Lao translator

Yes. Ecrivus is a Lao translation agency that delivers both certified and standard translation. The UK has no sworn-translator institute, so 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 receiving body asks for more, this can be escalated to notarisation by a solicitor or notary public, or to legalisation through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). We confirm the level your authority requires in the quote.

No, an apostille is not available for documents issued in Laos, because Laos is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention (1961). Those documents need consular legalisation instead. A UK-issued document or a certified translation produced here can be legalised through the FCDO; see [GOV.UK — Get a document legalised](https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised). We explain which legalisation steps your document needs for each procedure.

Yes, we translate from Lao into English and the other way round, and between Lao and other languages. Common requests are birth certificates, marriage certificates, diplomas and extracts for immigration and family-reunion procedures, and contracts and certificates for organisations active in Laos.

On working days you receive a quote within 1 hour. Lao is a relatively rare language pairing, so we schedule the available specialist translator per assignment and confirm the workable lead time up front in the quote rather than promising a fixed turnaround.

Yes. Lao is closely related to Thai, but register, loanwords and levels of formality differ. We use a translator who distinguishes Lao from Isan Thai, holds to the Vientiane standard and transliterates names consistently across every document in the same procedure.

A Lao translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We select the translator who commands Lao and your document type, arrange certification, notarisation or consular legalisation where an authority requires it, and have the work checked where the field, risk profile or volume requires it. You keep one point of contact for variant, transliteration, scheduling and delivery, all under a single quote. A skilled freelance translator does excellent work too; for a rare pairing like Lao, the difference an agency adds is bringing those moving parts together so you are not managing them separately.