Polish is by far the largest foreign language in Donegal homes, and Letterkenny is where much of that community works, studies and deals with official paperwork. We translate Polish akty stanu cywilnego, school certificates and professional records into English for clients across the county, from Buncrana to Donegal Town. Each translation is signed, stamped and numbered, then emailed to you as a PDF.
Co. Donegal was home to 2,126 Polish speakers at Census 2022, a county-wide figure that reaches well beyond Letterkenny into Inishowen and the south of the county.
Polish workers came to Donegal in the building, fishing, food and care sectors, and many made Letterkenny their base because of its jobs and schools. Twenty years on, their paperwork is more about settled family life: birth records for Irish passports, Polish marriage certificates for mortgage files, and Matura results when a teenager applies to college. A Polish civil record issued with the EU multilingual standard form may be enough for some Irish offices, but most Donegal employers still want an English version.
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Midwives trained in Poland joining the maternity unit at LUH register with NMBI first. We translate the dyplom, the list of practical placements and the chamber certificate, each carrying our phone, address and email.
Donegal teenagers with a Polish Matura applying to ATU's Letterkenny campus translate the świadectwo dojrzałości, including the levels at which each subject was sat. We keep percentage results exactly as printed.
A Circuit Court separation in Letterkenny may rely on a Polish marriage certificate and an earlier wyrok rozwodowy. We translate the marriage certificate and the wyrok rozwodowy in full. Irish court rules require a translator's affidavit, so ask your Letterkenny solicitor how it should be handled.
Polish residents who have lived in Donegal for years and apply for Irish citizenship send a professional translation of each Polish document. We translate birth, marriage and name-change records as one consistent set.
Wyrok rozwodowy z klauzulą prawomocności
A partner divorced in Poland who gives marriage notification in Donegal has to prove the first marriage is over. The Sąd Okręgowy judgment does that only with its klauzula prawomocności, so send the stamped final copy and we translate the clause with it.
Świadectwo pracy
Technicians, porters and administrators applying to ATU's Letterkenny campus or Letterkenny University Hospital may be asked to evidence past Polish jobs. The świadectwo pracy states working hours as a fraction of full time, such as 1/1 etat, and we translate that detail precisely.
Dyplom lekarza
Doctors from Poland taking up posts at Letterkenny University Hospital send the Medical Council their dyplom lekarza, internship record and a certificate from the Naczelna Izba Lekarska. We translate each with our official stamp, name and full address, as the Council's guidance sets out.
Plan a Donegal wedding at least three months ahead, and order translations as soon as the notification appointment is booked. Ask the Polish court for a fresh copy of the divorce judgment with the klauzula prawomocności, and the Urząd Stanu Cywilnego for an odpis zupełny of your birth record. Documents from Derry or elsewhere in Northern Ireland are already in English, so leave those out of the order.
€29.95 per page (300 source words) for certified Polish 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.
