Polish interpreting and translation

Polish interpreting with the right courtesy

Formality matters in Polish. Adults address strangers and professionals as Pan and Pani with third-person verbs, and using the familiar ty too early can sound disrespectful, so our interpreters keep the appropriate level of politeness, whether with a patient, a parent or a defendant.

Our Polish interpreters are prepared for hospitals, GP surgeries and maternity services, schools and children's services, social care, police custody and interviews, magistrates' and crown courts, probation, employment tribunals, and housing and benefits appointments. We provide face-to-face interpreters, telephone interpreting around the clock, every day of the year, and video through the SILA Linguists® video app or a secure platform of your choice. For employers in construction, manufacturing and logistics we provide interpreters for inductions, toolbox talks and disciplinary meetings. Business events can have consecutive, simultaneous or remote simultaneous interpreting.

Polish translation, names and certification

Polish surnames change with grammar and gender, as in Kowalski and Kowalska, and documents may use different forms of the same name. Our translators keep names exactly as in the identity documents and preserve every diacritic, ą, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ź and ż, which UK systems often lose. Certified translations of birth and marriage certificates, Polish criminal record certificates, school and university diplomas, medical records and court documents carry a signed statement of accuracy and completeness, accepted by recruiters, the Home Office and other UK authorities. Polish papers going to US, Canadian or Australian offices are certified to local requirements, NAATI-certified translation included for Australia. In Poland, official translations are made by sworn translators listed by the Ministry of Justice, so check what a Polish authority requires.

For employers and businesses, we translate health and safety documentation, contracts, staff handbooks and marketing, and localise websites and software for Polish users, with AI-assisted translation and human post-editing for large volumes.

Polish transcription and subtitling

Police interviews, phone calls, voice notes and family court recordings in Polish are transcribed with timestamps and then translated into English. We also subtitle workplace safety videos and training content.

Where we can help in Polish

Our vetted, trained and qualified Polish linguists can support NHS hospitals, GPs and maternity services, schools and children's services, police, courts and probation, employers in construction and logistics, housing and benefits teams, and businesses trading with Poland. Every booking is managed by one coordinator at SILA Linguists®, and case files stay confidential under NDAs and UK GDPR. Polish interpreters can support courts, hospitals and employers in the United States, Canada and Australia as well as across the UK.