Individual document translation

Payslip Translation.

Professional translation of payslips and salary statements for visa applications, immigration, employment verification, banking and other official purposes.

Recurring payroll terminology stays consistent from month to month, while the amounts and period stay tied exactly to each source document.

What we translate

Payslips we translate.

  • Monthly payslips
  • Weekly and fortnightly payslips
  • Salary advices
  • Payroll statements
  • Foreign payslips
  • Electronic salary slips
Send your payslips
Content of the translation

What information is translated?

  • Employer
  • Employee
  • Occupation and employee number
  • Pay period
  • Basic salary
  • Gross pay
  • Overtime
  • Allowances
  • Bonuses
  • Deductions
  • Tax-related labels
  • UIF and pension labels where shown
  • Net pay
  • Year-to-date figures

South African employment law requires written remuneration information, including employer and employee details, the period, remuneration, deductions and the amount actually paid. Those elements are translated as they appear.

Visa applications

Payslip translation for visa applications.

South African mission guidance can accept payslips as part of proof of financial means in applicable visa processes.

Payslips do not always replace bank statements. One current mission explicitly states that salary advices alone are not sufficient for its financial-means requirement, so check what the receiving mission asks for before relying on payslips by themselves.

A distinction

Payslip vs employment letter.

Payslip

Evidence of actual payroll and remuneration.

Employment letter

An employer statement about the employment.

The two are often submitted together. Employment Letter Translation

Another distinction

Payslip vs bank statement.

A payslip shows what payroll recorded; a bank statement shows what was received into an account. A receiving authority may ask for both. Bank Statement Translation

Several months

Multiple months.

When several payslips are translated together, the recurring payroll terminology stays consistent from month to month, while the amounts and period-specific information stay tied exactly to each source document.

GROSS PAYDEDUCTIONS=NET PAY
Gross pay, less deductions, equals net pay. Generic layout, no real payroll data.
Before you request a quote

What should you send us?

  • The complete payslip or payslips
  • The source and target language
  • The number of months
  • The destination authority
  • Related bank statements or an employment letter, if terminology must match
  • Your deadline
Send your payslips for a quote

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