Thai translator

We deliver Standard Central Thai (the Bangkok norm, th-TH) by default — the written and business standard. The regional varieties (Northern Thai/Lanna, Northeastern Thai/Isan, Southern Thai) are spoken dialects that share the same written language; for audiovisual content we match the register per project. There is one written norm for official Thai documents, and we hold to it throughout.

The UK has no sworn-translator institute, so there is no "sworn translator" as a legal office here. 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 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). We confirm in the quote which level your receiving authority requires.

Thai uses no spaces between words within a sentence, only between sentences or clauses. Our Thai translators and DTP specialists apply word and line breaks at the correct lexical boundaries, which is essential for readability and correct display in your document or layout. Automated line-breaking tools tend to split words in the wrong place, so we set this by hand where the layout calls for it.

We follow the Royal Thai General System (RTGS) of the Royal Society of Thailand for the romanisation of proper names, places and official terms. Where a name already appears in a different romanisation, for instance on a passport, we keep the existing spelling so that everything aligns with your official documents. Consistent romanisation prevents mismatches with passports and registers.

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.

For legal Thai translation — contracts, deeds, judgments, articles of association — we pair you with a translator who has a legal background and a knowledge of Thai law, and we provide certified translation where an authority requires it. Our legal-translation page goes deeper into certification and the closing statement of accuracy. See [legal translation](/en/services/legal-translation/).

A Thai translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We select the native specialist who fits your document and sector, work in the Central Thai written norm, arrange certification, notarisation or legalisation where an authority requires it, and have the work checked by a second reviewer where the legal field, risk profile or volume requires it. You keep one point of contact for variant, terminology, romanisation, 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.