Certified Translation Services Edinburgh
Edinburgh clients use our certified translation service for Home Office applications, court filings and university admissions, with every document handled by a qualified human translator and returned as a signed, stamped PDF.
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Filing in court? Scottish courts set their own requirements for certified translations, so check what your court or authority has asked for before you order.
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Documents we translate for Edinburgh clients
Birth certificates
Birth certificates registered abroad, for Edinburgh visa, citizenship, school and passport applications.
Marriage certificates
Marriage certificates for spouse visas, name changes and register office corrections in Edinburgh.
Death certificates
Death certificates for probate, insurance claims and estate files handled in Edinburgh.
Divorce certificates
Divorce certificates and orders for remarriage, visa and immigration files in Edinburgh.
Passports and ID documents
Passport bio pages and identity cards sent from Edinburgh postcodes, for identity and right-to-work checks.
Degrees and diplomas
Degree and diploma certificates for Edinburgh applicants, for UK ENIC statements of comparability.
Academic transcripts
Mark sheets and transcripts for Edinburgh applicants, for university admissions and UK ENIC.
Police clearance certificates
Police clearance and criminal record certificates for Edinburgh visa and employment files.
Court documents
Court orders, judgments and bundles for Edinburgh proceedings, certified for filing.
Bank statements
Bank and salary statements for Edinburgh visa, mortgage and tenancy checks.
Medical reports
Medical reports, discharge summaries and test results for Edinburgh insurance, treatment and employment files.
All document types
Every document type we handle for Edinburgh clients, from certificates to commercial contracts.
Can't find your specific document type?
We translate document types that are not listed here. Send us the document and we will confirm the price before you order: [email protected].
Beyond these, we translate tenancy agreements, employment contracts, company records, medical reports and name-change deeds every week for Edinburgh clients. See pricing or request a quote.
Home Office and High Court Certified Translations
The same certification standards we apply UK-wide, delivered to clients in Edinburgh and across City of Edinburgh.
Home Office & Visa Certification
Mandatory for UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) spouse visas, work permits, citizenship applications, and university registrations. Each certified dossier includes official company credentials, translator accreditation codes, and a formal signed declaration of accuracy.
- Official company stamp, translation date, and verified seal of accuracy.
- Professional translator credentials and CIOL / ITI membership details.
- Signed formal statement confirming complete fidelity to the original source text.
Court-Ready & Statement of Truth
Essential for UK County Courts, High Courts, family tribunals, and probate registries where document exhibits form binding legal evidence. The Statement of Truth is an additional certification layerAdditional Layer - Please Tell Us: A Statement of Truth sits on top of standard certification and is not issued automatically. If the translation is for HM Courts & Tribunals Service, say so at quote stage so we prepare and sign the correct declaration. on top of standard certification, prepared when you tell us the translation will be filed with HM Courts & Tribunals Service in England or Wales, or when another court asks for an equivalent signed declaration.
- Statement of Truth: Formally drawn up and signed by our accredited court translators as a separate declaration.
- Fully compliant with Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) for evidentiary courtroom submissions.
- Optional solicitor notarisation and FCDO Apostille legalisation for international proceedings.
Using this document outside the UK?
We arrange FCDO apostilles with our Express Service or Urgent Service , including notarisation where the receiving authority requires it.
Most frequently requested languages for Edinburgh clients
These 6 languages account for most of the document work we receive from City of Edinburgh, but they are only a fraction of what we cover. We translate 200+ language pairs, so if yours is not listed, just ask.
Institutions we prepare documents for
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court
- the district registrar
- the City of Edinburgh Council
- The University of Edinburgh
National bodies we prepare documents for
Local coverage
We work with clients across City of Edinburgh, including Leith, Musselburgh, Livingston, Dalkeith, Penicuik. Documents are collected by secure upload, so there is no need to travel or post originals.
Local sources & official guidance
Other locations in Scotland
The same certified service, priced the same way, with the local courts and offices named on each page.
Certified translations in Edinburgh
Edinburgh combines financial services, technology, tourism and four universities with the national courts and the Scottish Government, so the city generates an unusually heavy flow of academic and official documents. Court bundles for Edinburgh Sheriff Court are certified with a signed certified translation statement, so an Edinburgh exhibit can be filed without extra authentication.
Edinburgh files tend to be academic or professional: degree certificates and transcripts for admissions and UK ENIC, registration paperwork, and the identity and family records that sit behind a visa application. Scotland's Census 2022 records 5.2% of residents aged three and over with a main language other than English across Scotland, and the languages listed above are the ones that most often arrive with documents from Edinburgh postcodes.
Professional registration files for the GMC, NMC and HCPC, plus degree transcripts for the University of Edinburgh, make up another steady stream from Edinburgh, and secure upload means documents can be sent from Leith, Musselburgh or Livingston without visiting an office.
Beyond certificates and transcripts, paperwork for the City of Edinburgh Council, filings at Edinburgh Sheriff Court and identity documents for the Home Office make up most of what leaves our office for Edinburgh, each carrying the translator's name and the date of translation.
Need something specific? Send the document for a fixed quote.
What our clients say
Rated 4.9/5 from 314 verified reviews for Home Office applications, court-ready Statements of Truth and UK ENIC submissions.
“The BSEM marksheet carried a roll number and a division, and both came through exactly, with the subject list in the original order.”
Yumnam R.
“The certificate had my house name first and my father's initial, and the note explaining how that maps to a UK surname field stopped the form being queried.”
Lakshmi P.
“The district certificate was handwritten and partly faded, and the translator described the stamp in a note so the caseworker could see why the scan looked poor.”
Amina H.
Certified translation FAQs for Edinburgh
Ten questions clients in City of Edinburgh ask before ordering a certified translation.
DHCTranslations handles certified translations for Edinburgh clients remotely, and every document is prepared to the requirements of Edinburgh Sheriff Court, the City of Edinburgh Council and UK ENIC. An Edinburgh document is uploaded through the secure portal and returned as a certified PDF, with same-day completion available when the order and payment are confirmed before 4pm on a working day.
Standard Edinburgh certificates start from £40 per document. Anything longer is priced from £0.09 per word after 400 words, so an Edinburgh transcript of 1,200 words is quoted on the extra 800. Send the pages and an Edinburgh client gets a fixed price, usually within 30 minutes.
Same-day completion is available for most Edinburgh documents and language pairs when the order and payment are confirmed before 4pm on a working day. Edinburgh orders confirmed later, or on a weekend or bank holiday, start the next working day, and notarisation adds 1–2 working days after the translation is finished.
Yes. Evidence for Edinburgh Sheriff Court is translated by qualified human translators and supplied with a signed certified translation statement, the translator name and the date of translation. That is the format SCTS expects when a document is filed for an Edinburgh hearing.
Only if the Edinburgh document goes to the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service. It is added when you confirm the file is for Edinburgh Sheriff Court; a translation for the City of Edinburgh Council or a university normally needs certification without it.
Yes. Birth, marriage and death certificates presented to the district registrar, identity documents for the City of Edinburgh Council services and tenancy paperwork are translated and certified. An Edinburgh order of this kind can be completed the same day when it is confirmed before 4pm on a weekday.
Yes. Clients upload from Leith, Musselburgh, Livingston and the rest of City of Edinburgh, and receive certified PDFs by email. Printed copies can be sent to any Edinburgh or City of Edinburgh address when a court or council asks for paper.
Census data for Scotland puts the non-English main language share at 5.2% of residents aged three and over, and Polish, Arabic and Urdu are the largest groups in documents from Edinburgh postcodes. Those three, plus Chinese, Spanish and Punjabi, account for most Edinburgh orders, and more than 200 pairs are covered overall.
Yes. Degree certificates, transcripts and mark schemes are translated for applicants to Edinburgh institutions and for graduates presenting Scottish awards overseas, with module names, credit values and award classifications reproduced as issued.
Both formats are available to Edinburgh clients. The certified PDF arrives by email and is usually enough for the Home Office, universities and the City of Edinburgh Council; tracked printed copies can follow to Leith or Musselburgh if the receiving office insists on a physical document.
The certification, the price and the turnaround are the same for documents sent from Edinburgh. Start with the page that matches what you are sending:
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