Slovak interpreting and translation

Slovak interpreting, matched to region and register

We ask the client which language they prefer and, if possible, which region they come from: a client from eastern Slovakia may communicate best with an interpreter used to eastern speech. Slovak uses formal vy and familiar ty, and our interpreters keep the register a midwife, a teacher or a family court judge would expect.

Our Slovak interpreters are prepared for maternity units and GP surgeries, school and children's services meetings, social care, warehouse and factory inductions, police interviews, family proceedings, and housing and council appointments. A Slovak interpreter can be with you in person, on the phone at any hour, or on screen in the SILA Linguists® app or the video tool your team prefers. Trade meetings and supplier visits can be handled consecutively, and larger events with simultaneous or remote simultaneous interpreting.

Slovak translation: -ová surnames and diacritics

Most Slovak women's surnames end in -ová, so a mother and son will appear with different surnames on their documents. Our translators keep every name exactly as in the identity papers and preserve all diacritics, including ľ and ô, which databases often strip out. Slovak birth and marriage certificates, police clearance certificates, school reports and court orders are certified with a signed Slovak-to-English accuracy statement, accepted by UK authorities such as government departments, family courts and colleges, and by employers. Slovak documents for American authorities carry the translator's certificate of accuracy.

Slovakia's own official translations come from translators on the Ministry of Justice register, who bind the translation to the source and add a seal and clause, so documents heading to Slovakia may need that route. For employers and manufacturers, we translate safety rules, work instructions, contracts and staff guidance, and localise websites for Slovak customers.

Slovak transcription and subtitling

Police interview recordings, phone calls and family evidence in Slovak, including eastern dialect and Czech or Hungarian passages, are transcribed line by line with timings and an English version, and we subtitle induction and safety films.

Sectors we support in Slovak

Our vetted, trained and qualified Slovak linguists can support maternity and health services, schools and children's services, manufacturing and logistics employers, police and family courts, housing teams and councils, and businesses trading with Slovakia. SILA Linguists® gives you a named coordinator, Slovak linguists we have checked ourselves and case files kept private under NDAs and UK GDPR. Slovak interpreters can support US courts, hospitals and businesses as well as UK services.