Lugbara interpreting and translation

Lugbara interpreting for Ugandan and Congolese clients

We ask whether your client comes from the Ugandan or the Congolese side, and whether they consider themselves Lugbara or Aringa. People from the DRC may be more at ease with French or Swahili as second languages, while Ugandan speakers often know English and Luganda or Swahili, to varying degrees. For detailed medical, legal or asylum interviews, interpreting directly in Lugbara gives the most reliable account.

Video interpreting suits most appointments and is easy to set up for clients anywhere, using the SILA Linguists® app or your own platform; telephone interpreting is open at any hour, every day. Face-to-face interpreting can be arranged for tribunal hearings, maternity appointments and school meetings where an interpreter can attend. Maternity and primary care clients can ask for a female interpreter, and family services meetings can be staffed with an interpreter who is experienced in safeguarding discussions.

Lugbara translation and certified documents

Lugbara has a long tradition of church publications and school readers in the Latin alphabet, but spelling differs slightly between older and newer material, so tell us who your readers are. We translate maternity and health information, school letters, resettlement guidance and family services correspondence into Lugbara, and statements and letters into English.

Ugandan civil documents are usually in English and Congolese ones in French. We provide certified translation of French records, signed with a statement that the translation is accurate, accepted by UK authorities such as the Home Office, courts and universities, and by employers.

Transcription and LADO

Recorded interviews and audio evidence in Lugbara are transcribed with time codes and translated into English, with French, Swahili or English passages flagged. For asylum and resettlement cases where origin matters, SILA Linguists® offers language analysis for the determination of origin (LADO). Our transcribers record exactly what was said and leave any judgement about a speaker's background to the specialist analysts.

Where we can help in Lugbara

Our vetted, trained and qualified Lugbara linguists can support asylum and resettlement services, GP and maternity teams, courts and tribunals, schools and family services, and refugee charities. A single coordinator, vetted linguists and confidentiality protected by NDAs and UK GDPR support every assignment.