Certified translation in Liverpool for use in Ethiopia
Ethiopian offices work in Amharic. A birth entry, a degree or a police check written in English stays a foreign sheet to them until an Amharic version sits beside it. Your English paper is not changed and not replaced. A second sheet is written, and the two travel together.
So you order a certified translation into Amharic in Liverpool and keep the English record yourself. Only the words cross over. A clerk in Ethiopia reads the Amharic sheet and holds it against the English one, line by line, to see that nothing was added and nothing dropped.
Names in the Amharic script
Amharic is not written in the Latin alphabet. It uses its own characters, and each one stands for a whole syllable rather than a single letter. A name is therefore not copied across. It is sounded out, then written again in the new script, which is a judgement rather than a swap.
Two people can sound out the same name and land on different characters. Pick one spelling and use it on every paper in the set. A degree that spells your father's name one way and a birth entry that spells it another hands a clerk two people where there is only one.
Certification Ethiopia accepts
The text is written by an ITI/CIOL-qualified certified translator, who signs a short line of accuracy. That line names the person, gives their standing, and states that the Amharic carries the same meaning as the English. It is the signature that gives the sheet its standing, not the letterhead above it.
This is the same certified standard UK bodies such as UKVI and the GRO take, so one Amharic set answers a British desk and an Ethiopian one. An official Amharic translation in Liverpool goes out as a scan first. Read the names and dates then, while a fix is still free.
Per-page cost & turnaround
The rate is about £25 for each page of the source paper. Pages are counted on the English sheet, never on words, and never on the Amharic, which often runs longer. Standard work takes 2–3 business days from the moment a clear scan lands, and the express lane closes in 24 hours when a term start is near.
Acceptance in Ethiopia
Everything runs from an image, so the record itself can stay in your house. For a birth, marriage or death registered in this city, Liverpool Register Office issues fresh certified copies from St George's Hall, St George's Place, Liverpool L1 1JJ. A certified translation for Ethiopia is then read against that copy, so keep the pair together when you file.