Filipino interpreting and translation

Filipino interpreters who check understanding

Respect for authority runs deep in Filipino culture, and clients can be reluctant to admit they have not understood a doctor, a manager or a judge. Our Filipino interpreters check comprehension tactfully, using respectful particles such as po and opo, so nobody loses face and nothing important is missed. Everyday speech often slips into Taglish, and our linguists follow the client's style while making sure technical terms land clearly.

Face-to-face Filipino interpreting is available for hospital wards, nursing and care home settings, employment tribunals, solicitors' meetings and family visa interviews. Telephone interpreting is on hand 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and video interpreting runs through the SILA Linguists® app or the platform your team prefers. Consecutive and remote simultaneous interpreting are available for staff briefings, union meetings and community events.

Translation into and out of Filipino

Philippine civil documents, including PSA birth and marriage certificates, are normally issued in English, so certified translation is more often needed for messages, letters and statements written in Filipino. We translate those into English with a signed statement of accuracy, accepted by UK authorities such as courts, tribunals and the Home Office, and by employers. Philippine documents going to American, Canadian or Australian authorities are certified in the form each one specifies, from a certificate of accuracy to NAATI certification.

Our translators also work into Filipino: employment contracts and staff handbooks, health and safety guidance, recruitment information, healthcare leaflets, consumer product text and public information for Filipino communities. We follow standard Filipino spelling and choose vocabulary a nationwide readership will understand. Baybayin appears in logos and cultural design, and we can advise on its use, but it is not used for everyday or official text.

Filipino transcription and subtitles

Recorded workplace investigations, call recordings, video testimonies and research interviews can be transcribed in Filipino with time stamps and translated into English. For training films and public information videos, we provide Filipino subtitles or translate Filipino-language video for English-speaking audiences.

Where we can help in Filipino

Our vetted, trained and qualified Filipino linguists can support hospitals and care providers employing Filipino staff, recruitment agencies, employment lawyers and trade unions, seafarer welfare organisations and shipping companies, immigration advisers, family courts, councils and community organisations. With SILA Linguists® you have one project team, vetted interpreters and translators, signed confidentiality agreements and UK GDPR-compliant data handling on every booking. Filipino interpreters can assist nurses, carers and families in the United States, Canada and Australia with immigration interviews, employment hearings and health appointments.