Inuktitut translator

Both. Inuktitut is written in Canadian syllabics (Qaniujaaqpait) and in the Latin Qaliujaaqpait. We confirm up front which script your source document uses and which script the translation should appear in, and we set that choice in the quote.

Certified Inuktitut translation is very rare in the UK. There is no sworn-translator institute here, so for official documents the work usually runs through English: first an Inuktitut-to-English translation, then a certified English translation with a signed statement of accuracy that a UK body will accept, escalated to notarisation by a solicitor or notary public, or to an apostille through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) where required. We assess per document which route your receiving authority accepts.

We coordinate Eastern Arctic Inuktitut (Baffin, Nunavik), Western Arctic Inuinnaqtun and the Central Arctic dialects (Kivalliq, Natsilingmiutut). Because a translation that works in Nunavut can read as off in Nunavik, we establish the source dialect explicitly for every project before the work begins.

Common cases are Canadian certificates (birth, marriage, death) from Nunavut and Nunavik, government and policy documents on language rights and Arctic policy, and academic or cultural material for revitalisation projects. We confirm the approach and any certification per document in the quote.

On working days you receive a reply within 1 hour. The lead time for the translation itself depends on document type, script, dialect, volume and any certification through English, and is confirmed in the quote rather than promised as a fixed turnaround.

Inuktitut is a rare, polysynthetic language with two writing systems and strong dialect variation. An Inuktitut translation agency takes the coordination off your hands: we establish the script and dialect, select a translator who knows the language, and arrange the English bridge route for certification where an authority requires it. You keep one point of contact for script choice, terminology, scheduling and delivery, rather than managing those steps separately. A skilled freelance translator does excellent work too; the difference an agency adds is bringing those moving parts together under a single quote.