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Spanish Translation Services

Certified Spanish to English translation for UK visas, court proceedings, university applications and professional registration. We translate Spanish civil-registry certificates, Latin American actas and academic documents exactly as issued, including stamps, seals, handwritten annotations and notas marginales.

Certified Spanish translation for UK official use, from £40 per document. DHCTranslations translates birth, marriage and death certificates from Spanish and Latin American registries, family books, identity and tax records, criminal record certificates and academic documents into certified English with a signed statement of accuracy. Notarisation of a Spanish document is quoted separately where the receiving body requires 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 Spanish 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

    What comes with a certified Spanish translation

    A Spanish order is returned with a signed statement of accuracy that names the translator and carries their signature, the date and contact details.

    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.
    • Two surnames: a Spanish-speaking document usually carries a paternal and a maternal surname. Both are reproduced as written, in the order they appear, without anglicising either.
    • Family and civil records: family record books and civil registry certificates translated in full, with every marginal note the copy carries.
    • 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.

    Regional vocabulary

    Spanish by country of issue

    Spanish is issued in Spain and across Latin America, and the same document carries a different name from country to country. The table on this page sets the names side by side, and the English gives the document its English name with the country of issue beside it.

    Variants we handle Spanish - Spain Spanish - Mexico Spanish - Colombia Spanish - Argentina Spanish - Chile

    Birth certificate

    Spain
    certificado de nacimiento
    Mexico
    acta de nacimiento
    Colombia
    registro civil de nacimiento

    Police clearance

    Spain
    certificado de antecedentes penales
    Mexico
    constancia de antecedentes penales
    Colombia
    certificado de antecedentes penales

    Tax number

    Spain
    NIF
    Mexico
    RFC
    Colombia
    NIT

    ID card

    Spain
    DNI
    Mexico
    credencial INE
    Colombia
    cédula de ciudadanía

    The three countries below issue the same records under different names, and the table is there so a reader can see which one their certificate belongs to. The English names the document as the issuing office did.

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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 marginal note kept beside the entry, and the consulate accepted it first time.”

    LG

    Lucía G.

    “The family book pages were translated for our visa and accepted without a query.”

    CM

    Carlos M.

    “My birth registration certificate was certified for UK ENIC and accepted without a follow-up question.”

    SR

    Sofía R.

    Related pages

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

    Knowledge Base

    Frequently asked questions

    DHCTranslations translates Spanish and Latin American documents into certified English for UK visas, court files, universities and regulators. A qualified translator prepares every order, and it comes back with a signed certification page, normally the same day when the order and cleared payment arrive before 4pm on a working day.

    Spanish documents are quoted from £40 per document, and longer files are charged from £0.09 per word past 400 words. Notarisation, where required, is quoted on its own because the notary's fee depends on the document.

    Most Spanish certificates are finished 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. If a visa or court deadline is tight, we can prioritise the file, and the quote fixes the delivery date before you pay.

    Yes. A Spanish order carries a signed statement of accuracy with the translator's name and contact details, the two things UKVI looks for. The Home Office does not approve translators, so acceptance is settled by the caseworker on your route. We have not had a Spanish translation returned for a certification problem.

    Yes. We handle Spanish documents from Spain and across Latin America, including Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Chile and Cuba. The headings and document names differ by country, and we translate the version in front of us.

    They are the notes written in the margin of a Spanish civil-registry certificate, recording a later marriage, divorce, name change or death. Caseworkers often need those notes translated as well, so we include them rather than stopping at the main fields.

    Spanish names usually carry a paternal and a maternal surname, and the same person can appear under different combinations across a passport, certificate and transcript. We settle on a single English spelling for your whole file.

    Yes. An antecedentes penales certificate is the Spanish criminal record document, and we translate it in full, including the record number, the issuing office and any stamp.

    No. We work from scans or photographs of every page, including the reverse and any stamp, so the originals remain with you. The certified English version is returned as a PDF.

    Not the Spanish original. The FCDO apostilles a UK-issued document or a notarised translation we completed ourselves, and nothing else, so the route here is notarisation of our English version followed by the apostille. A Spanish original is legalised in Spain.

    Yes. Spanish documents are translated into English for UK authorities as certified copies with a signed statement, and for businesses as straightforward translation with no certification attached. Certificates, court papers and academic records are all dealt with, starting from £40 per document, or from £0.09 per word above 400 words.

    Yes. English documents are translated into Spanish for Spanish and Latin American organisations, with certification available where the recipient accepts a UK certificate. Tenders, contracts, manuals and personal documents are covered, quoted from £40 per document, and from £0.10 per word past 400 words, a rate that rises for certain pairs.

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