Bosnian translator

Together these four form the BCMS continuum (formerly Serbo-Croatian). Linguistically they are closely related and highly mutually intelligible; politically and culturally they count as separate standard languages, each with its own orthography. Bosnian uses primarily Latin script, with Cyrillic also official; Croatian uses Latin only; Serbian and Montenegrin use both. We translate each variant to the official standard of the country concerned and confirm the variant in the quote.

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). Bosnia and Herzegovina is a party to the Hague Apostille Convention (1961). We confirm in the quote which level your receiving authority requires.

By default we deliver in Latin script, because the great majority of modern Bosnian documents and UK authorities expect it. Cyrillic is also official and is common in Republika Srpska and older records. We confirm the target script up front in the quote, matched to your source document and the receiving authority.

Common requests are birth and marriage certificates, diplomas and transcripts, police certificates, passport pages, employment contracts and notarial deeds. For the recognition of Bosnian qualifications we work to formats that suit UK ENIC assessment. We confirm the approach and any certification per document in the quote.

On working days you receive a reply within 1 hour with a first indication of price and lead time. The final lead time depends on document type, volume, script choice and any required certification, and is confirmed in the quote.

For legal Bosnian translation — contracts, judgments, powers of attorney and family-law records — we pair you with a translator who has a legal background and match terminology to the relevant legal system. Our legal-translation page goes deeper into certification, the closing statement of accuracy and terminology. For proceedings in UK courts we provide certified translation with the appropriate statement of accuracy. See [legal translation](/en/services/legal-translation/).

A Bosnian translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We select the specialist who fits your document and sector, recognise the difference between Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian, arrange certification, notarisation or legalisation where an authority requires it, and have the work checked by a second reviewer where the legal field, risk profile or volume requires it. You keep one point of contact for variant, script choice, terminology 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.