Certified Tamil
Translation Services
Tamil documents come from two countries with entirely separate administrations. Sri Lankan records are commonly issued in three languages on one form; Indian records from Tamil Nadu look nothing like them and use different references, offices and conventions.
Tell us where yours was issued and it goes to a linguist who works with that system. Everything is certified with a signed declaration of accuracy on company letterhead, dated, with our wet stamp.
WHAT THE HOME OFFICE actually asks for
Where documents provided are not in English or Welsh, you must provide a full dated and signed translation in English that can be verified. This must be dated and include the full name and signature of the translator or an authorised official of the translation company and their contact details.
gov.uk guidance on documents in support of an application
Every Tamil translation we issue carries all four elements – a full translation, a date, the translator named and signed, and contact details that can be checked – on company letterhead with our wet stamp. That is what acceptance actually turns on, and it is why we can guarantee it.
BOTH DIRECTIONS, one certified standard
Tamil to English
- Home Office, UKVI and asylum or settlement applications
- Birth, marriage and death records
- School and university certificates
- Marksheets and transcripts
- Police and court documents
- Property, land and inheritance documents
English to Tamil
- Documents for consulates and authorities
- Marriage, property and inheritance matters
- Powers of attorney for use abroad
- Company and contract paperwork
- School and university files
- Apostilled or legalised translations
Working between Tamil and a third language is fine too – tell us both and we will confirm the pairing before you order.
TAMIL DOCUMENTS we translate every week
- Birth certificates
- Marriage certificates
- Death certificates
- Divorce decrees and court orders
- School leaving and O/L, A/L certificates
- University degrees and marksheets
- Identity cards and passports
- Police clearance certificates
- Affidavits and notarial documents
- Land, property and deed extracts
- Employment and reference letters
- Bank statements and income documents
Not on the list? We translate it anyway. The certified translation page carries the full range, and there are individual pages for the documents people ask about most.
WHY EKO 4 for Tamil
Anyone can say they translate Tamil. These are the three things that actually decide whether a Tamil file is accepted.
Sri Lanka or India – the answer changes who translates it
Sri Lankan and Indian Tamil documents share a language and almost nothing else: different issuing offices, different reference formats, different terminology for the same events. A linguist who works with one is not automatically at home in the other, so we ask where the document was issued before assigning it.
A trilingual certificate still needs a certified translation
Sri Lankan civil documents are frequently issued in Sinhala, Tamil and English on the same form, and people reasonably assume the English column is enough. It generally is not: the handwritten entries and the stamps are not in English, and UK guidance asks for a full translation certified by a named translator either way. We translate the whole form, English column included.
Initials are expanded, not dropped
South Indian and Sri Lankan Tamil names commonly place initials before the given name, standing for a father’s name or a village. UK forms tend to swallow them, and then the application and the certificate no longer describe the same person. The name is reproduced exactly as the document gives it, initials and all, with the structure explained in a note where it helps.
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At EKO 4 Translations we guarantee 100%
- Document Acceptance
- Accuracy and Quality
- Delivery on Time
- Free Corrections
WHAT YOU GET with every Tamil translation
- Accredited and sworn, fully bilingual philologist and linguist human translators
- An additional native-speaking proofreader on every project for quality assurance
- Professional DTP editing and formatting, so the translation mirrors your original
- A signed affidavit and declaration of translation accuracy
- The company wet stamp for authenticity
- Official certification on company letterhead
- Full compliance with the ISO 17100 quality standard
- A physical copy with wet stamps and company letterhead where one is needed
- Nothing of yours has to travel – a scan is enough, and hard copies come to you
- Any iterations, corrections and editing free of charge, same day or next day
CERTIFIED, SWORN or apostilled – which do you need?
These are three different things and ordering the wrong one is the most common and most expensive mistake in the process. Which you need is decided entirely by who is receiving the document, and it is the first thing we check when you ask for a quote.
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Certified translation
A signed declaration of accuracy on company letterhead, dated, with the translator named and our wet stamp applied – what the Home Office, UKVI, HMCTS, universities and employers ask for.
Certified translation →2
Sworn or notarised
Where an authority wants the declaration sworn before a solicitor acting as Commissioner for Oaths, or witnessed and sealed by a notary public. Usually asked for by a body outside the UK.
Certified & sworn translation →3
Apostille or legalisation
An FCDO apostille for countries in the Hague Convention, and embassy legalisation on top for those outside it. We confirm which route your country needs before you order.
Notarised translation & apostille →Some of our clients
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TAMIL translation – questions, answered
Will the Home Office accept a Tamil translation from you?
Yes, and we guarantee acceptance. It is complete and word for word, including seals, stamps and handwritten entries, and issued dated on company letterhead with the translator named and signed and our contact details on it.
My Sri Lankan certificate already has English on it.
It usually still needs translating. The English portion is generally partial, the handwritten entries and stamps are not in English, and the guidance asks for a full certified translation regardless. We translate the entire form.
My documents are from Tamil Nadu, not Sri Lanka.
Worth saying when you send them. The two systems use different forms and offices, so the document goes to a linguist who works with the right one.
Can you translate marksheets for a UK university?
Yes, with the certificate alongside. Marks are reproduced exactly as awarded with the scale alongside them; comparability is UK ENIC’s judgement, not a translator’s.
Do you need my original documents?
No. Clear scans of both sides are enough for the whole job including certification.
How long does it take?
A standard certificate is normally back within 24 to 72 hours and expedited delivers as fast as 24 hours.
Send your Tamil document
A scan or a phone photograph is enough. You will have an itemised written quote, a delivery date and an honest answer on what certification the receiving body actually wants – free, with no obligation, and handled confidentially under UK GDPR.
Or talk to a person: 0333 772 1444 · info@translationsuk.com
TAMIL TRANSLATION wherever you are in the UK
The whole service runs digitally, so where you are makes no difference to the work, the timing or the price. Send a scan, approve the quote, and the finished translation comes back by email – with a wet-stamped hard copy posted to your address when you need one.
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