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Russian Translation Services

Certified Russian to English translation for UK visas, court proceedings, university applications and professional registration. We translate Russian civil-registry certificates, identity and police records, and academic documents exactly as issued, including stamps, seals, handwritten annotations and marginal notes.

DHCTranslations translates Russian documents into certified English for UK official use, from £40 per document: birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates from the civil registry, passport and identity records, police clearance and academic documents issued in Russia and neighbouring countries, each with a signed statement of accuracy. Notarisation is priced on its own where the receiving body asks for it.

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    UK Home Office
    HM Courts & Tribunals
    FCDO Apostille
    CIOL Member Translators
    UK Supreme Courts
    NHS & Universities

    *Authority names are referenced as industry benchmarks of compliance. All official translation orders are processed directly through DHCTranslations.

    Pricing

    What a certified Russian translation costs

    Certified translations start at £40 per document: from £0.09 per word after the first 400 words into English, and from £0.10 per word for English into another language, with some pairs quoted higher.

    Notarisation, where the receiving body asks for it, is quoted separately because it depends on the document and on notary availability.

    FCDO apostille is available with our Express Service (usually 6-7 working days) or Urgent Service (usually 3-4 working days). Both are estimates: the real time depends on the document, the language pair and the level of certification, and is confirmed in your quote.

    £40

    From, per document

    £0.09+

    Per word after 400, into English

    Streamlined Workflow

    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.

    Prepared for UK authorities

    Certified Russian translations that UK bodies accept

    Russian documents submitted to the Home Office, HM Courts & Tribunals Service, UK universities or professional regulators need an independent certified translation with a signed statement of accuracy. We work from the Russian document as issued and attach a certification page that the receiving body can verify.

    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.
    • Stamps and annotations: civil-registry stamps, seals, signatures and handwritten entries are translated, not omitted.
    • Degree supplement: the degree supplement is translated subject by subject with every mark, because UK ENIC reads the supplement rather than the diploma alone.
    • PDF and post: the certified PDF is emailed at no extra cost; printed copies are optional, by first class or tracked post.

    Prices are per document and start at £40 — see what a translation costs.

    Russian documents

    Russian documents: what UK applicants need to know

    Russian records are issued by the civil registry and by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the names on them are the ones a caseworker has to match against an English form. The table sets each record against the name printed on the paper.

    Birth certificate

    On the Russian document
    свидетельство о рождении

    Marriage certificate

    On the Russian document
    свидетельство о браке

    Divorce certificate

    On the Russian document
    свидетельство о расторжении брака

    Police clearance

    On the Russian document
    справка о несудимости

    Degree certificate

    On the Russian document
    диплом

    Degree supplement

    On the Russian document
    приложение к диплому

    The civil registry issues the certificates and the Ministry of Internal Affairs issues the police clearance, so the wording differs by issuer. Matching the paper to the row is what decides whether anything else is needed from the file.

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    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.

    “My birth certificate was translated with the annotations and accepted by the Home Office first time.”

    EK

    Elena K.

    “The police clearance was translated for a work visa and accepted without a query.”

    DP

    Dmitry P.

    “My degree certificate and its supplement were certified for UK ENIC and accepted without a follow-up question.”

    IM

    Irina M.

    Related pages

    The certification, the price and the turnaround are the same for Russian documents sent from anywhere in the UK. Start with the page that matches what you need:

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    Frequently asked questions

    DHCTranslations translates Russian documents into certified English for UK visas, court files, universities and regulators. A qualified translator prepares each order, and it comes back with a signed certification page, with same-day completion available when the order and cleared payment are confirmed before 4pm on a working day.

    Russian certificates are quoted from £40 per document, with longer files charged from £0.09 per word after 400 words. Notarisation is billed as a separate step, since the notary's fee varies with the document.

    Russian documents are normally completed the same day when the order and cleared payment arrive before 4pm on a working day, and later orders start on the next working day. Urgent visa or court files can be prioritised, and your quote sets the delivery date before payment.

    Yes. An independent translation, a signed accuracy statement, the translator credentials and agency contact details are what UKVI checks. Every Russian order carries all four, and you should check the current guidance for your own route.

    Russian names include a given name, a patronymic and a family name, and transliteration varies (ё as e or yo, й as i or y). We settle on one English spelling for your whole file and keep the patronymic visible.

    Annotations are the stamps and notes a Russian civil registry adds to a civil-status certificate, recording a later marriage, divorce, name change or death. We translate those marks as part of the order, because UK caseworkers often rely on them.

    Yes. We handle Russian-language documents from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and other countries where Russian is used in official records. The headings differ by country, so we translate the version in front of us.

    Yes. The certificate issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the Russian police clearance, and we translate it in full, including the reference number, the issuing office and any stamp.

    No. A clear scan or photo of each page, including the reverse and any stamp, is enough. The originals stay with you; the certified English version comes back as a PDF.

    Yes, but not the Russian original: the FCDO legalises a UK-issued document, or our translation once a UK notary has certified it. A Russian original is normally legalised in its own country instead, and the London notarisation route is quoted separately.

    Yes. Kazakhstani paperwork is frequently bilingual, with Kazakh and Russian printed side by side, and the Russian column is what UK bodies most often read. We translate the Russian text as printed and note where the Kazakh column differs; a Kazakh-only page is quoted separately for a Kazakh linguist rather than run through a Russian translator.

    Yes. Russian documents are translated into English and certified for UK authorities, with a signed statement of accuracy, or supplied as standard translation for companies. Certificates, contracts, court papers and diplomas are all dealt with, from £40 per document, or from £0.09 per word beyond 400 words.

    Yes. English documents are translated into Russian for Russian employers, authorities and businesses, with certification available where the receiving office accepts it. Contracts, technical manuals, correspondence and personal records are priced from £40 per document, and from £0.10 per word after 400 words, with certain pairs above that.

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