Certified Spanish Translation in the UK
We translate Spanish documents into English for use in the UK: visas and settlement, British passports, courts, universities and employers. Each translation is certified in the form UK authorities ask for and delivered as a PDF by email.
Documents come to us from Spain and from Latin America, including Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela and Ecuador. Send a photo or scan and you receive a quote by email, usually within 30 minutes during business hours. Standard single documents start from £30.
Spanish documents we translate into English
Spanish and Latin American documents often arrive with an apostille and several stamps on the back. Send both sides: UK authorities expect the translation to cover everything on the document.
- Certificado literal de nacimiento and partida de nacimiento
- Certificado de matrimonio and libro de familia
- Sentencia de divorcio and convenio regulador
- Título universitario and certificado académico
- Certificado de antecedentes penales
- DNI, cédula de identidad and permiso de conducir
- Apostilla de La Haya and consular legalisations attached to any of the above
- Nóminas, declaración de la renta and extractos bancarios
What UK authorities ask for
The Home Office asks for a full translation of every document that is not in English or Welsh, and it must be able to verify that translation independently. HM Passport Office, the courts and universities ask for certified translations too.
Home Office guidance says each translation must contain:
- Confirmation from the translator that it is an accurate translation of the original document
- The date of the translation
- The translator's full name and signature
- The translator's contact details
How we handle the details in Spanish documents
The details that cause questions with Spanish-language documents are almost always about names and about which version of a certificate was sent:
- Both surnames are kept, in the order shown, and are not hyphenated or shortened; the spelling follows your passport
- A certificado literal is translated in full, including marginal notes about marriage, divorce or nationality
- Apostilles, notarial legalisations and registry stamps on the reverse are translated as part of the document
- Grades on a ten-point scale and terms such as sobresaliente or aprobado are translated as shown and are not converted into UK classifications
UK ENIC and academic documents
UK ENIC's Translation Waiver Service covers Spanish at no extra charge, so you can submit Spanish diplomas and transcripts for a Statement of Comparability without translating them.
The waiver applies to UK ENIC's own assessment only. A university, an employer, a professional regulator or the Home Office may still ask you for a certified translation of the same documents. These are UK ENIC's published terms for November 2026.
English to Spanish, for use abroad
Spanish authorities usually ask for a traducción jurada, made by a traductor-intérprete jurado appointed by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A UK certified translation is generally not accepted in its place. Latin American countries have their own systems, such as the traductor público in Argentina and the perito traductor in Mexico.
Tell us the country and the authority when you ask for a quote, and we will tell you what it normally accepts.
Prices and turnaround
Standard single documents such as a birth certificate, an ID card or a driving licence start from £30. Longer documents are priced by word count, and you see the exact price before you pay.
You receive your quote by email, usually within 30 minutes during business hours, together with the delivery time for your document.
Get a Free Quote
Upload your Spanish document and receive a free quote by email, usually within 30 minutes during business hours.
Frequently asked questions
Is your Spanish to English translation accepted by the Home Office?
Yes. It carries what Home Office guidance asks for: the translator's confirmation that it is an accurate translation of the original document, the date, the translator's full name and signature, and contact details.
Do I need to send the original document?
No. A clear photo or scan is enough. Send every page that carries text, stamps or annotations, including the reverse side.
My country issues a multilingual certificate that includes English. Do I still need a translation?
Possibly not. Spain can issue a certificado plurilingüe, a multilingual extract of a birth or marriage record with English headings. Ask the UK authority whether it will accept that version before you order a translation; if it prefers the full national certificate, that one needs translating.
How much does a certified Spanish translation cost?
Standard single documents start from £30. Longer documents are priced by word count. You receive the exact price by email before you pay.