Sectors Turkish ↔ English
Import, export and logistics
Türkiye is a major supplier to UK importers, and customs paperwork is unforgiving: the description on the invoice, the packing list and the origin declaration have to say the same thing in both languages.
The paperwork that moves with the goods
Importers send commercial and proforma invoices, packing lists, a menşe şahadetnamesi, transport documents, analysis and conformity certificates and supplier declarations. Exporters need the reverse: invoices and origin declarations into Turkish, plus distribution and agency agreements. Freight forwarders come to us mid-shipment, when something at the border does not match.
Consistency beats elegance
Customs authorities compare documents against each other. If a product is a "kaplama panel" on the invoice, a "coated panel" on the packing list and a "laminated board" on the certificate, the shipment is questioned even when every rendering is defensible in isolation. So we build a product glossary from the first job and apply it to everything afterwards, keep HS codes, quantities, weights and incoterms exactly as written, and query rather than guess when a supplier’s description is ambiguous. Trade under the UK–Türkiye agreement turns on the origin statement in particular, which is covered in importing from Türkiye: trade agreement documents explained.
Speed, and what it actually costs you
A container waiting at a port costs more per day than the translation does in total, so this is the sector where our time zone helps most: documents sent at the end of a UK afternoon are picked up at the start of our working day in Ankara. Standard turnaround is one to two working days; urgent work carries a surcharge and is confirmed against your deadline. Forwarders often need to know what a document says before deciding what to do with it: we will read it and tell you, then produce the certified version once the decision is made. Accounts run on an agreed page rate with monthly invoicing terms we agree with you in writing before the first job.
Indicative prices
Turkish into English is from £10.00 per 1,000-character page and English into Turkish from £6.50, certification included and no UK VAT charged. A certificate of origin or a single-page invoice is £10.00; a ten-page supply agreement into Turkish is roughly £65; a technical file with test reports is quoted from the documents, since repetition across a series of certificates changes the count. Where a Turkish customs office or court requires notarisation, we arrange it in Ankara at the notary’s tariff plus handling.
Frequently asked questions
Do customs authorities require a certified translation?
Requirements vary by document and by office. Certification is included in our price, so the safe course is to have it and not need it.
Can you keep the layout of an invoice?
Yes. We reproduce tables and line items in the same order so that the two versions can be read side by side, which is what an inspector does.
Who decides the product description?
You do. We propose a glossary, you approve it, and then it is applied consistently. We will not change an agreed term without telling you.
Can you translate at short notice for a shipment already at the border?
Often, yes. Send the file and the deadline together; we confirm whether the date is achievable before starting rather than after.