German Translation Services

DHCTranslations handles German, Austrian and Swiss documents for UK visas, court files, universities and regulators, translating them into certified English. Each order is translated by a qualified linguist and returned with a signed certification page, often the same day when the order and payment reach us before 4pm on a working day.

German certificates are priced from £40 per document, with longer documents charged from £0.09 per word beyond 400 words. Notarisation is a separate quote because notary fees vary between offices.

German documents are usually turned round the same day when the order and cleared payment arrive before 4pm on a working day, and later orders begin on the next working day. Urgent visa or court files can be prioritised, and your quote fixes the delivery date before payment.

Yes. A German order arrives with a named translator, their credentials and contact details, and a signed statement of accuracy, which is the list UKVI works from. The Home Office does not accredit translators, so the outcome belongs to whoever decides your application. None of the German translations we have issued has been returned for a certification fault.

Randvermerke are the marginal notes a German Standesamt adds to a civil-status certificate, recording a later marriage, divorce, name change or death. We translate those notes as part of the order, because UK caseworkers often rely on them.

Yes. We handle documents from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The headings and document names differ - an Austrian or Swiss certificate is not laid out like a German one - and we translate the version in front of us.

German names use three umlaut vowels and the sharp s, and English rendering varies: an umlaut is often written with an e after the vowel, and the sharp s as ss. We settle on one English spelling for the whole file where the authority needs to match it.

Yes. The certificate of conduct from the Federal Office of Justice is the German police clearance, and we translate it in full, including the record number, the issuing office and any stamp.

No. A scan or photo of each page, including the reverse and any stamp, is enough. You keep the originals; we return the certified English version as a PDF.

Not the German original. An FCDO apostille goes on a UK-issued document or on our own notarised translation, so we notarise the English we produced and the apostille is attached to that. A German original has to be legalised in Germany.

Yes, though not as German. Luxembourgish is a language of its own, and Luxembourg's administration works mainly in French and German, so most official papers reaching the UK are already in one of those. A page written in Luxembourgish is quoted to a linguist who works in it.

Yes. German documents are translated into English as certified translations for UK authorities, carrying a signed statement of accuracy, and as standard translation for companies that need the text without certification. Certificates, contracts and academic records are all handled, from £40 per document and from £0.09 per word past 400 words.

Yes. English documents are translated into German for German employers, institutions and businesses, with certification added where the receiving office accepts UK certification. Contracts, manuals, correspondence and personal records are all covered, quoted from £40 per document, or from £0.10 per word after 400 words, since translating from English into German sits above the into-English rate.