Certified translation in Cardiff for use in Sri Lanka
Records going to Sri Lanka are read in Sinhala, so an English sheet needs a Sinhala version travelling with it. Your own paper is untouched: nothing is stamped onto it, nothing is removed from it, and a certified translation into Sinhala in Cardiff is a separate document that sits alongside the original.
Many of these files have work to do on both sides of the journey. An application may need a British step before anything leaves, and the same signed set is built to answer there too, which saves producing the work twice to two different standards.
The language Sri Lanka requires
Sinhala is the target language, and the sheet goes into it whole. Headings, the small print under a table, reference numbers and the wording set around a seal all belong in the finished text, since a reader decides for themselves which of those lines matters to the question in front of them.
Personal names are written so a reader can move back to the English spelling without guessing, and the British body that issued the record keeps its own name, with the plain sense of it given alongside. Nothing is invented where a printed word is unclear; it is described as it appears.
The credential and what it covers
The certification recorded here is a certified translation accepted by UK bodies, with UKVI and the GRO named among them. A certified translation for Sri Lanka carries the translator's name, their ITI or CIOL qualification and a dated statement that the Sinhala matches the English it came from.
An official Sinhala translation in Cardiff is built from a scan, so your paper never enters a process it might not come back from. Where the record is a civil one, Cardiff Register Office at City Hall, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3ND issues fresh certified copies of births, marriages and deaths for use in its place.
Per-page rate and the clock
The rate is about £25 a page and follows printed sides, which lets you total a file yourself before ordering. The signed note of accuracy comes with the work rather than as a line at the end, and the qualification behind it adds nothing to the figure you were quoted.
Standard work runs 2–3 business days, counted from the moment the last clear scan lands rather than from the order itself. A missing reverse side is the usual reason a job appears to sit still. The 24 hours express lane covers a fixed date and is chosen when the order opens.