Welsh interpreting and translation

Welsh interpreting for meetings, hearings and events

Welsh speakers are entitled to use Welsh in many public settings in Wales, including in court. Simultaneous interpreting from Welsh into English is common at public meetings, council and board meetings, conferences and hearings, usually with headsets for non-Welsh speakers, and we provide the interpreters and can advise on equipment. Tell us whether the speakers are from north or south Wales, as vocabulary and pronunciation differ.

We provide Welsh with English for meetings, conferences, events, tribunal and court hearings and remote sessions, consecutively or simultaneously, including remote simultaneous interpreting through our SILA Linguists® app or the conferencing platform your organisation uses. One-to-one interpreting is available for health, education and legal appointments where a person prefers to speak Welsh.

Welsh translation to the Welsh Language Standards

Many organisations in Wales need bilingual documents, signage, websites, forms and apps, and the Welsh Language Standards set expectations for how Welsh is presented. Welsh changes the beginning of words through mutations, so names and terms appear in several forms; our translators handle this correctly in templates and databases, and we check that fonts and systems support ŵ and ŷ. For businesses marketing to Welsh audiences we translate campaigns, packaging and websites.

For UK government purposes, documents in Welsh do not need translating into English, because the translation requirement applies only to documents not in English or Welsh. Where a translation is needed elsewhere, we certify it with a signed, dated statement of accuracy for the relevant authority, university or employer.

Welsh transcription and subtitling

We provide Welsh and English subtitling for television, film and online video for broadcasters and producers, and transcripts and translations for archives and family historians of letters, chapel records, oral history and recordings, including material from Patagonia.

Where we can help in Welsh

Our vetted, trained and qualified Welsh linguists can support local authorities, health boards and public bodies, courts and tribunals in Wales, schools, colleges and universities, broadcasters and publishers, businesses marketing to Welsh audiences, and heritage and family history organisations. SILA Linguists® gives you a named coordinator and Welsh linguists who know the Standards, and data is protected by NDAs and UK GDPR.