Kutchi interpreting and translation

Kutchi interpreting for older relatives and family matters

Most Kutchi speakers from India also speak Gujarati, and those from Pakistan often speak Sindhi or Urdu, so younger family members may be happy with a Gujarati or Urdu interpreter. Grandparents are a different matter. For a diagnosis, a care assessment, a hospital discharge plan or a conversation about end-of-life wishes, an older person is usually most at ease in Kutchi, and a Kutchi interpreter keeps the family out of the difficult role of interpreting for each other.

Telephone and video are normally the quickest ways to reach a Kutchi interpreter. Our telephone interpreting line is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and video calls run through the SILA Linguists® app or your own platform. Face-to-face appointments can also be arranged for home visits, GP practices, care homes and family meetings, and we will try to meet a request for a female or male interpreter.

Writing Kutchi: scripts and certified documents

Kutchi has no single standard written form. In India it is generally written in Gujarati script, and in Pakistan in the Sindhi form of the Arabic-based script, running right to left. For leaflets, letters and public information aimed at Kutchi speakers, we agree with you which script fits your readers, or recommend audio and video if your audience prefers to listen.

Official records from Kutch, Mumbai and Sindh are issued in Gujarati, Sindhi, Urdu or English, and East African records in English or Swahili. We identify the language of each certificate and provide certified translation from it, with a signed statement of accuracy, accepted by the Home Office, courts and other UK authorities. Gujarati-language papers needed in North America are certified to the receiving authority's standard, whether a US certificate of accuracy or a Canadian provincially certified translation.

Kutchi transcription

Family recordings, research interviews, oral history projects and recorded statements in Kutchi can be transcribed with time stamps and translated into English. Speakers often blend Kutchi with Gujarati, Swahili, Urdu and English in a single conversation, and our transcripts show where each change happens.

Where we can help in Kutchi

Our vetted, trained and qualified Kutchi linguists can support NHS hospitals and GP practices, elderly care and dementia services, adult social care and family support teams, immigration and family solicitors, and mosques, temples and community associations. One project team looks after your request from start to finish, every linguist is vetted and bound by a confidentiality agreement, and personal data is handled under UK GDPR. Kutchi speakers in Canada and the US can have an interpreter for immigration, family court and medical appointments, with relay through Gujarati if the client prefers.