Welsh translator

The UK has no sworn-translator institute, so there is no "sworn translator" as a legal office for Welsh or any other language here. For official acceptance, a Welsh translation agency provides 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). Welsh is a smaller language pair, so we plan certified work per project and confirm in the quote which level your receiving authority requires.

Yes. We translate into Welsh and out of Welsh, and combine Welsh with English and other languages. For documents from Wales — a bilingual certificate, for example — we provide the certified translation for the receiving authority; for texts aimed at the Welsh-speaking market we match dialect and register to your audience.

Yes. North Welsh (Gogledd Cymru) and South Welsh (De Cymru) differ in vocabulary and question structure, for example 'rŵan' versus 'nawr' for 'now'. For government texts we normally use the standard written register (Cymraeg safonol). Which dialect or register suits your audience is something we confirm up front in the quote, so the reader recognises the text.

On working days you receive a quote within 1 hour. The lead time for the translation itself depends on document type, volume, language pair and any required certification, and is confirmed in the quote. For tight deadlines we confirm a workable rush schedule up front rather than promising a fixed turnaround.

We combine a native specialist translator with a structured QA layer: a terminology list, a check on mutations and diacritics, and a second review where the legal field, risk profile or volume requires it. This prevents ungrammatical mutation forms and mixed dialects. CAT tools (Trados, memoQ, Phrase TMS) keep terminology consistent across volume and repeated content.

A Welsh translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We select the translator who fits your document, dialect and sector, 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 dialect, terminology, scheduling and delivery, all under a single quote. A skilled freelance translator does excellent work too; for a smaller language like Welsh, the difference an agency adds is bringing those moving parts together so you are not managing them separately.