Breton translator

Yes, our Breton translation agency works in both directions. Many projects run between French and Breton, but English and Dutch are possible too. We pair you with a translator who knows the language and the right dialect, and confirm the approach in the quote.

By default we work in the modern Peurunvan spelling. For Gwenedeg (Vannetais) or another dialect — Kerneveg, Leoneg or Tregerieg — we agree the choice with you up front, because sound and spelling differ by area. We set that choice out in the quote so the text reads naturally to its intended audience.

The UK has no sworn-translator institute, and Breton has no certifying office of its own. Because Breton is a regional language of France, official documents are usually issued in French. For UK use we provide 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). We confirm in the quote which level your receiving authority requires.

Common requests are museum and heritage texts, festival material, bilingual signage, immersion-school teaching material, literature and audiovisual content such as subtitling and voice-over. For each project we confirm the approach, dialect and spelling in the quote.

On working days you receive a quote within 1 hour. The lead time for the translation itself depends on text type, volume, dialect and any required certification, and is confirmed in the quote rather than promised as a fixed turnaround.

We combine a native specialist translator with a structured QA layer: a project terminology list, an agreed spelling and dialect, and a second review where the field, risk profile or volume requires it. Particular attention goes to initial consonant mutations and to keeping a single dialect and spelling consistent across the whole text. A translation memory keeps follow-up work aligned and lowers the cost over time.

A Breton translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We select the translator who fits your text and the right dialect, set the spelling, arrange certification through French 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; the difference an agency adds is bringing those moving parts together so you are not managing them separately — which matters all the more for a minority language with few specialists.