Spanish speakers in Galway City include exchange students from Spain at the University of Galway, Latin American engineers in the medtech parks, doctors at UHG and families settled across the city. We translate the certificación literal de nacimiento, título de Grado, certificación académica personal and Latin American actas into certified English, each one signed, dated and stamped. The rate is €29.95 per page, and short Spanish files are generally emailed within 24 hours.
Census 2022 found 1,170 Spanish speakers at home in Galway City, the second largest foreign-language group in the city council area.
Galway's Spanish-speaking community mixes Spaniards who came for research posts, teaching and hospitality with newer arrivals from Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Venezuela. Two customs shape their paperwork: most people carry two surnames, and Latin American records usually come as an acta with an apostille attached. Spanish civil records may qualify for an EU multilingual form, whereas documents from Latin America fall outside that scheme and need a full certified translation.
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Students arriving from Spanish universities for a semester at the University of Galway need their certificación académica in English so credits can be recognised at home and here. We keep subject codes, ECTS credits and the 0 to 10 grading scale exactly as issued.
Doctors from Spain or Latin America joining University Hospital Galway send the Medical Council their medical degree, internship records and a good-standing certificate. The Council asks for officially stamped translations, and every page we deliver carries our stamp and a reference number.
Engineers from Mexico or Colombia moving into Galway's medical device plants often need a título profesional, a cédula profesional and letters from past employers in English, first for HR and later for professional recognition.
Grandchildren of Galway emigrants born in Argentina or Chile may apply to the Foreign Births Register. We translate the partida or acta de nacimiento and the marriage records linking each generation, stamped with our company details as the DFA asks.
Título de Graduado en Fisioterapia
Spanish physiotherapists and occupational therapists taking posts at University Hospital Galway or Merlin Park register with CORU first. We translate the título, the plan de estudios with clinical hours and a certificate from your Colegio profesional, each signed and stamped.
Certificado literal de matrimonio
A Spanish citizen living in Galway whose non-EU spouse applies to ISD under EU Treaty Rights needs the marriage record. The Registro Civil issues a literal certificate or an EU multilingual form, and we translate the literal one whenever it is requested.
Certificado de defunción
When a Spanish or Latin American relative dies and a Galway solicitor is handling Irish assets or a survivor's claim, the death certificate is needed in English. We translate the literal version with its Registro Civil entry and the cause of death where shown.
Argentinians, Chileans and other Latin Americans in Galway with an Irish-born grandparent may apply to the Foreign Births Register, which asks that a translation carries a stamp or seal and the translator's details. Ours carry both, plus a reference number. Order full birth and marriage records for every generation, because the file links grandparent, parent and applicant.
€29.95 per page (300 source words) for certified Spanish translation, with free delivery by email. Add a hard copy by tracked post (€14.95) or an apostille for use abroad (from €149.95) at checkout. See all services.
