Certified Turkish to English translation for Norway

You may not need Norwegian. UDI’s family immigration checklists say: “If your documents are in a different language than Norwegian or English, they must be translated to Norwegian or English by an authorised/certified translator. It must be stated on the translation who translated the document and when.” (UDI checklist, Türkiye)

I translate Turkish documents into English; I do not translate into Norwegian. I, Uğur Arı, make the translations myself as a university-trained translator (Translation & Interpreting, Marmara University) and sworn translator whose oath is registered with the Kartal 12th and Gebze 19th Notary Offices — the authorisation for translators under Turkish rules. UDI’s text does not limit translations to the Norwegian “statsautorisert translatør” title. As with any translation, UDI decides whether it is accepted, so follow the checklist for your own application.

• UDI family immigration: English is an accepted target language. Your Turkish original documents must carry an apostille (UDI — apostille, Türkiye). If you apply from Türkiye, the copy of the translation must be stamped by the authorities or a notary; I arrange this in package 3.
• PDF or wet-signed paper copy? The UDI pages I reviewed do not say in general whether a printout of the signed PDF or a wet-signed paper copy is required; your own checklist decides. I offer both: package 1 is the signed PDF, package 2 adds a wet-signed paper copy.
• Skatteetaten (registering a marriage or divorce): English is accepted, but a translation made abroad must itself carry an apostille, and electronic documents are not accepted (Skatteetaten). That means notarisation, an apostille and posting the paper documents (package 3).
• Health personnel (Helsedirektoratet): the approval page for professional qualifications from the United Kingdom (last revised 12 May 2026) asks for documents to be translated into Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English “by a authorised translator” (Helsedirektoratet — United Kingdom). The page on approval of specialist training from abroad (revised 3 July 2025) lists the same languages but requires a state-authorised translator (statsautorisert translatør) (Helsedirektoratet — specialist approval); I check the rule for your own application type with you before you pay.

På norsk: Skal du oversette tyrkiske dokumenter til UDI (familieinnvandring)? UDI krever at dokumenter som ikke er på norsk eller engelsk, oversettes til norsk eller engelsk av en autorisert/sertifisert oversetter, og at det står hvem som har oversatt og når. Jeg oversetter ikke til norsk, men fra tyrkisk til engelsk (edsvoren oversetter i Tyrkia). Om oversettelsen godtas, avgjør UDI – sjekk sjekklisten for din søknad. Pris for et standard offisielt dokument på én side: 850 ₺ for signert PDF, 1.450 ₺ med signert papirkopi sendt til Norge. Vigselsattest (evlenme kayıt örneği): 850 ₺ for signert PDF, 1.450 ₺ med signert papirkopi sendt til Norge. Til Folkeregisteret må en oversettelse gjort i utlandet i tillegg ha apostille.

Universities set their own requirements, so check your programme’s page. NTNU, for example, asks for “an authorised translation into English” of documents not in English or a Scandinavian language; the University of Oslo’s NORA page for Türkiye asks for an official translation by an authorized translator of both the transcript and the diploma. Whether a sworn translation made in Türkiye meets this is the university’s decision — send me the programme link and I check the wording before you pay.

Diploma and one-page transcript: 2.300 ₺ (≈ 449.99 NOK) — two academic documents at 1.150 ₺ each. Multi-page transcripts are quoted individually after review, based on page count and content density. Diploma and transcript translation.

UDI asks for documents that are not in Norwegian or English to be translated into Norwegian or English “by an authorised/certified translator”, with the translator’s name and the date shown on the translation; the exact rules depend on the application type, so follow the checklist for your own application on udi.no. I am authorised and sworn under Turkish rules (oath registered with the Kartal 12th and Gebze 19th Notary Offices); UDI decides whether a translation is accepted.

If you apply from Türkiye and your checklist asks for the translation to be stamped by the authorities or a notary, I arrange Turkish notarisation of the translation and quote it together with the translation. Tell me the application type when you send the documents.

To register a marriage concluded abroad in the National Population Register, Skatteetaten accepts certificates in English or a Nordic language, and states: “If the translation is done abroad, the translation must also have an apostille or be legalised.” Original certificates usually need an apostille as well, and documents are sent by post — electronic certificates are not accepted.

For these cases I prepare the English translation, have it notarised in Türkiye, arrange the apostille on the translation, which is issued by the competent Turkish authority, and send the paper documents by courier, in one total written quote that states the official fees and other costs. The apostille on your Turkish certificate and the apostille on the translation are two separate certificates. Remarrying in Norway after a foreign divorce also needs approval from the County Governor (Statsforvalteren). Source: Skatteetaten — registration of a marriage solemnised abroad.

English is enough wherever the receiving authority accepts it — HK-dir, many university admissions, UDI applications and Skatteetaten registrations above. Some procedures need a Norwegian translation by a Norwegian state-authorised translator, for example documents for Norwegian courts; I do not offer Norwegian translations, so for those I tell you before you pay. For health personnel, English is among the accepted translation languages, but the translator requirement depends on the procedure.

• A complete English translation of the document, including stamps, annotations and the finality note of court decisions.
• My certification statement as the translator, my name, signature and stamp on every page, the date, and my contact details.
• A PDF scan of the signed and stamped translation; the paper original by courier when your procedure needs it.

Two different certificates are involved. An apostille on your Turkish source document is issued by the competent Turkish authority; some Turkish documents can receive an e-Apostil online (Ministry of Justice), depending on the competent authority's system, and others a paper apostille. An apostille on the translation is a separate step, needed only where the receiving authority asks for it — for example Skatteetaten when the translation is made abroad. HK-dir does not require translations to be apostilled.

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The business and the translator. I am Uğur Arı, a sworn translator whose oath is recorded at the Kartal 12th (Istanbul) and Gebze 19th (Kocaeli) Notary Offices and a graduate of Translation & Interpreting at Marmara University, and I run İngilizce Yeminli Çeviri. I work from Tuzla, Istanbul, Türkiye, and serve clients in Norway online. Profile: LinkedIn.

Send your documents for a written quote; you get the price and turnaround in writing before you pay. You can send your document through WhatsApp at any time. I reply as soon as I am available.

Everything is done online, whether you live in Norway, in Türkiye or elsewhere.

• Step 1 — Send your documents. A PDF or a clear photo of each Turkish document by WhatsApp or email.
• Step 2 — Tell me where they will be used. HK-dir, a Norwegian university, UDI, Skatteetaten, or something else.
• Step 3 — Get the exact price and scope. A: my certified translation is enough — the translation tariff applies. B: notarisation, an apostille or posted originals are needed — you get one total quote for all steps, stating the official fees and other costs. C: my service does not fit your procedure — I tell you before you pay.

Payment is by credit/debit card, by international bank transfer to my IBAN or by Western Union where delivery to a bank account is available; cash is possible in person in Türkiye. Your written quote states the exact amount, the currency to send and the payment details; bank and Western Union fees are not included. Once your translation is completed, a watermarked preview is shared; the final, watermark-free translation is delivered once the payment reaches my account. Credit/debit cards, bank transfers and Western Union are accepted. Vipps, PayPal, Wise and Revolut are not currently supported.