Certified Translation Services

We provide certified translations that meet the UK requirements: the work is done by an independent third party, and every page carries a signed statement of accuracy, the translation date and contact details an immigration officer can check.

Any supporting evidence submitted to the Home Office that is not written in English or Welsh - such as foreign birth certificates, marriage licences, divorce decrees, police clearance records, academic transcripts, or bank statements - must be accompanied by an official certified translation.

No. UK authorities, universities, and legal bodies strictly reject self-translations and documents completed by family members or friends. What they require is an independent, accredited translation provider such as DHCTranslations, so the certification, the translator's details and the date can be checked by the receiving body.

No. You do not need to risk mailing valuable physical paperwork. DHCTranslations works entirely from clear, high-resolution digital scans, photographs, or PDF copies submitted securely online, delivering your completed official certified translation as a secure, ready-to-print digital PDF.

A certified translation carries our company stamp and a signed statement of accuracy naming the translator, the date and their CIOL or ITI membership number, which is what the Home Office and the courts ask to see. A notarised translation goes further: the statement is witnessed by a practising UK notary, usually for use abroad.

It depends where the documents are going. If you are submitting foreign documents inside the UK, a standard certified translation from us is what is normally needed. If you are taking a UK-issued document to a country that is party to the 1961 Hague Convention, it will usually need legalisation by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

A standard single-page certificate is £40, certified PDF included. Longer documents are priced per word from £0.09 into English and from £0.10 when the target language is not English. Multi-page legal dossiers are quoted on the total word count, so the figure is fixed before you pay.

Standard single-page documents can be completed by DHCTranslations the same day when the order is confirmed before 4pm on a weekday. For urgent visa deadlines or upcoming court dates, same-day and emergency rush options are confirmed on the quote.

Yes. DHCTranslations formats every deliverable to mirror the visual structure, layout, and table arrangement of your original document. Official stamps, seals, signatures, and handwritten marginal notes are explicitly noted in brackets (e.g., [Official circular stamp, Ministry of Justice]) to allow seamless cross-referencing by UK caseworkers.

Yes. Medical and dental professionals registering in the UK require strict regulatory compliance. DHCTranslations provides specialised certified translations tailored specifically for the General Medical Council (GMC), the General Dental Council (GDC), and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to ensure all foreign medical degrees and certificates of good standing meet strict regulatory guidelines.

In UK practice, yes. Official translation is the phrase people use when a form or an authority asks for a translation they can rely on, and what that authority then checks is the signed certification, the translator's details and the date. A certified translation from DHCTranslations is that document, and where a form uses the word official, the certification can be described the same way.

The UK has no statutory regulator for translation, and UKVI, the courts and universities do not check for one. What they check is the signed certification: the translator's name, the company's details, the date and the statement that the translation is accurate. A certified translation from DHCTranslations carries all four, which is what a form means when it asks for an accredited translation.