Arabic translator

For all formal written documents we deliver Modern Standard Arabic (MSA, fuṣḥā): legal, financial, technical, contracts and government. MSA is shared by all 22 Arabic-speaking countries, so a written document reads correctly across the region. Regional dialects (Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf, Maghrebi, Iraqi) are reserved for interpreting and audiovisual work such as subtitling and voice-over. We confirm the choice in the quote.

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). We confirm in the quote which level your receiving authority requires.

Not every Arabic-speaking country is party to the Hague Apostille Convention of 1961. Some countries require consular legalisation rather than an apostille, while documents issued in the UK are legalised by the FCDO. We check which route applies for your country and document and arrange the chain accordingly. You can read the official guidance at GOV.UK — Get a document legalised (https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised).

Common cases include identity and origin documents for Home Office and UKVI immigration, birth and marriage certificates for family reunion, notarial deeds, diplomas assessed by UK ENIC, and commercial contracts with the Maghreb and the Gulf. We also handle HMCTS court documents, annual reports and technical manuals for MENA energy and industry projects. We confirm the approach and any certification per document in the quote.

Yes. We arrange Arabic interpreters for court and tribunal hearings, asylum interviews, medical consultations and business negotiations. We match the dialect (MSA, Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf, Maghrebi or Iraqi) to the speaker's region up front, and reference the recognised UK bodies of the profession such as the NRPSI (National Register of Public Service Interpreters), the ITI and the CIOL as the standard the work is held to.

On working days you receive a quote within 1 hour. The lead time for the translation itself depends on document type, volume, the language pair, whether the work is MSA or a spoken dialect, 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 native specialist translators with a structured QA layer: a terminology list, a name and transliteration list, and a second review where the legal field, risk profile or volume requires it. We pay particular attention to right-to-left layout, numerals and dates. CAT tools (Trados, memoQ, Phrase TMS) and a translation memory keep terminology and the transliteration of names consistent across volume and repeated content, and lower the cost over time.

An Arabic translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We select the specialist who fits your document and sector, work in Modern Standard Arabic for written documents, 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 variant, transliteration of names, right-to-left layout, 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.