Luo translator

Yes. Ecrivus is a Luo translation agency that provides both professional and certified Dholuo 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 body asks for more, this can be escalated to notarisation by a solicitor or notary public, or to an apostille or legalisation through the FCDO. Standard professional translation is always available for your everyday documents.

By default we mean Dholuo, the main variant from Kenya and Tanzania around Lake Victoria. 'Luo' is ambiguous, because the wider language group also covers Acholi, Lango and Alur from Uganda and South Sudan. We confirm per assignment exactly which language is meant, so that you get the right translator.

Common cases are asylum and immigration documents, birth, marriage and death certificates, diplomas and NGO information material for the Lake Victoria basin. UK-specific cases we handle often are Home Office and UKVI immigration documents, transcripts assessed by UK ENIC and General Register Office certificates. We confirm the approach and any certification per document in the quote.

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.

Dholuo is tonal and its standard spelling is not fully uniform; tone and context carry the meaning. We use a translator who works in Dholuo and reads the correct meaning from context, and we hold to a fixed spelling within one assignment for sounds such as th/dh and ng'. On repeat work a translation memory keeps that spelling and terminology consistent over time.

A Luo translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We confirm that the source is Dholuo, select a translator who knows the language and your case, arrange certification, notarisation or legalisation where an authority requires it, and keep the terminology consistent. You keep one point of contact for variant, 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 language where certified Dholuo translators are not on every register.