Sylheti Speakers: Bengali Document Translation for Asylum

Certified Sylheti to English translation for asylum

When people search for a Sylheti translator UK services, they usually have Bengali documents that need to be understood by the Home Office. Each document is translated from Bengali into English by a qualified, UK-based translator, and we never use machine translation for certified work.

The English translation is certified. GOV.UK's page on certifying a document (opens in a new tab) asks the translator to confirm it is a "true and accurate translation of the original document", with the date and their full name and contact details. Every certified translation we send includes:

• a signed certificate of accuracy
• the translator's full name, contact details and credentials (we are members of the ITI, CIOL and ATC)
• the date of translation
• a layout that follows the original Bengali page
• notes on stamps, seals, signatures and handwriting

Sample

Certified translation

Birth registration certificate, Bangladesh

Bengali → English

Full name

redacted

Date of birth

redacted

Place of birth

redacted, Sylhet division

Father's name

redacted

Mother's name

redacted

Birth registration number

redacted

Issuing office

redacted Union Parishad

• [Round stamp: Union Parishad, partly illegible]
• [Signature of the registrar]
• [Translator's note: the source language on the certificate is Bengali.]

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

The certificate says the source language is Bengali, because that is what is written on the page. This is correct and avoids confusion for the Home Office. How much weight your evidence gets is for the caseworker or judge to decide; we make sure the translation is accurate and complete.

Bengali documents for Sylheti speakers

Most Bengali documents Sylheti speakers bring us fall into a few groups:

For identity cards, see our ID card translation for asylum page. GDs, FIRs and police statements are explained on our police report translation for asylum page. Land papers linked to a dispute are covered by our property document translation service.

These Bengali documents for Sylheti speakers are translated by Bengali specialists. If a name or place is hard to read, we ask you to confirm the English spelling before we finish.

Sylheti and Bengali: spoken vs written

Is Sylheti written?

Sylheti is spoken by many people in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh and by a large community in the UK. In daily life, Sylheti speakers normally write in standard Bengali, using the Bengali script. A historical script called Sylheti Nagri exists and is being revived, but official documents do not use it.

This means your ID card, police papers and certificates are almost always in standard Bengali, not Sylheti. We check the language before we quote, and tell you if anything is unusual.

Where Sylheti does appear

Sylheti can appear in voice notes, video, phone calls and informal messages. Our service for Sylheti speakers covers written documents in Bengali. If you have recordings, tell us the language spoken and we confirm what we can do before you pay. For recordings in general, see our audio and video translation for asylum service.

Names and places

Sylheti pronunciation of names and villages can differ from the Bengali spelling. We use the English spelling from your passport or Home Office papers and keep it the same across all documents.

Documents from Bangladesh in Sylheti

Documents from the Sylhet region are issued by the same bodies as the rest of Bangladesh, so they are in Bengali, sometimes with English. Dates are usually Gregorian. Some land papers and letters also give a date in the Bengali calendar; we show it with the Gregorian date.

For the full list of Bengali documents we translate, see our main Bengali asylum document translation page. For a country guide, read Bangladeshi document translation for UK asylum claims.

If you are getting ready for your Home Office interview, our asylum claim evidence translation guide explains which papers to prepare.

Our Bengali translators

Your documents are translated by qualified Bengali translators who know Bangladeshi police, court and civil records. Every certificate carries the translator's credentials, and we are members of the ITI, CIOL and ATC.

If you have questions about your quote or order, call or WhatsApp us on +44 7482 545337, or email info@asylumdocumenttranslations.co.uk. Our office hours are Monday to Friday 9am–9pm and Saturday and Sunday 10am–6pm (UK time).

We also translate Home Office letters from English into written Bengali, so you can read exactly what the letter says. See our Home Office refusal letter translation page. If you have been refused in the UK, you usually have 14 days to appeal. Contact a solicitor or an adviser regulated by the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) straight away. We translate; we do not give legal advice.

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Sylheti translation price and delivery time

We price by page and difficulty. Handwritten GDs and long court files take more time than a printed ID card.

Prices shown are starting prices and include VAT. We confirm your exact price in a written quote before any work starts. You receive a signed PDF by email. Send your files for a fixed Sylheti and Bengali translation quote.