Lezgian interpreting and translation

Lezgian interpreters from the right side of the Samur

Speakers from Azerbaijan use more Azerbaijani borrowings, while those from Russia slip into Russian for official matters, and the Kurakh, Akhty and Quba dialect groups differ too. An interpreter familiar with the client's side of the border catches these differences. Some clients feel more comfortable in Russian or Azerbaijani for formal topics and switch to Lezgian for personal or emotional subjects, so we ask which language they prefer and can book bilingual support.

We provide face-to-face interpreting at asylum interviews, maternity and hospital appointments, police interviews, courts and school meetings, telephone interpreting at any hour, and video interpreting on the SILA Linguists® app or the platform you use. A female interpreter can be arranged for maternity care on request. Lezgian is known for its long list of grammatical cases, and our interpreters take particular care with locations, directions and times, which those cases express and which often matter in statements and medical histories.

Lezgian scripts and Russian or Azerbaijani documents

Lezgian is written in Cyrillic, with the palochka (Ӏ) marking ejective consonants; in Azerbaijan a Latin-based alphabet is used in some schools and publications, so we choose the script according to the reader. Passports, birth certificates and court papers from either country are in Russian or Azerbaijani, and we provide certified translations from both, each signed as accurate, accepted by UK authorities such as courts and universities. Russian or Azerbaijani papers for the United States, Canada or Australia are certified to their rules, NAATI included for Australia.

Transcribing recorded Lezgian speech

We transcribe recorded interviews, calls and messages in Lezgian with timings, tagging Russian and Azerbaijani passages and providing an English version. Where an asylum claim depends on origin in Dagestan or Azerbaijan, SILA Linguists® can also arrange LADO by specialists in Caucasian languages.

Sectors we support in Lezgian

Our vetted, trained and qualified Lezgian linguists can support asylum and immigration representatives, maternity and healthcare providers, police, solicitors and courts, and schools and family services. One coordinator plans each booking, linguists are vetted and sign non-disclosure agreements, and UK GDPR governs data handling. Because Lezgian specialists are few, early booking helps, especially for hearings. Lezgian interpreters can support immigration and refugee hearings and medical appointments in the US, Canada and Australia, by telephone or video.