Certificates
Birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates, and academic records.
Professional Portuguese translation in Dubai and the UAE
Brazil, Portugal and Lusophone Africa, from Dubai
Portuguese is the language of a trading world that reaches from Brazil to Angola and Mozambique, and Dubai sits on the routes between them. Commercial documents, certificates and contracts move in both directions and all of them need translating.
For use in the UAE, a Portuguese document has to be rendered into Arabic by a certified translator before an authority will accept it. We provide that, along with the certification each destination requires when a UAE document is going the other way.
Personal documents are the other half of the work: birth and marriage certificates, academic records and driving licences for people moving between the Lusophone world and the Emirates.
Language pairs we cover
Our most requested Portuguese pairs are:
- Portuguese to Arabic
- Arabic to Portuguese
- Portuguese to English
- English to Portuguese
Other pairs are available too — see all 120+ languages we translate.
About the language
The Lusophone world
Portuguese belongs to the Indo-European family and is a Romance language. It is used officially or co-officially in ten countries including Portugal, Brazil, Angola and across Lusophone Africa, and in the 1990s was ranked among the ten most influential languages in the world. Those ten countries are collectively called the Lusophone world.
It is the eighth most spoken language globally, with more than 265 million speakers — most of them in Brazil, with large communities in Africa and Europe. Written in Latin script, it is the second most spoken Romance language after Spanish.
European and Brazilian Portuguese differ in spelling, vocabulary and pronunciation. For certified documents the standard written form is used; for marketing content and voice over the variety matters and we match it to the market.
Documents
What we translate to and from Portuguese
Personal, legal, corporate and technical — handled by translators who know the subject as well as the language.
Legal documents
Contracts, powers of attorney, court judgments and filings, certified for UAE courts and ministries.
Business documents
Trade licences, proposals, tenders, reports, manuals and corporate filings.
Medical records
Reports, prescriptions, discharge summaries and healthcare licensing documents.
Websites
Localised for the market rather than translated word for word, on any CMS.
Software and apps
Interfaces, strings and help content, tested in language before release.
Video and audio
Subtitles, captions, transcription and voice over.
Personal documents
Driving licences, passports, ID documents and application letters.
Industries
Sectors we serve in Portuguese
A translator is matched to the subject, not only the language pair.
Need an interpreter rather than a translator? See interpretation services for on-site, remote and telephone interpreting in Portuguese.
How it works
From your document to a certified translation
Five steps, with the price and the delivery time confirmed before we start.
Send your document
Upload a scan or photo, email it, or send it on WhatsApp.
Get a quote
We confirm the certification needed, the fixed price and the delivery time.
Translation
A native Portuguese translator with the right subject background does the work.
Review
A second linguist checks names, dates, numbers and terminology.
Delivery
A certified PDF by email, with a stamped hard copy on request.
Why AGATO
Certified, and accepted where it counts
FAQ
Portuguese translation questions, answered
Brazilian or European Portuguese?
Say which and we will match it. The two differ in spelling, vocabulary and pronunciation, and Brazilian Portuguese has far more speakers. For a certified document the standard written form is used and the distinction rarely matters; for marketing, web copy or voice over it matters considerably.
Do you provide certified Portuguese translation in Dubai?
Yes. Where the document is going to a UAE court, ministry or government department, we provide a Ministry of Justice certified translation, stamped and signed by a licensed translator. For universities, employers, banks and embassies, a certified translation on our company letterhead is normally what is required. Tell us the destination and we will issue the right one.
How long does a Portuguese translation take?
Short documents such as a certificate are typically ready in about four hours when we receive them during office hours, Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. Longer documents and rarer subject areas are usually returned within 24 to 48 hours. We confirm the timeline with your quote.
How much does Portuguese translation cost?
Price depends on the length of the document, the language pair, the subject and whether you need certification, notarisation or a hard copy. Send us a scan and you will get a fixed price rather than an estimate that moves later.
Are your Portuguese translators native speakers?
Yes. Portuguese work is done by native speakers of the target language who also have a background in the subject — legal, medical, technical or commercial — because terminology is where a fluent but non-specialist translation comes apart.
Do you need the original document?
A clear scan or photograph is enough for the translation itself. If the authority receiving it requires a stamped hard copy, we produce one for collection at our office on Sheikh Zayed Road or for courier.
Will names be spelled the way they are in my passport?
They will if you send us the passport spelling. Transliterating a name into or out of Arabic has more than one valid answer, and a translation that disagrees with the passport is the most common reason a document is sent back. Send both together and we match them exactly.
Can you provide a Portuguese interpreter as well?
Yes. We provide Portuguese interpreters for meetings, hearings, medical appointments and conferences, on site across the UAE or remotely. See interpretation services for the modes available.
Is my document kept confidential?
Yes. Access is restricted, handling is secure, and your document is used only for your translation. An NDA is available on request, and it is signed as a matter of course for corporate and legal work.
Related
Other languages and services
Spanish translationCertified Spanish for business and personal documents.
Italian translationCertified Italian for legal and corporate use.
French translationCertified French for legal and business use.
English translationEnglish to Arabic and back, certified.
Arabic translationEnglish and Arabic in both directions.
All 120+ languagesEvery language we translate, in one place.