Sylheti interpreting and translation

Sylheti interpreting across health, family and justice

Our Sylheti interpreters attend GP surgeries, hospitals and maternity units, schools and parents' meetings, housing and social services appointments, mental health and safeguarding meetings, police interviews, solicitors' offices and courts. Telephone interpreting is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and video interpreting works via our SILA Linguists® app or your organisation's own video software.

Gender matching is often requested, especially for maternity, gynaecology and safeguarding appointments, and we can provide a woman or a man to interpret on request. Speech varies between Sylhet's districts and between generations: British-born speakers mix in English, while recent arrivals may use more Standard Bengali words. Telling us about the client's background helps us choose well. Consecutive interpreting suits most appointments, with simultaneous interpreting available for community events.

Written information for Sylheti speakers

Sylheti is mainly spoken, so written material is usually translated into Standard Bengali in Bengali script. For readers with limited literacy, a recorded Sylheti audio message or a sight translation read aloud by an interpreter often works far better than a leaflet. Sylheti Nagri, the historic script now being revived, can be used for heritage and cultural projects once the audience is confirmed.

Bangladeshi birth certificates, marriage records and school certificates are issued in Bengali or English, and our certified translations carry a formal signed statement that the translation is accurate, accepted by UK authorities such as tribunals, Home Office caseworkers and admissions teams, and by HR departments. Bengali documents needed by American immigration carry a translator's signed certificate of accuracy.

Transcription of Sylheti audio

Transcribing Sylheti needs a linguist who knows the spoken language intimately, so we assign Sylheti speakers to police interviews, recorded calls, safeguarding evidence and research recordings. Transcripts come with time-coding and an English rendering, with switches into English or Standard Bengali clearly marked.

Settings for our linguists in Sylheti

Our vetted, trained and qualified Sylheti linguists can support NHS trusts, health visitors, schools, local authorities, housing associations, police forces, criminal and family solicitors and community organisations, as well as dementia services and carers supporting first-generation elders who may now speak little English. With SILA Linguists®, one case coordinator handles your bookings, and our vetted interpreters work under strict confidentiality undertakings and UK data protection law, so families can speak freely. Sylheti interpreting is available for US immigration attorneys, courts, hospitals and schools, mostly by video or telephone.