Seychellois translator

Yes. Ecrivus is a Seychellois translation agency: we translate into and out of Seychellois Creole (Seselwa) with a translator who knows the language and the Seychellois context. We handle mainly birth certificates, marriage certificates, diplomas and other personal documents, and assess per file which route fits.

Certified translation in Seychellois Creole is rarely required and is arranged on request. The UK has no sworn-translator institute, so for official acceptance we provide a 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). For official documents the route often runs through English or French, the other official languages of Seychelles; we assess per file which route suits and confirm it up front. You can check current FCDO requirements at [GOV.UK — Get a document legalised](https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised).

Seychellois Creole (Seselwa) is related to Mauritian Creole (Morisien) and Réunion Creole, but they are separate languages with limited mutual intelligibility and their own spelling. We assign a translator who specifically commands Seychellois and does not treat the languages as interchangeable.

Yes. We follow the standardised Latin spelling of the Lenstiti Kreol, normalised since 1981. That spelling is phonetic and deliberately departs from the French lexicon the language derives from, so we do not apply French spelling norms.

On working days you receive a reply within 1 hour. Because the pool of native Seychellois translators outside Seychelles is limited, we confirm the workable lead time up front in the quote, based on document type, volume and the required route, rather than promising a fixed turnaround.

A Seychellois translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We establish the source language of your Seychellois document up front, select a translator who commands the Creole, arrange certification, notarisation or legalisation where an authority requires it, and keep one point of contact for route, scheduling and delivery. A capable freelance translator does excellent work too; for a rare language like this, the difference an agency adds is bringing those separate steps together under a single quote so you are not managing them yourself.