Romanian translator

Since 2013, Romanian has been the official language of Moldova (ro-MD), with the same standard as Romanian in Romania (ro-RO). Before that, the term 'Moldovan' (mo) was used and the text could appear in Cyrillic script. Older Moldovan deeds and archive documents may therefore be in Cyrillic; we transcribe these into Latin script where needed and label the source variant in delivery.

Standard Romanian (ro-RO), aligned with the Romanian Academy norm. For Moldovan files we deliver the same standard (ro-MD), identical since 2013. Aromanian (`rup`) is a separate ISO-coded language and we never auto-substitute it; we confirm the variant you need in the quote. The single most important point with Romanian is the diacritics — ă, â, î, ș, ț carry meaning, so we deliver and check them across the whole document.

The UK has no sworn-translator institute, so there is no "sworn translator" as a legal office here. For official acceptance our Romanian translation agency provides 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.

Romania has been a party to the Hague Apostille Convention (1961) since 2001 and Moldova since 2007. Official Romanian and Moldovan documents — birth and marriage certificates, court rulings, notarial deeds — are legalised for UK use via an apostille issued by the Romanian Ministry of Justice or Foreign Affairs, and by the Moldovan Ministry of Justice respectively. We advise on which route your document needs and can arrange UK-side legalisation through the FCDO. See GOV.UK for the official process: https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised

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 document types include employment contracts and agency agreements, company extracts and registrations, birth and marriage certificates, court documents and EU procedural files, technical manuals for construction and transport, and IT documentation. UK-specific cases we handle often are Home Office and UKVI immigration documents, university admissions assessed by UK ENIC and HMCTS court documents. We confirm the approach and any certification per document in the quote.

On working days you receive a quote within 1 hour, once we have confirmed the document type, volume, language direction (RO→EN or EN→RO) and required certification level. The lead time for the translation itself depends on those same factors and is confirmed in the quote. For tight deadlines we confirm a workable rush schedule up front rather than promising a fixed turnaround.

A Romanian translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We select the specialist who fits your document and sector, arrange certification, notarisation or legalisation where an authority requires it, and have the work checked by a second reviewer where the legal field, risk profile or volume requires it. You keep one point of contact for variant, 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.