Official requirement for Slovenia
When presenting English documents to Slovenian officials, you must provide each one with a court-certified translation into Slovenian. This rule comes directly from Slovenian government departments and courts. Your birth certificate, marriage record or other paper might be in English, perhaps issued by Liverpool Register Office on St. George's Place. But to a clerk in Ljubljana, only the Slovenian version has legal standing. The aim is simple: the person reading the file must see each word in their working language, matched exactly to the original.
Slovenian court-appointed translators
A sodni tolmač is the only person authorised to make an official Slovenian translation in Liverpool for use in Slovenia. This title means the translator passed the court exam to be a language expert, allowing them to sign and stamp translations that carry legal weight. The sworn Slovenian translator in Liverpool must be working with that court appointment in place, as they carry personal liability for the accuracy of what they produce. Your document's translation will bear their seal and signature, confirming it matches the original word for word.
The certification seal
Certified translation for Slovenia requires more than just good Slovenian. Your translator adds a signed statement to each page, binds both the original and the translated text together with their official seal, and includes their court registration number on the cover. This package becomes an official record that any Slovenian ministry or office can verify. The process makes the translation itself a legal document, not just a piece of paper with text. Every line in the original must have a matching Slovenian version, down to the last date and signature — no gaps or liberties are allowed.
What you pay per page
The cost reflects the work of a court-appointed professional. Each page of your source document leads to fair-sized paragraphs in Slovenian, often longer than the English. The certified translation into Slovenian in Liverpool costs thirty euros per page, covering the full certification and sealing. This rate includes the assembly into a bound set of papers ready for submission. For certificates ordered electronically from Liverpool Register Office, the digital proofs work as source documents, removing the need to ship a paper original before the translation.
Completing your translation
Most orders take two full business days to complete once we receive the papers. A regular project starts with your scan of the page or a fresh copy from Liverpool Register Office at St. George's Hall, then the translation itself, then a careful comparison by a second linguist. For documents needed sooner, an official Slovenian translation in Liverpool can be turned around in 48 hours from proof of payment. The timeline for approval in Slovenia itself adds extra days — courts and ministries there each work to their own schedules. Plan ahead if you face a rigid deadline.