Spanish speakers in Co. Kilkenny come from Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela and beyond, and each country's paperwork looks a little different. For Kilkenny clients we translate the certificación literal de nacimiento, the acta de matrimonio, the título de bachiller and the sentencia de divorcio into certified English. Each page costs €29.95, carries a signed Certificate of Accuracy and is usually back with you by email within 24 hours for up to three pages.
Census 2022 recorded 660 Spanish speakers at home in Co. Kilkenny.
The Spanish-speaking community in the county is small but varied. Nurses from Spain, Latin American partners of Irish citizens and students heading to SETU are all part of it. Spanish civil records qualify for the EU multilingual standard form, but a Colombian or Argentine acta does not, so the Latin American half of the community nearly always needs a full certified translation plus, for some uses, an apostille from the issuing country.
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Graduates of a Spanish Grado en Enfermería joining St Luke's General Hospital need NMBI registration first. We translate the título, the certificación académica with its ECTS credits and the certificate of professional status, keeping the Spanish grade scale.
A Colombian or Venezuelan spouse of an EU citizen living in Kilkenny applies to ISD for residence under EU Treaty Rights. We translate the acta de matrimonio, the birth records and the apostille attached to each of them.
Kilkenny students with a Spanish or Latin American bachillerato apply for SETU and other courses through the CAO, which wants an official translation by a professional translation service provider. We translate the título and the grade transcript.
Anyone divorced in Spain or Mexico who wants to remarry in Kilkenny shows the sentencia de divorcio at marriage notification. We translate the judgment and the firmeza note showing it is final, so the registrar has everything in English.
Título de Graduado en Enfermería
Nurses from Spain applying for posts at St Luke's General Hospital send NMBI a translated degree with their clinical training record. Spanish títulos are issued in the King's name by the university rector, and we keep that formula and the registry number exactly as printed.
Certificado de fe de vida y estado
Spanish citizens marrying in Co. Kilkenny must show the Civil Registration Service they are free to marry. The fe de vida y estado from a Spanish Registro Civil records civil status on a given date, so registrars usually want a recent copy.
Certificado de notas
Latin American graduates in Kilkenny applying for a SETU postgraduate course usually need their transcript in English. Latin American universities grade on scales such as 0 to 5 or 1 to 10, so we translate the scale key exactly as the university printed it.
Spanish surnames cause more mix-ups in Kilkenny than almost any other detail: a PPS record may hold only the first apellido while a Spanish certificate shows both. Use both surnames consistently on forms for the registrar, the hospital or SETU, and tell us which order your passport follows so the translation lines up with it exactly.
€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.
