekday is normally back the same day. A set of mark sheets, or a birth certificate with annexures, usually follows the next business day, and a court file is quoted with a date.
Yes. 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) asks for every page in English and a certificate the translator signed, naming their competence with a date and contact details. A page that was already bilingual is translated in full, so the English is never left as the half the issuing office happened to print.
Yes, the whole page. Tamil Nadu certificates carry English headings and sometimes English entries, and Sri Lankan ones carry three languages. Translating only the Tamil would leave gaps, so everything is translated and the certificate notes which blocks were already in English.
The initial stays where the page puts it, with a note saying whose name it stands for. US forms assume a family name, so the certificate identifies which element is the given name and which is the father's, rather than leaving an officer to guess.
Wife of, used to link a married woman to her husband's name. It is translated as wife of and never turned into a surname, and the husband's name is reproduced exactly as the page gives it, initials included.
It is a Tamil Nadu revenue document recording the community a person belongs to. It is often Tamil only and partly handwritten, so it is translated as written, with the tahsildar's office and the certificate number kept and no attempt to explain the category beyond the words used.
It prints Sinhala, Tamil and English on one page, and the three do not always agree: a name can be transliterated two ways. Both the Tamil and the English are translated, and where they differ the certificate records the difference rather than choosing one silently.
Two documents carry the name: a Sri Lankan clearance issued by the police headquarters, and an Indian police clearance certificate issued through the passport office. Send the one the agency named, and our certificate identifies which of them was translated.
Yes, at $0.14 per word. Affidavits and powers of attorney are the usual orders, and the Tamil is written in the register an Indian or Sri Lankan office expects, with the English left in place where the original form has both columns.
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