Portuguese is Limerick's third foreign language, spoken mainly by Brazilians working in healthcare, hospitality, food processing and tech, alongside students at UL and TUS and a smaller group from Portugal and Angola. We translate certidões, CNH licences, Polícia Federal certificates, diplomas and histórico escolar records into certified English for €29.95 per page. Brazilian and Portuguese orders of one to three pages usually return within 24 hours.
In Co. Limerick, 1,517 people speak Portuguese at home (Census 2022), the combined total for Limerick City and County.
Many of Limerick's Portuguese speakers are recent arrivals from Brazil, reflecting the sharp national rise in Portuguese speakers since 2016. Some are nurses building a career at UHL, others study at UL or work in the city's hotels and restaurants. Their paperwork is almost entirely non-EU, so full translations and, for certain uses, an apostille from Brazil are the norm rather than the exception.
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Brazilian graduates applying for a master's at UL send the Diploma de Graduação with its histórico escolar. We translate the degree, the stamps on its reverse and every grade on the Brazilian 0 to 10 scale.
Brazilian partners marrying in Limerick bring a recent certidão de nascimento em inteiro teor, and a divorced partner also brings the averbação. We translate both, keeping the 32-digit matrícula exact.
Brazilians renting a car at Shannon Airport or insuring a car in Limerick may be asked for their Carteira Nacional de Habilitação in English. We translate the categories, validity and first-licence date.
Family law cases at Merchants Quay involving a Brazilian marriage, divorce deed or custody decision need translated exhibits. We translate the sentença or escritura with every stamp. Your solicitor can confirm how the translator's affidavit should be sworn for the exhibits.
Diploma de Bacharel em Enfermagem
Brazilian nurses heading to University Hospital Limerick apply to NMBI with the nursing diploma, transcript and proof of registration with their regional COREN. We translate the carga horária of clinical placements carefully, since NMBI compares theory and practice hours.
Certidão de Nascimento
Brazilians who have lived in Limerick long enough to apply for citizenship include a birth certidão with the ISD application. We translate a recent inteiro teor copy, including averbações; ask ISD whether it also wants an apostille from Brazil on the original.
Carteira de Trabalho e Previdência Social (CTPS)
Brazilian engineers and technicians joining Limerick firms may be asked to prove earlier experience. The digital CTPS lists each employer, admission date and role, and we translate the exported PDF so an HR team at Raheen or Plassey can check it.
As Brazilian records come from outside the EU, the Limerick registrar may want an apostille from Brazil on the birth certidão. Get the apostille at a cartório before you post originals anywhere, then send us a clear scan of the certidão and the apostille page. Order recently issued copies, since many Irish bodies prefer fresh certificates.
€29.95 per page (300 source words) for certified Portuguese 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.
