Irish Translation Services
DHCTranslations translates Irish-language documents in the US, and the mismatch that stops a file is the name: a certificate registered in Irish carries the Irish form of a person's name and the Irish name of the place of birth, and neither matches the passport or a dropdown on a US form. A document costs $54, statement and PDF included.
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Irish documents we translate for US files
Birth certificate
The register entry, with the name and birthplace given in both languages on the translation.
Marriage certificate
The marriage entry, with the names as registered and the date the marriage was recorded.
Death certificate
The death entry, with the informant, the recorded cause and the district that holds it.
Degree certificate
The university parchment, with the degree, the institution and the year conferred.
Transcript
The academic record, subject by subject, with the grades and the credit system used.
Police correspondence
A letter or certificate from the police service, with the reference and the period covered.
Adoption and family records
Adoption entries and family records, with the names and references as the register holds them.
Medical records
Hospital letters and discharge notes, with an Irish diagnosis written out in full.
Court orders
An order or a judgment, with the record number, the court and the parties as named.
Employment records
Employment letters and references, with the employer, the post and the dates of service.
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What a certified Irish translation costs
Certified translations start at $54 per document: from $0.12 per word after the first 400 words into English, and from $0.14 per word for English into another language, with some pairs quoted higher.
Certification is the translator's signed statement, and it is included in the price.
A translation for USCIS, a US court or a US university is certified by the translator's signed statement, and nothing further is added to the quote.
$54
From, per document
$0.12+
Per word after 400, into English
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- Layout, stamps and seals mirrored
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What a certified Irish translation is checked for
An officer holding a certificate in a language they cannot read needs to see, in English, both what the page says and why it disagrees with the form in front of them.
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.
- Both name forms appear: the name as registered and the English form used on the passport are shown together, so a variation between papers reads as one person named twice rather than two people.
- The place is given twice: the birthplace is translated with its English name beside it, since the register records the Irish name and the US form offers only the other one.
- Certified PDF: the certified file is emailed at no extra cost, which is what a US filing accepts. A printed set can be arranged if a receiving body insists on paper, and is quoted per order.
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The certificate names a different place
A certificate registered in Irish is a complete document in its own right, and it records the person and the birthplace in the language of registration. The English a US reader recognizes exists, but not on that page: the name on the passport and the name on the certificate can read as two people, and the birthplace can be a town the form has never heard of because the form holds the English name of it.
Birth certificate
- On the Irish document
- teastas breithe
- Issued by
- the General Register Office
Marriage certificate
- On the Irish document
- teastas pósta
- Issued by
- the General Register Office
Death certificate
- On the Irish document
- teastas báis
- Issued by
- the General Register Office
Degree certificate
- On the Irish document
- céim
- Issued by
- the university that conferred it
Transcript
- On the Irish document
- tras-scríbhinn
- Issued by
- the university
Three features of an Irish file need explaining in the US. The name on the certificate is the Irish form, and the form on a passport or a US document may be the English one, so the two must be shown as one person rather than harmonized into a single spelling. The birthplace is likewise the Irish name of the place, and its English counterpart is what a US form's list contains. And the accent on a vowel is part of the spelling: a name printed without it is a different string to a matching system even where a reader recognizes it.
What our clients say
Rated 4.9/5 from 314 verified reviews for USCIS submissions, court filings and credential evaluations.
“The birth certificate arrived with the register entry and the district translated, and the surname forms explained beside the passport spelling.”
Sinéad M.
“The marriage certificate was translated with the register entry and the district named, and the accent kept on the surname, and the registry raised no query.”
Aisling B.
“The parchment carried a Latin heading over Irish text, and both layers were rendered without collapsing the grade into an English class.”
Cormac P.
The certification, the price and the turnaround are the same for Irish documents sent from anywhere in the United States. Start with the page that matches what you need:
Frequently asked questions
DHCTranslations translates Irish-language documents in the US, from certificates registered in Irish to university parchments, police correspondence and court orders, each with a signed statement from the translator.
Both are, on their own document. The certificate records the name as registered and the passport records the form used for travel, and the translation shows them together so an officer reads one person rather than two.
DHCTranslations charges $54 for a document up to 400 words, then $0.12 per word into English or $0.14 from English into Irish, with the statement and PDF included.
Because the register records the Irish name of the place and the form offers only the English one. The translation gives the English name beside it, so the town can be selected without guessing.
It does. A name printed without it is a different string to an automated match even where a reader recognizes the name, so the accent stays exactly where the register put it.
A document carrying Irish is not a document in English, so a US filing generally wants the whole page rendered rather than a pointer to the English half. The translation covers the page in full.
A translation is accepted where the full text is present and a translator has signed for it, and both travel with the order. Send the certificate as issued, with the entry number and the registrar's details legible.
The parchment is translated with the award, the institution and the year, and the transcript adds the subjects, grades and credits, which together let the qualification be placed.
Yes. Where a marriage or a move changed the form of a name, each document keeps its own version and the certification notes the relationship, rather than settling on one spelling for the whole file.
Yes. DHCTranslations charges $0.14 per word from English into Irish, written by a native speaker of the language rather than adapted from a school-level rendering.
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