Kanuri translator

Ecrivus is a Kanuri translation agency: we translate into and out of Kanuri with an experienced translator who knows the Saharan language family and the region around Lake Chad. We focus on personal documents, statements and correspondence for asylum, immigration and humanitarian contexts, and arrange certification on request where a body requires it.

Certified Kanuri translation is uncommon, and we usually arrange it on request. The UK has no sworn-translator institute, so certification here means a signed and dated statement of accuracy from the translator or the agency. For most assignments a professional translation by an experienced Kanuri translator is what your authority needs. Where a body such as the Home Office 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 the workable route per document in the quote. See [GOV.UK — Get a document legalised](https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised).

No. Kanuri belongs to the Saharan branch of the Nilo-Saharan languages and is not related to Hausa or the Chadic languages. A translator who specialises in Hausa does not, by that fact, command Kanuri. We assign a translator who specifically knows Kanuri.

We verify the region of origin and the source dialect up front. Yerwa Kanuri from Maiduguri is treated as the prestige variant, while Manga Kanuri from Niger differs in vocabulary and pronunciation. By confirming the source dialect and region of origin, we prevent misunderstanding in, for example, an asylum statement.

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

We work with experienced specialist translators and reference the recognised UK professional bodies — the ITI (Institute of Translation and Interpreting), the CIOL (Chartered Institute of Linguists) and, for interpreting, the NRPSI (National Register of Public Service Interpreters). These are bodies of reference for the profession; we name them so you can see the standard the work is held to.

A Kanuri translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We find an experienced Kanuri translator, verify the region of origin and dialect, arrange certification on request, and account for Arabic loanwords and religious terminology. You keep one point of contact for scheduling, terminology 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 organising each one separately — which matters most for a rare language where a fitting translator is harder to find.