Sectors Turkish ↔ English
Restaurants, food and hospitality
Turkish restaurants, bakeries and food importers deal with two very different sets of documents: sponsorship evidence for chefs trained in Türkiye, and product information that has to be right because people eat it.
Bringing in a chef
A sponsored chef’s file rests on evidence of training and experience gained in Türkiye: an ustalık or kalfalık belgesi, MYK certificates, an employment letter from a previous restaurant, an SGK service record showing the years worked, and where the route requires it a criminal record certificate. What the Skilled Worker route expects is set out on translations for a Skilled Worker visa, and the evidence question in more detail in vocational evidence for UK employers. Turkish employment references are often brief by UK standards; we translate them as written and do not embellish, because an inflated reference is the employer’s problem, not the translator’s.
Supplier and product documents
Importing from Türkiye brings invoices, certificates of analysis, halal and quality certificates, and specification sheets. Franchise and distribution agreements go the other way, into Turkish. Recipes, training manuals and health and safety notices for Turkish-speaking kitchen staff are steady, unglamorous work that prevents a great deal of trouble, and an environmental health inspection is easier when the procedures on the wall are in the language the kitchen actually speaks.
Menus and allergens are not marketing copy
Allergen information carries legal weight in the UK, and an ingredient list is not a place for a translator to be creative. We translate ingredients literally, keep the fourteen regulated allergen names in their standard UK forms, and query anything ambiguous instead of choosing the likely meaning — a "tereyağı" that becomes "oil" is a safety failure, not a style choice. Dish names are a separate matter: we keep the Turkish name and add a short English description, which reads better on a menu and avoids inventing a translation for a dish that has none.
Terms and prices
Restaurants and groups work on an agreed page rate terms we agree with you in writing before the first job, with invoices to the company and no UK VAT charged. Turkish into English is from £10.00 per 1,000-character page: an ustalık belgesi is one page at £10.00, and a complete evidence set for one chef usually comes to £40–70. English into Turkish is from £6.50: a two-page staff handbook extract is about £13, and a full menu is priced from the file, since a menu holds less text than it looks.
Frequently asked questions
Will a translated ustalık belgesi satisfy a sponsorship application?
The translation makes the certificate readable; whether the evidence is sufficient is a matter for the Home Office and your adviser. We translate it accurately and certify it.
Can you translate a menu into Turkish and English?
Yes, in either direction. Dish names normally stay in Turkish with an English description beneath, which is what diners expect and what avoids awkward invented names.
Do you translate allergen information?
Yes, literally and with the standard UK allergen names. If a source ingredient is ambiguous we ask rather than assume.
Do you handle staff documents in Turkish?
Yes — contracts, handbooks, hygiene and safety notices. Staff who read the rules in their own language tend to follow them.