Kurdish Translator in Iver

Need a Kurdish translator in Iver? Prism Linguistics translates Sorani and Kurmanji documents into English, and English into either written form, as well as the Arabic, Persian and Turkish papers many Kurdish families also hold. The Home Office and UKVI accept our certified versions, and a short document usually takes one to two working days to reach your inbox.

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Kurdish Translation Services in Iver

Kurdish paperwork is often not written in Kurdish. A family from Iran usually holds Persian documents, because Iran's constitution makes Persian the language and script of official papers. Kurds from Turkey carry Turkish records, Kurds from Syria carry Arabic ones, and most papers from Iraq's federal offices are in Arabic. Only in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, where the constitution requires federal bodies to use both Kurdish and Arabic, are you likely to see certificates and letters written in Kurdish itself.

So the first job is reading the scans and naming the language of each page. One family file can hold a Sorani letter from Sulaymaniyah, an Arabic court ruling from Baghdad and a Persian identity booklet. Each page goes to a translator for that language, and the quote itemises them, so our Kurdish translation services in Iver cover the whole file, not just the Kurdish parts.

English to Kurdish Translator (and Kurdish to English)

Kurdish to English translation is for papers that a caseworker, a registrar or an admissions tutor needs to read. English to Kurdish translation runs the other way for NHS services and councils preparing patient leaflets and public notices, for solicitors who want a client to grasp what a statement says before they sign, and for charities writing to newly arrived families.

For anything going into Kurdish, decide who the reader is. A leaflet in Sorani, written right to left in an Arabic-based alphabet, is little use to a Kurmanji reader who learned Latin letters, and vice versa. Where the readership is mixed, order both versions. Translation into Kurdish is done by native speakers of the variety concerned; translation into English by translators whose first language is English and who read Kurdish fluently.

Certified Kurdish Translation for UKVI, Courts and Universities

Certification is what lets an office rely on a Kurdish translation: we attach a statement on Prism letterhead that the English is accurate, sign, stamp and date it, and send it as a PDF, with tracked post for any office that wants paper. It is accepted by UK universities, the Home Office, HMCTS, UKVI and HM Passport Office.

Visa, family and settlement applications fall under paragraph 39B of the Immigration Rules, which requires a full translation of any specified document not in English or Welsh. For qualifications, UK ENIC lists certified translations among the uploads for a Statement of Comparability when a certificate is not in English. It also runs a Translation Waiver Service, so check that option before ordering.

There is no sworn translation in the UK system; certification does that job here. Where a document also needs notarising or an apostille, you or your solicitor take care of that step, and we can translate papers that have already been through it.

Kurdish Documents We Translate

Old Iraqi cards keep appearing in UK files. The Home Office's July 2026 country bulletin on Iraq says the Civil Status ID (CSID) and the Iraqi Nationality Certificate are no longer valid and have been replaced by the biometric national card, the INID. Solicitors still send us the older cards, because they sit in an earlier claim or show a family link. We translate what the card says; whether it is current is for the Home Office to judge.

Kurdish Legal, Medical and Business Translation

Most of the Kurdish legal translation we see sits in immigration and family cases, along with judgments from Iraqi or Iranian courts and inheritance papers for land back home. See our legal translation services.

For Kurdish medical translation, patients bring hospital records from Erbil or Tehran for a UK doctor, and mental health teams sometimes need a care plan put into Sorani or Kurmanji. More on our medical translation services page.

Business requests are smaller, usually firms dealing with the Kurdistan Region. A bilingual Kurdish website needs thought, as Sorani pages mirror the layout right to left and Kurmanji pages do not (see website translation).

Professional Kurdish Translators: Who Does the Work

Every Kurdish document is translated by one professional Kurdish translator, then checked line by line against the source by a second linguist ahead of delivery. We match the written form as well as the language. Someone who writes polished Sorani may be the wrong choice for a Kurmanji court letter, so our Kurdish translators work in the variety they grew up reading.

Handwriting is the usual difficulty. Older registry entries and village documents are often written by hand, with stamps across the text, and the translator marks any word that can't be read rather than guessing. Ask any translator, ours included, about ITI or CIOL membership if that matters to you.

How Much Does Kurdish Translation Cost in Iver?

Prices for certified Kurdish translation begin at about £35 per page; anything long is priced per word. Handwritten entries and files mixing Kurdish, Arabic and Persian take more reading time, and the quote reflects that. Send scans through the quote form during UK office hours and a fixed figure normally follows within the hour. How we price is set out on the translation cost page.

How Long Does a Kurdish Translation Take?

A single Kurdish certificate takes one to two working days as a rule. For short documents we can sometimes deliver the same day, capacity allowing (see same-day translation). A mixed file needing a Sorani, an Arabic and a Persian translator runs a little longer, so the quote gives a date for each.

How to Order a Kurdish Translation in Iver

  1. Upload scans or photos of every page. Both sides of identity cards, and anything stamped, signed or annotated. Flat, well-lit phone photos are normally fine.
  2. Say who the translation is for and how names are spelt. A solicitor, a court, UK ENIC, the register office or UKVI, plus how every name is spelt on the passport or Home Office correspondence.
  3. Accept the fixed price. We identify each language, translate, have a second linguist check the work, then email the certified PDF, with a tracked paper copy if needed.

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Kurdish Translator Near Me in Iver

We don't have an office in Iver, and written translation doesn't call for one. A Kurdish translator near you matters less than one who reads your document's script, since certified translations are emailed to you anywhere in the UK. The local side is the destination: the register office, the GP practice, the immigration solicitor or the council housing team.

Confidential Kurdish Document Translation

Kurdish document translation often involves files a client would never want lost: asylum accounts, medical histories, the names of relatives still living in Iraq, Iran or Syria. Everything is processed under UK GDPR, with access limited to three people (your translator, the second linguist and the project manager), and nothing in it is reused for any other purpose.

Need a Kurdish Interpreter in Iver Instead?

Translation stops at the page. For a spoken exchange, such as a Home Office interview, a surgery or a hearing, our Kurdish interpreter in Iver page covers that.

Kurdish Translator Iver FAQs

How much does Kurdish translation cost in Iver?

Certified Kurdish translation begins at about £35 per page, with longer documents quoted per word. Send scans during UK office hours and a fixed price normally reaches you within the hour.

Can you certify a Kurdish translation for UKVI or the Home Office?

For visas, settlement, citizenship and family routes, UKVI and the Home Office accept the certified Kurdish translations we issue. Each carries a statement of accuracy, signed, dated and stamped on Prism letterhead with our contact details.

How quickly can you translate a Kurdish document?

Most short Kurdish documents, a marriage or birth certificate for example, are finished within one to two working days. If we have capacity, a one-page document can even be returned on the day you send it, and longer files carry a date we set when quoting.

Do I need to send my original Kurdish documents?

No, we only need clear scans or photos of each page of your Kurdish documents. Keep the originals safe, since a register office or UKVI can ask for them.

Do you translate English to Kurdish as well as Kurdish to English?

Yes, in Sorani or Kurmanji. Translation into Kurdish is done by native speakers of the variety you pick, English versions are written by native English speakers with fluent Kurdish, and a second linguist checks both.

My documents are in Arabic, Persian or Turkish, not Kurdish. Can you still translate them?

Yes. Many Kurdish clients hold Iraqi papers in Arabic, Iranian papers in Persian or Turkish records, and we send each page to a translator for its own language, then certify the whole set together.

Get a Kurdish Translation Quote in Iver

Send us the documents, tell us where they are going, and we'll tell you which languages they are in and what it will cost. Telephone +44 (0) 20 3880 6688; the email address is info@prismlinguistics.co.uk. Scans can also go through our quote form. For wider cover, see our Kurdish translation services across the UK, the Kurdish document translation service and the Kurdish language services hub.

About the Kurdish Language

Written Kurdish has two main standards. Sorani uses an alphabet based on Arabic script, read right to left, which unlike Arabic writes its vowels as letters; Kurmanji uses the Latin-based Hawar alphabet of 31 letters, five of them with marks (Ç, Ê, Î, Ş and Û). Names cause most of the trouble. The Latin spelling on a passport can follow the Arabic, Persian or Turkish form of a name rather than the Kurdish one, and the Turkish alphabet has no q, w or x, so one person may appear three ways across their papers. We use the passport spelling throughout. Iranian records are dated by the Solar Hijri calendar, and we add the Gregorian date in a translator's note.