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Certified English translations for Dublin's students, workers, families and solicitors, prepared for Trinity College Dublin and UCD admissions, marriage notification at the Civil Registration Service, family law cases at Dolphin House and Phoenix House, and foreign wills at the Probate Office. Every translation carries a signed Certificate of Accuracy, our company stamp and a reference number. €29.95 per page, most orders delivered by email in 24 hours, with a tracked-post hard copy available at checkout.

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Dublin Certified Translations

Certified Translations for Dublin's Courts and Campuses

Dublin city and suburbs had 1,263,219 residents at Census 2022, and the capital is where many national offices sit: the Four Courts, the Principal Probate Registry, the family law courts at Dolphin House and Phoenix House, and the ISD Registration Office on Burgh Quay. Dublin clients therefore need translations for formal legal and immigration steps as well as everyday ones such as university applications, employer onboarding, marriage notification and foreign pensions. We prepare each translation for the office involved, entirely online.

Simple Process

How It Works

Get your certified translation in 3 easy steps.

1

Upload Your Document

Submit a photo, scan, or PDF through our secure portal. Our system automatically calculates the word count and generates an exact price in euro instantly.
2

We Translate & Certify

A professional translator completes your certified translation, with a signed Certificate of Accuracy, our company stamp and a reference number.
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Download & Submit

Receive your certified translation by email, or a hard copy by tracked post to your Dublin address. A 12-hour expedited service is available on request.
Dublin Coverage

Why People in Dublin Need Certified Translations

Burgh Quay, Citizenship and EU Treaty Rights. Dublin is home to the ISD Registration Office on Burgh Quay, Dublin 2, where all first-time IRP registration in Ireland takes place. Residents across the city also apply for citizenship, EU Treaty Rights residence cards and family reunification, and we translate every foreign certificate those applications involve.

Onboarding at Docklands Employers. Tech and finance firms in the Docklands ask new hires for degree certificates, references and police certificates from previous countries. We translate each document so HR and compliance teams can read it, usually within one working day.

Foreign Wills in Irish Estates. When someone who lived abroad leaves assets in Ireland, the Probate Office in Dublin handles the grant. We translate the foreign will, grant or certificate of inheritance. Ask your solicitor how the translator's affidavit should be handled.

Divorce Papers Before Remarrying. A foreign divorce decree usually needs translating before a new marriage notification or a Circuit Court family law application. We translate the decree, the finality stamp and any recognition clause in full, leaving nothing summarised.

Master's and PhD Applications. Applicants to Dublin's universities for postgraduate programmes submit transcripts, diploma supplements and references. We keep module titles, ECTS credits and grades exactly as printed, and translate the grading key where the original has one.

Foreign Pension Claims. Retirees and returning workers claiming a pension from another country send employment records and pension statements to advisers and the Department of Social Protection. We translate contribution periods, dates and amounts carefully so each office can match your record.

Where Your Translations Go

Key Dublin Institutions Where Your Translations Will Be Submitted

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Immigration Service Delivery (ISD)
For people in Dublin, ISD handles naturalisation, Irish Residence Permits, EU Treaty Rights cards and visas. It asks that foreign documents come with a professional translation, signed and dated, with the translator’s contact details. Visa files also need hard copies, and non-EEA translations an apostille.
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Trinity College Dublin and UCD
International applicants upload transcripts, degree certificates and school-leaving results with an English translation. We translate grades, credits and grading scales exactly as printed, so admissions staff can read them against Irish standards.
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Dolphin House and Phoenix House
The District Court family law office is at Dolphin House and the Dublin Circuit Family Law Office at Phoenix House, Smithfield. Court rules ask for a translator's affidavit with foreign papers, so ask your solicitor how it should be handled.
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Probate Office (Principal Probate Registry)
Based at Phoenix House, it deals with estates in Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow, and every case where the deceased lived outside Ireland. A foreign will is admitted in terms of a translation with an affidavit of translator.
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St James's Hospital and the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Nurses and doctors joining Dublin's teaching hospitals register first with NMBI or the Medical Council. Both ask for translations stamped and signed by the translator, with full contact details, which every translation we deliver carries.
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Civil Registration Service, Joyce House
Couples giving marriage notification in Dublin bring birth certificates and, where relevant, a divorce decree or a former spouse's death certificate. Documents not in English or Irish need a translation, though an EU multilingual standard form may replace it.
Languages

Translation in 100+ LANGUAGES

We provide certified translations in over 100 languages. The languages most spoken at home in the four Dublin council areas after English and Irish (Census 2022) are Romanian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and these are the ones we translate most for clients in Dublin.

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The same certified translation service is available everywhere in Ireland. Because everything is online, turnaround is the same wherever you are.

Common Questions about Official Translation in Dublin

Dublin Certified Translation – FAQ

€29.95 per page of up to 300 source words, whatever the language. A Probate Office file with a two-page foreign will and a one-page death certificate usually comes to €89.85.
Standard delivery is 24 hours for one to three pages, and longer files take longer. If your appointment at Joyce House or a court date is close, ask for our 12-hour expedited service, available on request.
Since 13 January 2025 all first-time Irish Residence Permit registration is done in person at the ISD Registration Office, 13–14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2, and renewals are online. If ISD asks for a supporting document that is not in English or Irish, bring a certified translation with it.
Yes. Every order arrives as a signed PDF by email, and you can add a hard copy by tracked post at checkout, sent to any Dublin Eircode. Choose it if your solicitor wants a signed paper original for a court or probate file.
Often, yes. Circuit, District and Superior Court rules ask for a translator's affidavit verifying qualifications and accuracy, and the Probate Office asks for an affidavit of translator with a foreign will. It can be sworn before a notary public. We supply the certified translation with a signed Certificate of Accuracy. Ask your solicitor how the affidavit should be handled.
Ireland has no sworn-translator system, in Dublin or anywhere else. Irish bodies ask for certified translations by professional translators, and each sets its own format. We prepare yours to the rule of the office you are dealing with.

Dublin (Co. Dublin) has a population of 1,263,219 (city and suburbs, Census 2022). Official Translations provides certified translations for clients in Dublin in over 100 languages, with each translation carrying a signed Certificate of Accuracy, our company stamp and a reference number.

The documents clients in Dublin ask us to translate most often include birth certificate, marriage certificate, academic transcript, divorce documents, last will & testament. First-time Irish Residence Permit registration for all of Ireland takes place at the ISD Registration Office, Burgh Quay, Dublin 2, with renewals online.

Prices start at €29.95 per page, with 24-hour standard turnaround for 1–3 pages, free delivery by email, a hard copy by tracked post on request and an apostille for documents going abroad.