Indonesian interpreting and translation

Indonesian interpreting for negotiations and public services

Indonesian conversation is courteous and often indirect, and disagreement may be expressed very softly. Our interpreters convey that accurately, so the speaker does not sound vague and the listener does not miss a polite refusal. This matters in trade and investment talks, mining, energy and shipping project meetings, and student recruitment fairs, where we provide consecutive and escort interpreters as well as simultaneous and remote simultaneous interpreting for conferences.

Public-sector Indonesian interpreting covers hospital appointments, immigration and family visa interviews, legal advice and social services, face to face, by video through the SILA Linguists® app or your platform, and by telephone 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Some Indonesians have a single name and others several given names without a family name; interpreters help staff record names correctly.

Certified Indonesian translation and localisation

Indonesian civil documents use fixed terminology: the Akta Kelahiran (birth certificate), Kartu Keluarga (family card), marriage certificates and academic transcripts. Our certified Indonesian translation keeps seals and signatures clearly described and carries a signed statement of accuracy, accepted by UK authorities such as the Home Office, universities and courts, and by employers. When Indonesian records must satisfy Australian, Canadian or US rules, we arrange certification accordingly, for example through a NAATI-certified translator. Because Indonesian has no grammatical gender or tenses in the European sense, translators make time and gender explicit in English where the source implies them.

For businesses, we translate contracts, tenders, technical and safety documentation, and localise websites, apps and marketing specifically for Indonesian readers, following current official spelling. Indonesian and Malaysian Malay are close but not interchangeable, so we never recycle text written for one market into the other.

Indonesian transcription

We transcribe Indonesian interviews, focus groups, recorded meetings and media with time stamps, translating into English where required. Colloquial Jakarta speech differs markedly from formal Indonesian, and our transcribers capture both registers faithfully.

Sectors we support in Indonesian

Our vetted, trained and qualified Indonesian linguists can support investors and trading companies, energy, mining and maritime operators, universities and education agents, technology firms, NHS and private healthcare, immigration advisers and law firms. With SILA Linguists® you work with one project team, vetted linguists bound by confidentiality agreements, and data protection under UK GDPR. Indonesian interpreters can work with courts, immigration advisers and universities in Australia, the United States and Canada as well as in Britain.