Basque translator

The UK has no sworn-translator institute, so there is no "sworn translator" as a legal office here. For official acceptance our Basque translation agency provides 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.

Yes. Many deeds and official documents from Euskadi and Navarre are bilingual Spanish-Basque. We treat each language version separately and consistently, with care for place names (such as Donostia/San Sebastián) and official terms, so that no double or conflicting rendering arises. We agree the approach per document type in the quote.

By default we translate in Euskara Batua, the standardised written norm that Euskaltzaindia has set since 1968 and that authorities expect. Where a source text comes from a regional dialect such as Biscayan or Gipuzkoan, we bring it into the right register and confirm that choice in the quote. Mixing dialect forms with the Batua norm in one document reads as inconsistent, so we hold to a single register throughout.

Common document types include birth, marriage and civil-registry extracts, diplomas and transcripts, notarial deeds and powers of attorney, and cultural and heritage material. UK-specific cases we handle often are Home Office and UKVI immigration documents, university admissions assessed by UK ENIC, and apostille-bound civil-registry extracts. We confirm the approach 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, language pair and any required certification, and is confirmed in the quote. For tight deadlines we confirm a workable rush schedule up front rather than promising a fixed turnaround.

We work with specialist translators who command Basque and reference the recognised UK professional bodies — the ITI (Institute of Translation and Interpreting), the CIOL (Chartered Institute of Linguists) and, for interpreting, the NRPSI (National Register of Public Service Interpreters). These are bodies of reference for the profession; we name them so you can see the standard the work is held to.

Basque is a language isolate with a grammar you cannot derive from Spanish, and a suitable translator is not on every corner. A Basque translation agency takes the coordination off your hands: we select the translator who commands the language, arrange certification, notarisation or legalisation where an authority requires it, and keep the treatment of bilingual sources consistent. You keep one point of contact for variant, terminology, 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.