Macedonian translator
Professional Macedonian translation of your certificates, diplomas, immigration documents, contracts and commercial papers. Certified where the Home Office, a court or a registrar requires it, standard for your everyday business documents. On working days you receive a reply within 1 hour.
- Certified translation — a signed statement of accuracy — where an authority requires it; standard professional translation for your everyday business documents.
- We keep Macedonian consistently apart from Bulgarian and Serbian: its own Cyrillic letters, postpositive articles and verb tenses.
- You receive a reply within 1 hour on working days; we confirm the workable deadline in the quote.
Your translation agency for Macedonian translations, certified or standard
We translate Macedonian documents for individuals in a UKVI or Home Office procedure, for law firms and notaries, and for businesses trading with North Macedonia. From a birth certificate or diploma to a commercial contract or company extract, we pair you with a translator who knows Macedonian and where it differs from Bulgarian and Serbian, and deliver within the agreed deadline.
- For civil status, immigration, education and business documents
- Certified translation where an authority requires a signed statement of accuracy
- Reply within 1 hour on working days, deadline confirmed in the quote
Our process in 4 steps
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No-obligation quote
Send us the document you want translated into Macedonian. You receive a competitive quote within 1 hour on working days. Short lines, one dedicated project manager who is there for you.
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Assigning a translator
One of our specialist Macedonian translators gets to work. For certified translations, a professional translator who issues a certified statement of accuracy; for business, technical, legal or medical texts, a specialist from that field.
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Translation, QA and revision
Once the experienced Macedonian translator has completed the text, a second specialist carries out a thorough quality check and revision.
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Delivery
You receive the Macedonian translation digitally by email, in the same layout as the original. Certified translations are also sent by registered post where a hard copy is required.
Which translation fits your assignment?
- Standard business translation
Human Macedonian translation by a specialist
- Native specialist translator who knows your sector and terminology
- Quality control on terminology, register and style
- For business, legal, technical, medical and marketing texts
- AI with human revision
Macedonian machine translation with post-editing (MTPE)
- Neural machine translation revised by a human specialist translator
- Cost-efficient for large text volumes and shorter turnaround
- Suitable for internal documentation, knowledge bases and large batches
- Accepted by authorities
Certified Macedonian translation
- Certified translation with a signed statement of accuracy and source-document binding
- For the Home Office, courts, notaries and foreign authorities
- Notarisation or FCDO apostille arranged on request
Why choose Ecrivus
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Certified and standard
Macedonian certified translation when an authority requires it. Standard translation by specialist linguists for your contracts, websites, marketing and technical texts. One agency, both qualifications.
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Native revision
Every Macedonian translation passes a second translator with native-level fluency. They check terminology and register, and whether the tone is right for your audience.
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Specialist per field
We match your project to a Macedonian translator who knows your field: legal, financial, technical, medical, marketing or government. No generalist who has to google your sector.
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Response within 1 hour
Send us your document. On working days you get a price and a realistic deadline within 1 hour. Rush is possible; we tell you honestly what is realistic.
Certified or standard? How to choose the right Macedonian translation
Not sure? Send your document and we will advise which form the receiving authority expects.
Request a quoteWhen do you need a certified Macedonian translation?
For official documents we provide a certified translation with a signed statement of accuracy, escalated to notarisation (solicitor or notary public) or FCDO apostille and legalisation where the receiving authority requires it.
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Birth and marriage certificates
UKVI and Home Office immigration, family reunification, name changes
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Diplomas and academic transcripts
UK university admission, UK ENIC assessment, employers abroad
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Company extracts and corporate documents
company registration, apostille requests, international tenders
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Notarial deeds and powers of attorney
property conveyancing, powers of attorney, probate and inheritance
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Court and HMCTS documents
court proceedings, claim forms, judgments
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Police certificates
work abroad, visa applications, professional registration
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Civil-status extracts
apostille requests, registration with a UK or overseas authority
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Medical certificates and reports
treatment abroad, insurance claims, NHS referrals
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Other documents
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Translations from practice
Civil status and immigration Birth certificate for UKVI
Certified Macedonian translation of a birth and marriage certificate for a UK immigration application, with the document chain set up for Home Office and UKVI requirements.
Education Diploma for university admission
Certified Macedonian translation of a diploma and transcript for UK ENIC assessment and admission to a British university.
Legal and trade Commercial contract with North Macedonia
Macedonian translation of a commercial contract and accompanying company extracts for a business operating in the context of North Macedonia's EU accession process.
Regional varieties of Macedonian we translate
Western (central) dialects
the basis of the standard language, in the Prilep-Bitola-Veles region
Eastern dialects
including Štip and Strumica
Northern dialects
Kumanovo and Skopska Crna Gora, with Serbian and Torlak influences
We confirm the right variant per assignment based on your target country and audience.
Which variety of Macedonian fits your audience best?
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Standard Macedonian
- Official certificates, diplomas and immigration documents for UKVI and the Home Office
- Contracts and commercial papers for the market in North Macedonia
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Regional dialect forms
- Interpreting and healthcare contexts where speakers use eastern or northern varieties
- Diaspora communication with mixed forms — for certified documents we always rewrite to the standard language
One Macedonian translation agency for certified and business work. No-obligation quote within 1 hour on working days.
Request a quoteWhat non-native translators and machine translation miss in Macedonian
Many teams speak good Macedonian and AI tools translate in seconds. Yet in business, legal and medical Macedonian texts, non-native translators and machine translation make the kind of mistakes that cost you credibility or legal validity. A few examples we prevent:
Confusion with Bulgarian and Serbian
Voorbeeld:Macedonian shares a great deal of vocabulary and grammar with Bulgarian and Serbian, but it has its own spelling, its own verb tenses and postpositive articles. Carrying terms across from those languages introduces errors.
Onze aanpak:We assign a translator who commands Macedonian as the standard language and takes no Bulgarian or Serbian terminology on board.
Macedonian-specific Cyrillic letters
Voorbeeld:The letters Ѓ ѓ, Ќ ќ, Ѕ ѕ, Џ џ, Љ љ and Њ њ are specific to Macedonian and are often confused with Serbian equivalents or rendered incorrectly.
Onze aanpak:We secure correct UTF-8 encoding and a consistent transliteration of proper names, including in official documents.
Three demonstrative articles
Voorbeeld:Macedonian attaches the article to the word with a distinction for proximity (-от / -ов / -он), which has no direct English equivalent.
Onze aanpak:We rephrase rather than translate literally, so the meaning reads correctly in English.
Register and formality
Voorbeeld:Official and legal texts use a more formal register; informal dialect or diaspora forms have no place in certified documents.
Onze aanpak:We set the register per project and keep dialect forms out of official translations.
Waar Macedonian wordt gesproken
Macedonian does not live in North Macedonia alone. Large diaspora communities in Australia, Canada and the United States use the language alongside local varieties, and in the border regions with Albania and Greece you hear distinct dialect forms. For official documents, though, what counts is the standard language settled in Skopje in 1944-1945. We match terminology and register to the authority that will read your document, and confirm that choice up front in the quote.
- North Macedonia1.3-1.5M native speakersofficial language, standard since 1945
- Albania100,000-150,000 speakersminority language in the border regions
- Greeceminority communityMacedonian minority, estimates vary
- United Kingdomgrowing communitysmall but established community
- Australiatens of thousands of speakerslarge diaspora community
- Canadatens of thousands of speakersestablished diaspora
- United Statestens of thousands of speakersdiaspora in urban communities
Commonly requested documents for Macedonian translations
We translate documents from every field: from technical and e-commerce to legal and medical. Below are the most requested document types.

Birth certificate
Certified Macedonian translation of your birth certificate for family reunification, immigration or registration with a UK or overseas authority.
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Marriage certificate
Certified Macedonian translation of your marriage certificate for international recognition, a name change or consular procedures.
Meer wetenSectors where we deploy Macedonian most
Our specialist translators work regularly across the sectors below — we match you with a linguist experienced with the right document types.
Quality safeguards
- Certified Certified translations with a signed statement of accuracy; notarisation or FCDO apostille where required
- Native Native revision by a second specialist
- QA Thorough quality control on text, terminology and consistency
- Field match Specialist translator with domain experience
- NDA Confidential handling, NDA on request
- Binding Source-document binding where a certified hard copy is required
- Delivery Digital and paper delivery
- 20+ years Translation expertise since 2006
- CAT Translation memory for repeat work — consistent terminology, lower follow-up costs
Additional translation services
Certified translation
Certified Macedonian translation with a signed statement of accuracy, escalated to notarisation or apostille where an authority requires it. For UKVI, courts, universities and overseas bodies.
Legal translation
Standard and certified Macedonian translation of contracts, court documents, articles of association and terms and conditions, handled by translators with a legal background.
Technical translation
Macedonian translation of manuals, product specifications and engineering documentation, with attention to correct Cyrillic encoding.
Financial translation
Macedonian translation of annual reports, company extracts and financial reporting, by translators with experience of financial reporting standards.
Marketing translation
Macedonian translation of campaigns, websites and social content for the market in North Macedonia and the diaspora.
AI post-editing (MTPE)
Macedonian machine translation with post-editing: neural translation revised by a human specialist. Cost-efficient on large volumes with a shorter lead time.
Website and app translation
Translation and localisation of your website or app into Macedonian, including menus, UI strings, metadata and correct Cyrillic rendering.
Rush translation
Rush Macedonian translation when your deadline is tight. We confirm the workable lead time up front in the quote.
GEO optimisation
Macedonian content translation with hreflang, localisation and keyword research for the market in North Macedonia.
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What our clients experience
Certified translations for our international cases are delivered quickly and carefully. Our project manager knows our account inside out.
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