Enlhet interpreting and translation

Enlhet interpreters for health, work and land matters

Our first check is simple: does the speaker use Enlhet or Enxet? The names are easily confused, and getting this right saves a wasted session. We generally work with an Enlhet and Spanish interpreter and add a second interpreter for English. Some Enlhet people work in the Mennonite colonies and may use Low German (Plautdietsch) or other German varieties, but we never assume this and always ask.

Video is the most practical way to reach linguists in the Chaco, using the SILA Linguists® app or a platform you already run, and telephone sessions can be arranged whenever they are needed. In health and legal conversations we recommend plain language and frequent checks on understanding. Employment and labour discussions, land consultations and school meetings are interpreted consecutively, and the client may ask for a female or male interpreter.

Enlhet translation and certified translation

Enlhet remains in everyday use in many communities, and there is an active tradition of Enlhet-language education and publishing, with an established spelling used in schools and community publications. Our translators follow that spelling for health information, employment terms, school materials and consultation documents, after confirming who the readers are.

Official documents from Paraguay, such as identity cards, employment records and land papers, are issued in Spanish. Their certified English translations come with a signed accuracy statement, accepted by UK authorities such as courts, the Home Office and educational institutions, and by employers. We can also translate Spanish or English material into Enlhet for community review.

Transcription in a multilingual region

Spanish, Paraguayan Guarani and sometimes Low German are contact languages in the central Chaco, and recordings often contain more than one. Our transcribers label every language, add time codes and provide an English rendering, for research interviews, consultation meetings and education projects.

Sectors we support in Enlhet

Our vetted, trained and qualified Enlhet linguists can support health services, schools and teacher-training programmes, employers and labour advisers, community consultations and land matters, and researchers in the Chaco. One SILA Linguists® coordinator handles each project, and every linguist is bound by a non-disclosure agreement and UK GDPR, keeping sensitive employment and land discussions private.