Certified Afrikaans Translation UK

Afrikaans documents translated and certified for UK authorities, from £29 including VAT, with same-day options.

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Certified Afrikaans translation

A certified Afrikaans translation is an official English translation of your Afrikaans-language document, accompanied by a signed, dated statement confirming it is a true and accurate translation. At Absolute Translations we translate and certify Afrikaans documents, issued in South Africa and Namibia, for use with UK authorities including the Home Office and UKVI, HM Courts, UK universities and UK ENIC. Prices start from £29 for a standard document or first page, including the translation, the certification and VAT, and many short documents can be certified the same day.

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Upload your document or tell us about it to see prices and options.
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Order online, or reply to our email to confirm requirements.
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Receive your certified translation within one to two working days, or the same day on request.

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What's included in your certified Afrikaans translation

Every certified Afrikaans translation includes the translation itself and a signed, dated statement on our letterhead confirming it is a true and accurate translation, with our name and contact details, and our official company stamp. That signed statement, not the stamp alone, is what UK authorities look for in a certified translation. We are an established UK translation company, the first in the UK to achieve ISO 17100, with over twenty years of experience translating official Afrikaans documents. You receive a copy by email, and we can also send a posted certified copy where the receiving authority does not accept a digital certification. Every document is handled securely and in line with GDPR.

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Accepted by UK authorities, guaranteed

Our certified Afrikaans translations are produced to be accepted by UK authorities, including the Home Office and UKVI for immigration and visa applications, HM Courts, UK universities and UK ENIC for recognising overseas qualifications, the DVLA and the Passport Office. Tell us which body will receive the translation and we recommend and set the right level of certification. We then back that recommendation with a money-back guarantee: if you take the option we recommend and the receiving authority does not accept it, or later changes what it requires, we will either put it right at no cost or refund you in full, provided we have the authority's decision in writing.

ISO

ISO17100, ISO9001
ISO18841 & ISO18587

Pioneering UK translation company, first to achieve ISO 17100 accreditation, among many industry quality certifications.

10KSB

Goldman Sachs
10KSB Member

Selected by Goldman Sachs to be an exclusive member of its £500 million innovation programme for better customer experiences!

GDPR

Information Security
Systems Certified

Absolute Translations is ISO 27001 certified, with independently assessed information security systems designed to protect your data.

20+

20 Years’ Expertise

Celebrating 20+ years, Absolute Translations has mastered the art of providing quality translations at transparent, low prices to meet your language needs.

ATC

ATC & EUATC Member

As ATC and EUATC members, we prioritise your satisfaction by upholding the highest standards in business ethics and translation quality.

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The professionalism was top notch. The response was timely.

Maureen Nkhoma

My experience of getting from Absolute…

My experience of getting from Absolute Translations a certified translation into English of a certificate of mine has been close to perfection, it was easy and has more or less achieved what I wanted ...

S Lowe on behalf of Lei Zhan

Excellent service

Excellent service, great communication and prompt turnaround around of translation. I liked the translation level options as well, very useful. Will definitely use again.

Michelle Mayes

Fantastic service would use again

Marriage Certificate translation for Passport Renewal

I needed to have my marriage certificate translated and certified for my passport renewal. The process was so easy and quick. I received the translation in the post after only a few days and the trans...

Hayley

Quick service at a fair price

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Translation of marriage certificate from Greek to English

The whole process was so simple and quick. I took a photo of the document I needed translating and uploaded it, completed a few questions, and paid the required fee. Within a couple of days, I had rec...

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We've been working with Absolute for…

We've been working with Absolute for more than a decade and are very happy with the work they do. They are responsive and timely, they give us (and our clients) what we need, and they communicate when...

Rev Mengle

Professional

Very easy to deal with. Helpful and understanding. Very fast and professional

Ian

Brilliant and translated a marriage…

Brilliant and translated a marriage certificate in English for the purposes of a UK Divorce court application. Superb and very professional.

Mark Davis

Extremely quick and professional service

Was initially a bit nervous about using an online company for the translation and not doing it in person, but I was extremely pleased and impressed with the service throughout and the end product. It ...

Jenna Welch

Always efficient and professional.

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Many South African civil documents are bilingual, printed partly in Afrikaans and partly in English, and it is the Afrikaans portions, the official headings, stamps and handwritten registrar notes, that most often need certifying for a UK application. We translate the whole document exactly, including the Department of Home Affairs stamps and any handwriting, and we reproduce Afrikaans names and place names with their correct spelling and diacritics rather than anglicising them.

Abridged or unabridged, the version UK applications need

South Africa issues both an abridged birth certificate and a fuller unabridged version that shows the parents' details, and UK visa, settlement and passport applications frequently require the unabridged one. We certify birth, marriage and death certificates, matric and academic certificates, and SAPS police clearance certificates, and we will tell you if the version you hold is likely to be the one the receiving authority needs before we translate it.

Certified Afrikaans translation starts from £29 for a standard document or first page, including the translation, the certification and VAT, and £26 for each additional page. Because certificates are short, we price per document or per page, not per word. If notarisation is required, our in-house notary usually completes this the same day; an apostille, from £85, authenticates a UK original for use abroad and does not replace the translation. Your exact price depends on the number of pages and the level of certification. Upload your Afrikaans document for a fixed quote, or see our certified translation prices for a full breakdown.

Most certified Afrikaans translations are ready within one to two working days, with same-day certification available on request for short documents such as an Afrikaans birth or marriage certificate. We offer both a standard and an express service; the turnaround reflects the length of the document, whether it also needs notarisation or an apostille, and how quickly you need it. When you upload your document, tell us your deadline and we will confirm a delivery date before you order.

We were the first UK translation company to achieve ISO 17100 accreditation, and we also hold ISO 9001, ISO 18841 and ISO 18587. We are members of the ATC and EUATC, GDPR-compliant, and a Goldman Sachs 10KSB member. We have worked for organisations including the UK government and the NHS, and we are rated Excellent on Trustpilot, with 2,500+ reviews. We are also carbon negative, a step beyond carbon neutral.

Certified Afrikaans translation at Absolute Translations starts from £29 for a standard document or first page, including the translation, the certification and VAT, and £26 for each additional page. Because Afrikaans certificates and records are usually short, most orders sit at the base price. Your final figure depends on the number of pages and whether you also need notarisation or an apostille. Upload your document for a fixed quote, or first see how our certified pricing works.

Most certified Afrikaans translations are ready within one to two working days, and a short document such as an Afrikaans birth or marriage certificate can often be certified the same day on request. Turnaround depends on the length of the document, the certification level, and whether an apostille or notarisation is also needed, which adds a step. Tell us your deadline when you upload the document and we will confirm a delivery date before you order.

Yes. Our certified Afrikaans translations are produced to be accepted by UK authorities including the Home Office and UKVI, HM Courts, UK universities and UK ENIC, the DVLA and the Passport Office. Each carries our signed certification statement and official company stamp. We back it with a money-back guarantee: take the certification level we recommend and, if the receiving authority does not accept it in writing, we will put it right at no cost or refund you in full. Tell us the receiving body and we set the certification to the level it expects.

It depends on the receiving authority, but UK visa, settlement and passport applications frequently require the unabridged South African certificate, the fuller version that shows both parents, rather than the shorter abridged one. If you are not sure which you hold, tell us the authority the translation is for when you upload the document and we will flag whether the version you have is likely to be accepted before we translate and certify it, so you are not asked to obtain the other version later.

It depends on the country and authority the document is going to, not the UK. Some overseas authorities want an officially recognised or sworn translation, and, separately, an apostille on the original where that country belongs to the Hague Apostille Convention. An apostille authenticates the original document, it does not replace the translation, and some authorities want both. Tell us the destination and what it has asked for, and we will confirm exactly what is required and arrange the apostille, from £85, where it is needed.

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