# Maltese Translation Services

> Maltese translation services to and from English, for documents from Malta, by native human translators. Certified for USCIS, with notarization.

https://roxotranslations.com/maltese-translation/

Roxo Translations offers Maltese translation services between Maltese and English, in both directions, for documents from Malta and from the Maltese communities abroad. Every translation is done by a human translator, native in the target language, and reviewed by a second one, never by machine translation.

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, with the signed statement and notarization included.

- Maltese to English and English to Maltese
- Certified for USCIS, with notarization included
- Instant online quote and fast delivery

## Where Maltese is spoken and where your translation is accepted

Maltese is the national language of Malta and, together with English, one of its two official languages. Since Malta joined the European Union on May 1, 2004, it is also an official language of the Union, the only one of Semitic origin and the only Semitic language written in Latin letters. It is spoken on the islands of Malta, Gozo and Comino and by Maltese communities in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States, which grew mostly after the Second World War, and it has more than 400,000 speakers. Because English is also official, many documents from Malta already come out in English or in both languages: we look at yours before quoting and tell you whether it needs a translation at all. The destination decides the type of translation.

| Where | What you need |
|---|---|
| United States: USCIS, courts, universities and employers | [Certified translation](https://roxotranslations.com/certified-translation/) into English, with the signed statement of accuracy and notarization included |
| Brazil: notary offices, universities and public agencies | [Sworn translation](https://roxotranslations.com/pt/traducao-juramentada/) into Portuguese, signed by a public sworn translator and valid nationwide. For Maltese, it goes through English and we confirm it in the quote; a document already in English is translated directly |
| Malta and other European Union countries | Ask the receiving authority which format it accepts: we tell you the options before quoting, including the [Hague apostille](https://roxotranslations.com/apostille/) when it applies |
| Maltese consulates, citizenship and immigration processes | The translation into the language the authority asks for, with the apostille on the original when it is required |

## Maltese language pairs we translate

Today we translate Maltese only with English, in both directions: Maltese to English and English to Maltese.

- Maltese to [English](https://roxotranslations.com/english-translation/)
- [English](https://roxotranslations.com/english-translation/) to Maltese

Need a pair that is not on the list? Talk to us: we answer within one hour, 7 days a week.

## Maltese translation services: alphabet, names and documents in English

Maltese has a Semitic grammar, a vocabulary full of Italian and English words and an alphabet of its own in Latin letters. A good translation reads the original as Maltese, writes every name the way the passport does and keeps every number of the original.

- Alphabet: Maltese has 30 letters, including ċ, ġ, ħ and ż and the pairs għ and ie, which count as single letters. Systems abroad often drop the dot or the bar, so Ġorġ can appear as Gorg and Żammit as Zammit. The translation follows the spelling of your passport, so tell us the form used in your US documents when you order.
- Maltese, Arabic and Italian: the grammar and many everyday words are Semitic, so qalb is heart and it-Tnejn is Monday, while thousands of words came from Sicilian, Italian and English, like skola for school and grazzi for thanks. A Maltese document is translated as Maltese, never read as if it were Arabic or Italian. Gozo and the villages have dialects of their own, but documents use standard Maltese.
- Maltese and English: since both are official, many certificates from Malta are issued in English or in both languages. A document already in English may need no translation for the United States, so ask the receiving authority, and for Brazil it gets a sworn translation from English into Portuguese. We tell you which case is yours before quoting.
- Dates and money: dates are written day, month and year, so 03/10/2026 is October 3, 2026, and the months have their own names, so Ottubru is October and Diċembru is December. Malta has used the euro since January 1, 2008, and older documents show amounts in Maltese lira (Lm), which the translation keeps as in the original.
- Documents from Malta: the birth certificate (ċertifikat tat-twelid), the marriage certificate (ċertifikat taż-żwieġ), the ID card (karta tal-identità), whose number ends in a letter, the police conduct certificate (ċertifikat tal-kondotta) and school and university diplomas. The translation reproduces every stamp, seal and note.

## The history of the Maltese language

Maltese is a Semitic language, the heir of the Arabic spoken in Sicily and Malta in the Middle Ages. The Arabs took Malta in 870, and after the Norman conquest of 1091 the islands stayed tied to Sicily for centuries, which brought a large Sicilian and Italian vocabulary into a language whose grammar remained Semitic. The oldest known text in Maltese is Il-Kantilena, a poem by Pietru Caxaro from the 15th century.

From 1530 to 1798 Malta was ruled by the Knights of Saint John, and Italian was the language of law and culture, while the people spoke Maltese. At the end of the 18th century Mikiel Anton Vassalli published a grammar and a dictionary of Maltese, and he is remembered as the father of the language. Malta came under British rule in 1800, in 1924 the Association of Maltese Writers set the alphabet used today, and in 1934 Maltese became an official language with English, in place of Italian.

Malta became independent on September 21, 1964, and its Constitution names Maltese the national language, official together with English. On May 1, 2004, Malta joined the European Union, and Maltese entered its official texts. Today Maltese has more than 400,000 speakers, in Malta and in the communities abroad, and those families still need their records translated for immigration, citizenship, study and work.

## We also translate other languages

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