Frisian translator

Yes. Ecrivus is a Frisian translation agency that translates West Frisian (Frysk) into and out of English, Dutch and other languages. We pair you with a translator who applies the official 2015 standard spelling consistently and recognises the regional variants — Clay Frisian, Wood Frisian and South Corner Frisian. We translate for government, legal texts, education and cultural heritage.

West Frisian is a regional language of the Netherlands, so certification for use in the Netherlands runs through the Dutch system: translators listed in the Dutch Register of Sworn Interpreters and Translators (Rbtv). The United Kingdom itself has no sworn-translator institute, so there is no 'sworn translator' as a legal office here. For official acceptance in the UK we provide certified translation — a signed and dated statement of accuracy — which 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.

For official documents we deliver the official Frisian standard spelling as revised in 2015 by the Province of Fryslân on the advice of the Fryske Akademy. For heritage or literary texts we can use regional variants — Clay, Wood or South Corner Frisian — where they carry meaning. Mixing variants or pre-2015 and post-2015 spelling in one document is the most common reason a translation reads as inconsistent, so we hold to a single norm throughout and confirm the choice in the quote.

We work with native specialist translators 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.

Common cases include provincial and municipal communication, bilingual forms, court documents and deeds, teaching material and Frysk examinations, and heritage and museum texts. For UK-facing work we also handle academic and genealogical records, diplomas assessed by UK ENIC and personal certificates for immigration. 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.

A Frisian translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We select the translator who fits your document and the variant you need, apply the standard spelling consistently, arrange certification through the Dutch sworn system or notarisation and apostille via the FCDO where an authority requires it, and have the work checked by a second reviewer. You keep one point of contact for variant, spelling, 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.