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European Portuguese Translation Services
Roxo Translations offers European Portuguese translation for documents from and for Portugal, to and from English and other languages. Every translation is done by a human translator, native in the target language, and reviewed by a second one.
Send a photo or scan of the document, see the price and the deadline instantly, and receive the translation as a PDF. For the United States it comes certified and accepted by USCIS; for Portugal, the receiving authority decides the format, and we confirm it before quoting.
- European Portuguese, to and from English and other languages
- Certified for USCIS, with the Hague apostille when it applies
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Where European Portuguese is used and where your translation is accepted
European Portuguese is the standard of Portugal and, in general, the written reference in Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe and East Timor. Brazil and Portugal are both parties to the Hague Apostille Convention. The destination decides the type of translation.
| Where | What you need |
|---|---|
| United States: USCIS, courts, universities and employers | Certified translation into English, with the signed statement of accuracy and notarization included |
| Portugal: registry offices, universities and public agencies | The receiving authority decides the format, for example whether it asks for an apostille or a local certification: we confirm it before quoting. See our Hague apostille page. |
| Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde and other countries that follow the European standard | The translation in European Portuguese, in the format the receiving authority asks for, with the options confirmed before quoting |
| Brazil and documents written in Brazilian Portuguese | The Brazilian variant, with sworn translation when it is required, has its own page. See our Brazilian Portuguese translation page. |
European Portuguese language pairs we translate
These are the language pairs with European Portuguese that we translate today, in both directions.
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What changes in European Portuguese translation
European and Brazilian Portuguese are the same language, but they differ in vocabulary, in forms of address, in the position of pronouns, in some verb constructions and, even after the 1990 Spelling Agreement, in a few spellings. A translation for Portugal follows the European standard from the first line to the last.
- Vocabulary: train is comboio in Portugal and trem in Brazil, bus is autocarro and ônibus, cell phone is telemóvel and celular.
- Forms of address: Portugal uses tu among family and friends and more formal forms with others, while Brazil uses você in most situations.
- Pronouns: Portugal usually places the pronoun after the verb, as in diz-me and dá-me, where Brazil says me diz and me dá.
- Constructions: Portugal says estou a fazer for I am doing, where Brazil says estou fazendo.
- Spelling: even after the 1990 Spelling Agreement, some words are still written differently, such as facto and fato, receção and recepção, António and Antônio.
The history of European Portuguese
Portuguese grew out of the Latin spoken in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. In the Middle Ages it formed a single language with Galician, Galician-Portuguese. Portugal became a kingdom in 1143, and one of the oldest dated texts in Portuguese is the will of King Afonso II, from 1214.
Around 1290, King Dinis made Portuguese the language of royal documents and founded the first university in Portugal. In 1572, Luís de Camões published Os Lusíadas, the epic poem that shaped the literary language of Portugal, while the voyages of discovery took Portuguese to Africa and Asia.
After Brazil became independent in 1822, the two standards developed apart. Portugal reformed its spelling in 1911, and the two countries wrote differently for decades. The 1990 Spelling Agreement brought them closer, and Portugal completed the change in 2015, but European Portuguese keeps its own vocabulary and grammar.
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Turnaround, price, accepted documents and how to order: the most common questions are already answered in the Help Center, organized by topic.
Do you translate Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese?
Yes. We translate documents in both variants, to and from English and other languages, and we follow the variant of the country where the translation will be used: Brazilian Portuguese for Brazil and European Portuguese for Portugal. Tell us the destination when you order.
Can you translate a document from English into Spanish or Portuguese?
Yes. Spanish and Portuguese are among our core languages, in both directions. We translate US documents such as birth certificates, diplomas and records into Spanish or Portuguese as a certified translation, or as a sworn translation when it will be used in Brazil.
Can you translate between two languages other than English, such as Italian to Portuguese?
Often yes, depending on the pair and the service. For certified translation we confirm translator availability. For sworn translation into Portuguese, some pairs require a two-step route through English. We tell you the option before quoting.
Is the translation done by people or by machine?
By people. Every document is translated by a professional linguist and goes through double human review for accuracy, grammar, formatting and consistency before delivery.
Can you do a sworn translation from any language into Portuguese?
It depends on the language pair, because a sworn translation requires a public translator registered for that language. For pairs without one, we can offer a two-step route: certified translation into English, then sworn translation from English into Portuguese. We confirm before quoting.
Which languages do you translate?
Our core languages are Portuguese, Spanish, English, Italian and French, and we work with many more, from Arabic and Chinese to German, Japanese and Russian. Tell us the language pair and we confirm availability before quoting.
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