Tagalog interpreting and translation

Tagalog interpreting in care, work and law

Face-to-face Tagalog interpreting is available for hospitals, care homes, employment tribunals and solicitors' offices. Telephone interpreting operates at any hour, weekends and holidays included, which suits night-shift staff and urgent welfare calls, and video interpreting is available through the SILA Linguists® app or your existing platform. Consecutive and simultaneous interpreters can be booked for recruitment events, training and conferences.

Respect is built into Tagalog through po and opo and forms of address such as kuya, ate, lola and lolo, and our interpreters use them naturally so older clients feel at ease. Because many Filipinos avoid a direct no or hesitate to admit confusion, interpreters check understanding politely without changing what was said. A female or male interpreter can be provided where the subject calls for it.

Tagalog and Filipino translation

Most Philippine civil records are issued in English, so Tagalog translation work focuses on what people actually need to read: workplace policies, health and safety inductions, consent forms, tenancy guidance, public information and letters from employers or agencies. For audiences from across the Philippines we follow standard Filipino conventions; for a Manila or Batangas readership we can reflect local vocabulary.

Where Tagalog documents, messages or statements are needed as evidence, certified translation into English includes a signed statement of accuracy, accepted by UK authorities such as courts and the Home Office, and by employers.

Tagalog transcription and subtitling

Our transcribers and subtitlers are experienced with Tagalog-language film, television, social media clips and recorded interviews. We produce time-stamped transcripts, translate them into English and create subtitles, keeping the code-switching between Tagalog and English visible where it matters to meaning. For broadcasters and online publishers we can also deliver subtitle files timed to your video, checked by a second linguist before release.

Sectors we support in Tagalog

Our vetted, trained and qualified Tagalog linguists can support the NHS and private healthcare, care home groups, recruitment agencies, shipping and seafarer welfare organisations, immigration advisers, legal teams and community information campaigns. Book once and one project team handles the rest, with vetted linguists bound by signed confidentiality agreements and UK GDPR.