Temne translator

Ecrivus is a Temne translation agency: we translate into and out of Temne with a native speaker from Sierra Leone. Most work is expert and business translation for the asylum process, Home Office and UKVI procedures, NGO projects and personal documents. Certification is arranged on request. Because Temne is a tone language, the work always goes to a native speaker who renders tone and register correctly.

The UK has no sworn-translator institute, so there is no "sworn translator" as a legal office here, and certified Temne translation is in any case uncommon. Where an authority asks for it we provide certified translation: a signed and dated statement of accuracy from the translator or the agency. 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). For Sierra Leone we assess the available route case by case and confirm it in the quote.

Frequently requested are asylum documents and supporting evidence for Home Office interviews, family documents for reunification, public-information material for NGOs in healthcare and education, and personal declarations and correspondence. Per document type we confirm the approach and any certification in the quote.

Temne has, among others, Sanda (northern), the Yoni/Bombali variant (central) and the Western/Port Loko variant. We establish per assignment which dialect suits the speaker or the reader. Because Temne is sometimes confused with Krio or Mende, we check up front which Sierra Leonean language your document actually needs.

Temne is a tone language without a fully standardised spelling. We therefore pair you with a native speaker who renders tone and stress correctly, and record spelling choices in a terminology list. We add a second review where the risk profile, the sensitivity or the volume of the assignment requires it.

A Temne translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We select the native speaker who fits your dialect and context, check that the source really is Temne and not Krio or Mende, and arrange certification on request where an authority requires it. You keep one point of contact for language choice, 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.