Certified Portuguese
Translation Services
Portuguese is two working traditions rather than one. Brazilian civil records come from a cartório, are reissued rather than photocopied, and carry their history in annotations down the margin. Portuguese records come from a Conservatória do Registo Civil and use different vocabulary for the same events.
We translate both, by linguists who work in the right variety rather than whichever was free, and certify with a signed declaration of accuracy on company letterhead, dated, with our wet stamp. Send a scan and you will have a fixed price and a delivery date before anything starts.
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 Portuguese 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
Portuguese to English
- Home Office, UKVI and settlement applications
- Birth, marriage and death certificates
- Diplomas, históricos escolares and transcripts
- Police records and criminal-record certificates
- Driving licences for the DVLA
- Company documents and contracts
English to Portuguese
- Citizenship and consular files
- Marriage, property and inheritance abroad
- Documents for Brazilian and Portuguese offices
- Company formation and trade paperwork
- Powers of attorney
- Apostilled translations for use overseas
Working between Portuguese and a third language is fine too – tell us both and we will confirm the pairing before you order.
PORTUGUESE DOCUMENTS we translate every week
- Birth certificates (certidão de nascimento)
- Marriage certificates (certidão de casamento)
- Death certificates (certidão de óbito)
- Divorce judgments
- University diplomas and transcripts
- School certificates and histórico escolar
- Criminal-record certificates
- Identity cards and passports
- Driving licences
- Powers of attorney and notarial deeds
- Bank statements and payslips
- Company registration 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 Portuguese
Anyone can say they translate Portuguese. These are the three things that actually decide whether a Portuguese file is accepted.
Brazilian and European Portuguese are not interchangeable
The same event has different names in the two systems, and the registry vocabulary diverges much further than everyday language does. A translator who works with Brazilian records and one who works with Portuguese records are not the same person, and we assign accordingly rather than treating “Portuguese” as one queue.
The averbações are usually the point
Brazilian certificates record later events – a divorce, a name change, a recognition of paternity – as annotations in the margin rather than by reissuing a different document. Those annotations are frequently the exact thing the receiving body needs to see, and they are translated in full, in place, with their dates and references.
A reissued certidão supersedes the old one
Brazilian civil records are reissued on request rather than photocopied, so the version in your drawer may be years out of date and missing everything that has happened since. If your document is old and your case turns on a later event, obtain a fresh copy before you pay for a translation of the wrong one – and ask us first if you are unsure. That advice is free.
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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 Portuguese 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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PORTUGUESE translation – questions, answered
Do you translate Brazilian and European Portuguese?
Both, and not as one queue. The registry systems and their vocabulary differ enough that a document goes to a linguist who works with that country’s paperwork. Tell us where the document was issued and it is assigned accordingly.
Will the Home Office accept a Portuguese translation from you?
Yes, and we guarantee acceptance. It is complete and word for word, including seals, stamps and marginal annotations, and it is issued dated, on company letterhead, with the translator named and signed and our contact details on it.
My Brazilian certificate is from years ago. Is that a problem?
It can be. Brazilian records are reissued rather than photocopied, and anything that has happened since – a divorce, a name change – is written into the margin of the current version, not yours. If your case depends on one of those events, get a fresh copy first. Ask us before you order if you are not sure; the advice costs nothing.
Can you translate my diploma for a UK university or UK ENIC?
Yes, with the histórico escolar or transcript alongside it, because that is where the modules, hours and grading scale are. Grades are translated exactly as awarded and never mapped to a UK classification – comparability is UK ENIC’s judgement, not a translator’s.
Do you need my original document?
No. A clear scan or photograph is enough for the whole job including certification, front and back. Your original stays with you and a wet-stamped hard copy is posted to your address if you need one.
How long does it take?
A standard civil-registry certificate is normally back within 24 to 72 hours, and expedited delivers as fast as 24 hours without removing the second linguist from the process.
Send your Portuguese 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
PORTUGUESE 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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