Zaza translator

No. Zazaki is a language of its own within the Zaza-Gorani branch of the Northwestern Iranian languages and is not mutually intelligible with Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish) or Sorani (Central Kurdish). Many speakers identify culturally as Kurds, but in linguistic terms Zazaki is a separate language. If you request 'Kurdish', we confirm first whether you mean Kurmanji, Sorani or Zazaki.

Our Kurdish page covers Kurmanji and Sorani — the two largest Kurdish languages. This page is specifically about Zazaki, a separate language that is not mutually intelligible with Kurmanji or Sorani. We keep the two deliberately apart to prevent the wrong assignment of translators and interpreters.

Ecrivus is a Zaza translation agency that takes the coordination off your hands. We confirm the source language first, pair you with a translator or interpreter who commands the right variant (Dimli/Dersim or Kirmanjki) and region, and keep names and terminology consistent across a file. You keep one point of contact for variant, scheduling and delivery. A skilled freelance translator does excellent work too; the difference an agency adds is bringing those moving parts together.

Certified translation into and out of Zazaki is limited in practice, because it is a smaller language with no official standard or government status and many source documents are drawn up in Turkish. The UK has no sworn-translator institute, so for official acceptance we provide a certified translation — a signed statement of accuracy — which can be escalated to notarisation by a solicitor or notary public, or to an apostille or legalisation through the FCDO. We assess per assignment whether and how a certified route is workable, and otherwise deploy specialist expert translation. See [GOV.UK — Get a document legalised](https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised).

That depends on your speaker. The northern Dimli variant around Dersim (Tunceli) differs in vocabulary and pronunciation from the southern Kirmanjki variant around Diyarbakır. We match the translator or interpreter to the region and the endonym (Zazaki, Dimli, Kirmanjki, Kirdki) and confirm that choice in the quote.

We work with native specialist translators and interpreters 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). For a rare language such as Zazaki the pool is naturally small, so we name these bodies as a standard of reference rather than as a registry to pick from.

On working days you receive a reply within 1 hour. The workable lead time depends on the type of assignment (translation or interpreting), the variant, the volume and any certification, and is confirmed in the quote rather than promised as a fixed turnaround.