CV and Curriculum Vitae Translation
A CV translated in full: the employment history, dates, job titles, qualifications, skills and any referees, kept in the order the CV already uses. A plain translation is what most job applications need, and a certified version costs the same where an employer or an official body asks for one. From £40 per CV.
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For UK Home Office, courts, UK ENIC and global enterprises.
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What a CV Translation Covers, and When It Needs Certifying
A CV is considered by someone deciding whether to interview you, so the translation follows the layout you already use. One thing has to be settled before it starts: whether the certified page is needed, which depends on who asked you for the translation.
What the translation covers
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Employment History: each role with its title, employer, location and dates, including a post held abroad where the CV records the country rather than a city.
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Qualifications: schools, universities and professional awards with the grades and dates as written, and the grading system explained where it differs from the British one.
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Job Titles: a title is translated to the nearest equivalent a British employer would recognise, with the original in brackets where the equivalent would overstate the role.
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Referees and Contact Details: names, addresses and phone numbers carried across exactly, because a recruiter uses them to make contact rather than to weigh up the wording.
Before you order
The one thing to tell us up front is whether it has to be certified.
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If an Employer Asked: a plain translation is normally enough, and no certification page is added to the file.
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If an Official Body Asked: a visa application, a licensing body or an admissions office may want the signed page, so say so and it goes behind the translation.
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Length: a two-page CV sits at the minimum fee, and a long academic CV running past 400 words is priced from £0.09 per word into English.
Send the file you would give an employer, and say whether it needs to be certified.
Certified for
Prices are per document and start at £40 — see what a translation costs.
From a CV to a Finished Translation
Three steps, and one decision before the work starts: plain or certified.
Send the CV and say if it must be certified
Send the CV as it stands and tell us whether certification is required, because that decides whether the signed page is added.
- The CV as you would send it
- Whether it must be certified
- The language pair involved
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- Secure global payment gateway integration
- Instant invoice and receipt generation
Receive it in your layout
The translation keeps the sections and the order of the CV you sent, with the certification page behind it if you asked for one.
- Your sections in your order
- Certification page if requested
- A copy of the source CV
Documents That Travel With a CV
Degree and Diploma
Degrees and diplomas, where a CV names a qualification the employer wants translated.
Employment Reference
A reference or employer letter, which often accompanies a CV in one application.
Immigration Documents
The papers filed with a CV as evidence of employment history in a visa case.
All Document Services
The full document index, for everything else in the application.
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].
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 we translate
These are the languages our clients ask for most often, but they are only a fraction of what we cover. We translate 200+ language pairs, so if yours is not listed, just ask.
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.
“A handwritten reference was transcribed and certified within 24 hours.”
Aisha B.
“My acte de naissance from a mairie was translated with the marginal notes and accepted by the Home Office first time.”
Camille D.
“My marksheet and degree certificate were certified for UK ENIC and accepted first time.”
Manpreet B.
Frequently asked questions
DHCTranslations translates CVs and curriculum vitae into English for job applications, recruiters and admissions offices, and emails the finished translation as a PDF within the timeframe confirmed in your quote.
£40 for a CV of up to 400 words, which covers most two-page CVs. Past that the rate is £0.09 per word into English, and translation from English into another language is from £0.10 per word.
Only if an official body has asked for one. A hiring manager does not need a certificate, while a visa caseworker, a licensing body or an admissions office may, and you will usually have been told which applies.
A signed page naming the translator, the languages and the date, printed behind the translation. The CV itself is translated identically either way, so the certificate changes who will accept it, not what it says.
No. The CV is translated as written and in the order you wrote it, because changing the structure would alter a document you may later be asked to produce in its original form.
Yes, and it is common. Sections already written in English are kept as they stand and the rest is translated, so the finished CV reads as one document rather than a mixture of two.
A two-page CV confirmed before 4pm on a working day is usually returned the same day. A long academic CV takes longer, and the date in your quote is an estimate rather than a promise.
Yes, and they are priced by word count rather than by page. Publication titles stay in their original language with the journal or publisher translated, since a citation has to remain traceable.
Usually yes. Order the certified version and it covers both uses, because the certificate sits behind the translation instead of replacing it.
A Word or PDF file is easiest, and a photograph of a printed CV is accepted if it is flat and legible. Send the version you would give an employer.
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