Zarma translator

Yes. Ecrivus is a Zarma translation agency: we translate into and out of Zarma (Djerma) with a translator who knows the Songhay-Zarma languages. We provide standard professional translation for immigration, family matters and personal documents, and certified translation on request where an authority requires a signed statement of accuracy.

The UK has no sworn-translator institute, so there is no "sworn translator" as a legal office here, for Zarma or any other language. A certified Zarma translation is also uncommon and arranged on request; for most documents a professional translation is enough. For official acceptance we provide certified translation: a signed and dated statement of accuracy 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.

By default we work with the central Zarma or Djerma variety around Niamey and Dosso. For speakers from border areas we establish up front whether the text is a related Songhay variety (Koyraboro Senni) or Dendi. We confirm the variety and the orthography in the quote, since spellings such as Zarma, Djerma, Dyerma and Zabarma all point to the same language.

Common documents are identity and origin statements, birth and marriage certificates, diplomas and court papers for immigration and family reunification cases. We also translate public-information and health material for NGOs active in Niger and the wider Sahel. We confirm the approach and any certification per document in the quote.

On working days you receive a reply within 1 hour. The lead time for the translation itself depends on document type, volume, the right variety and any required certification, and is confirmed in the quote. Because qualified Zarma translators are available in limited numbers, we plan the assignment in up front rather than promising a fixed turnaround.

A Zarma translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We establish the right Songhay variety and orthography, check whether the source document is actually Zarma or French, arrange certification on request and plan the assignment in. You keep one point of contact for variety, terminology, scheduling and delivery, including on sensitive immigration and family files. 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.