Newspaper Article Translation for Asylum Evidence

Newspaper article translation for the Home Office: what you receive

A news report can support what you say happened: an attack on your family, your arrest, a protest you joined, or a public threat against your group. It only helps if the decision-maker can read it in English and trust the translation.

Each news report translation for asylum includes:

• The full article: headline, sub-heading, byline, body text, photo captions and any pull quotes.
• The source details on the first page: publication, date, section, page number and URL where there is one.
• Notes on anything not text, such as "[Photograph: crowd outside a court building]".
• A signed statement following GOV.UK's guidance on certifying a document (opens in a new tab): a "true and accurate translation of the original document", dated, with the translator's full name, signature and contact details. We are members of the ITI, CIOL and ATC, and we never use machine translation for certified work.
• A PDF by email and an optional posted hard copy.

Sample

Certified translation

Newspaper article (printed)

Farsi → English

Newspaper

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Date of publication

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Page

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Headline

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Author

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Article text, paragraph 1

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• [Photograph: caption translated]
• [Translator's note: the full article is translated, including captions and any handwritten notes.]

Translator's statement

I confirm that this is a true and accurate translation of the original document.

Date

DD/MM/YYYY

Translator

Full name

Signature

Articles we translate

• Printed newspapers and magazines: full pages or clippings, including damaged or folded ones.
• Online news sites: web pages, captured as screenshots or PDFs.
• Social media posts from news outlets: posts and captions on news pages. Chats and personal posts are covered on our page about translating WhatsApp evidence for asylum.
• TV and radio reports: we transcribe and translate the spoken words. See audio and video translation for longer recordings.
• Press releases and statements from political parties, churches or community groups.

If the article sits alongside a threat letter, fatwa or party statement, we can translate them as one set. Our threat letter translation for asylum page explains how we handle those.

Source, date and URL in the translation

Decision-makers want to know where an article came from. So we record the source clearly in the translation itself.

What we include

We never add information that is not in the source. If the date or page is missing from a clipping, we say so, for example "[Date not visible on the copy provided]".

Tips before you send it

• Screenshot or print the full page, including the address bar, so the web address shows.
• Save a PDF copy in case the article is removed later.
• Tell us where your name or your family's name appears, so we can check the spelling against your documents.

Where your translated newspaper article is used

• Home Office asylum claim: as supporting evidence you or your solicitor submit before or after the interview.
• First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber): in the appeal bundle. The Tribunal's procedure rules say a document not written in English "must be accompanied by an English translation" (rule 12, SI 2014/2604 (opens in a new tab)). This covers every online article translation for tribunal use. For full bundles, see asylum appeal bundle translation.
• Fresh claims and further submissions: when new reports appear after a refusal.

The caseworker or judge decides how much weight an article carries. We make sure the translation is complete and verifiable. For advice on what evidence to use, speak to your solicitor or an IAA-regulated adviser.

Languages for newspaper article translation

• Urdu newspapers from Pakistan, often in Nastaliq script, through our Urdu asylum document translation team.
• Farsi news from Iran and Persian-language outlets abroad, through our Farsi asylum document translation team.
• Arabic, Kurdish, Pashto, Dari, Bengali, Tigrinya, Amharic, Tamil and more.

Newspaper article translation price and delivery time

• Price: from £18 per page. Long articles may be priced by word count, and TV or radio reports from £9 per minute of audio (minimum £45).
• Standard delivery: 1 working day for short clippings, 2–3 working days for longer articles.
• Urgent delivery: same day or within 24 hours, from £10 extra per document.

Prices shown are starting prices and include VAT. We confirm your exact price in a written quote before any work starts. See our translation prices page for full rates.