Latin translator

A Latin translation agency translates texts into and out of Latin with translators who command the classical language. Ecrivus pairs you with a classicist or specialist who recognises whether your text is Classical, Medieval or Ecclesiastical Latin, and chooses the fitting register for historical records, diplomas, ecclesiastical and legal documents. We confirm the period, approach and any certification per document in the quote.

We translate Classical Latin (the norm of Cicero and Caesar), the Ecclesiastical Latin of the Holy See, the Medieval Latin of charters and parish registers, and Early Modern or Neo-Latin from scholarship and law. A classicist establishes the period and origin of your text first and confirms the approach in the quote, because reading one period by the rules of another is the most common way a Latin source is misread.

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). This commonly applies to baptism, marriage and diploma records and to notarial sources for official procedures; we confirm the level your receiving authority requires in the quote.

Yes. Historical records often contain abbreviations, strikethroughs and fixed charter formulae. Our translator deciphers the text palaeographically first, flags any illegible passages and then translates into clear English. This is a frequent case with baptism, marriage and death records used for genealogical research.

We work with classicists and 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, not as a membership claim.

On working days you receive a quote within 1 hour. The lead time for the translation itself depends on the language period, the legibility of the source material, the volume and any required certification, and is confirmed in the quote rather than promised as a fixed turnaround.

A Latin translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We select the classicist who fits your period and field, decipher historical sources palaeographically, arrange certification, notarisation or legalisation where an authority requires it, and have the work checked by a second reviewer. You keep one point of contact for period, terminology, 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.