Dari translator

Dari and Farsi are both Persian varieties that share the Perso-Arabic script, but Dari is Afghan Persian (ISO 639-3 `prs`) and Farsi is Iranian Persian (`fas`/`pes`). Vocabulary, legal context and cultural references differ. We never substitute one for the other automatically and confirm per assignment which variant your document requires.

Home Office and UKVI asylum cases for Afghan applicants since 2021, the Afghan Resettlement Scheme, family reunification, BAMF correspondence and NGO humanitarian files. Many Afghan official documents from before 2021 are bilingual Dari-Pashto; we handle these per column with source attribution and confirm the approach 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). We confirm in the quote which level your receiving authority requires.

Standard Dari (Kabul convention, prs-AF) for written documents. For Hazaragi (Hazara context, central Afghanistan) we confirm with you in advance, because vocabulary and pronunciation differ and it is sometimes classified as a separate language.

Many Afghan certificates and older government documents appear in both official languages side by side. We translate each column separately or deliver a consolidated English version with explicit source attribution per passage, so the rendering of the source stays reliable for the receiving authority.

On working days you receive a quote within 1 hour. Send us your document or brief and we will confirm scope, lead time and price in a no-obligation quote. The lead time for the translation itself depends on document type, volume, language pair and any required certification, and is confirmed in the quote rather than promised in advance on the page.

A Dari translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We select the specialist who knows the Afghan context, distinguish Dari from Farsi, arrange certification, notarisation or legalisation where an authority requires it, and have the work checked by a second reviewer where the field, risk profile or volume requires it. You keep one point of contact for variant, terminology, scheduling and delivery, including bilingual Dari-Pashto files. 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.