# Certified Translator London: Home Office Translations | Roxo

> Certified translator in London: who can translate for the Home Office, when a scrivener notary is needed and how our translators work. Order online.

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## Certified Translator in London

- A certified translator in London is a professional translator who signs a statement that the translation is accurate, with the date, their contact details and credentials, for UK Visas and Immigration, the courts, universities and the borough register offices. You do not need to visit an office: we translate online and send the certified translation by email.

## Certified translations for London, signed by professional translators

- A translator native in the target language, and a second translator checking every page
- Roxo is a Corporate Member of the American Translators Association (ATA)
- The translator’s credentials on the certificate, as the Home Office asks for ILR

## Do you need a translator based in London?

- No. The Home Office asks for a translation it can verify, signed by a professional translator or a translation company, and it does not ask for a translator in London or anywhere in the UK. It does not approve or list translators either, so be wary of anyone who promises a ‘Home Office approved translator’.
- London is home to the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL), founded in 1910 as the Institute of Linguists and granted a Royal Charter in 2005, which admits translators who pass its assessments. Membership is a sign of quality, but the Immigration Rules do not require it. Roxo is not a member of the CIOL: our credential is membership of the American Translators Association (ATA).

## Scrivener notaries: when a London office asks for more

- London has its own kind of notary: the scrivener notary, a notary public who has passed exams in at least two foreign languages and in the law of a country where one of them is spoken. Scrivener notaries are appointed by the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury and trained by the Worshipful Company of Scriveners, and until 1999 they held the monopoly on notarial work within three miles of the City of London.
- The Home Office does not ask for a notary. A notarised translation is usually requested for documents going abroad, or by an organisation with a rule of its own. Our statement of accuracy is signed before a notary public in Florida, USA, at no extra cost; if a London office asks for a notary in the UK, check with them before you order.

## How to choose a certified translator in London

- Whether the translator works in London or online, check that:

- The certificate has the date, the statement of accuracy, the translator’s or company’s name, signature and contact details, and the credentials
- The translator is native in the target language and a second person reviews the translation
- You can see the price and the delivery date before you pay
- Nobody in your family translates the documents, and neither do you

## Your certified translator for London, online

- Upload your documents, see the price and the delivery date in the instant quote and receive the certified translation by email as a PDF, with a printed copy by post to any London address on request. See also our translation services in London, the certified translator in the UK and the prices on our pricing page.

- Upload your documents and see the price and the delivery date before you pay
- Pay online by card
- Receive your certified translation by email as a PDF