Aramaic translator

We translate all the common varieties: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (Sureth), Turoyo (Surayt) and Classical or Biblical Aramaic (Syriac), and Western Neo-Aramaic where possible. Because these varieties are partly mutually unintelligible, we establish up front which one applies and confirm it in the quote. We also match the script — East Syriac (Madnhaya), West Syriac (Serto) or Estrangela — to your community and document.

The UK has no sworn-translator institute, so there is no "sworn translator" as a legal office here. For official acceptance we provide certified translation: a signed and dated statement of accuracy from the translator or the agency, with our contact details. Where a body asks for more, this can be escalated to notarisation by a solicitor or notary public, or to an apostille or legalisation through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). We confirm in the quote which level your receiving authority requires.

The most common are asylum and Home Office documents, birth, marriage and death certificates, diplomas and court documents, and alongside these Syriac church and historical texts. For asylum and immigration casework we work with translators who command the right variety for the speaker's community. We confirm the approach, the variety and any certification per document in the quote.

On working days you receive a quote within 1 hour. The lead time for the translation itself depends on document type, volume, variety and any required certification, and is confirmed in the quote. For tight asylum or immigration deadlines we confirm a workable rush schedule up front rather than promising a fixed turnaround.

Yes. The Syriac script has three principal forms: Estrangela, East Syriac (Madnhaya) and West Syriac (Serto). We match the source and target script to the community and the document, so the text is recognisable to your reader. We also follow the client's self-designation — Assyrian, Aramean (Suryoye), Chaldean or Syriac — because naming is tied to identity.

An Aramaic translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We first establish the right variety and script, choose a translator who knows the community, arrange certification, notarisation or legalisation where an authority requires it, and have the work checked by a second reviewer. You keep one point of contact for variety, naming, scheduling and delivery, all under a single quote. A skilled freelance translator does excellent work too; the difference an agency adds is bringing those moving parts together so you are not managing them separately.