Government & Public Sector translation.

Public-sector work we handle.

Government and NGO projects are rarely one document. They are programmes: a policy, then its public summary, then posters, radio scripts and forms, often in several of South Africa’s official languages at once. We run these as one project with one terminology base, so a term reads the same way in the policy and on the poster.

Documents for immigration and civil records.

Much of the translation that crosses a government desk is personal documents submitted by the public. We translate these as sworn translations for Home Affairs, courts and embassies:

• Birth certificate translation and marriage certificate translation
• Police clearance certificate translation
• Passport translation and identity document translation
• Letter of no impediment translation
• Name change document translation

Asylum and immigration case files often combine several of these with affidavits and court orders. See affidavit translation and court order translation.

Working with public bodies.

• Confidentiality protocols aligned with POPIA. Documents are never put into a public AI engine.
• Formatting precision. Translated forms, tables and legislation keep the layout of the source, so they can be checked side by side. For designed materials, our desktop publishing team typesets the translated version.
• Written quotations before work starts, with a named project manager on every project.
• Consistent terminology across multi-document programmes.

Interpreting for public meetings.

For hearings, community meetings and consultations, see interpreting services and our guide to simultaneous vs consecutive interpreting.