Hungarian interpreting and translation

Hungarian interpreting with the right level of address

Hungarian has several forms of address: te for familiar use, and ön or maga in formal situations, where maga can sound abrupt in some contexts. Our interpreters choose the appropriate level. Because ő is gender-neutral, they clarify who is meant whenever it matters, for instance in a police statement or a child welfare assessment. Hungarian speakers from Romania, Slovakia or Serbia may hold those countries' citizenship and documents, so tell us where the client lives and we will match regional vocabulary.

We provide Hungarian interpreting for GP and hospital appointments, social care assessments, family courts and child welfare meetings, police interviews and criminal courts, and workplace inductions in logistics and manufacturing. You can choose face-to-face attendance, telephone interpreting at any hour, or video through our SILA Linguists® app or your own platform. Business meetings and conferences can have consecutive, simultaneous or remote simultaneous interpreting.

Hungarian translation: family name first

Hungarian puts the family name before the given name, as in Nagy János, while passports and English documents often reverse it, so our translators follow the identity documents and make the family name clear. Fonts must support ő and ű, which are often wrongly replaced by õ or û. Certified translations of birth and marriage certificates, school and university records, court documents and employment papers carry a signed statement of accuracy, accepted by the Home Office, colleges and other UK authorities. In Hungary, certified translations for official use are generally produced by the national translation office, OFFI, so check what a Hungarian authority requires.

For businesses and property investors, we translate contracts, technical documentation, HR material and marketing, and localise websites and software for Hungarian users.

Hungarian transcription and subtitling

Police interviews, recorded calls, family evidence and research recordings in Hungarian are transcribed with timings marked and translated into English, and we subtitle training videos and media.

Where our Hungarian linguists work

Our vetted, trained and qualified Hungarian linguists can support NHS and social care providers, logistics and manufacturing employers, courts, police and solicitors, universities and qualification assessors, businesses and property investors, and family and child welfare teams. SILA Linguists® offers one coordinator for your whole project, with confidentiality under signed agreements and UK GDPR.