Sworn Birth Certificate Translation into Bulgarian

The most common case is a child born in the UK to a Bulgarian parent. The birth has to be entered in the Bulgarian civil register (through the municipality, or a Bulgarian consulate abroad) so the child gets a Bulgarian birth certificate and a personal number (ЕГН). The registrar draws up a Bulgarian record from your UK certificate, which is hard to do from a document they can't read.

Some offices also ask for the translation to be certified by the Consular Relations Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. That step happens in Bulgaria; ask the office whether they need it before you plan your timetable.

Bulgarian-origin applications can reach back a generation or two, so a parent's or grandparent's certificate may be the one that matters. Each translated certificate is priced the same way, per page.

Bulgarian is written in Cyrillic, so "Smith" becomes "Смит" and so on. Transcription isn't always one-to-one (English spelling being what it is), which is why the original spelling stays visible next to the Cyrillic form. If a Bulgarian document already spells a family member's name in Cyrillic, tell us when you upload and we'll match it, so the same person doesn't end up with two spellings in one file.

Translate the full (long-form) certificate: the short version leaves out the parents, which is the part a civil registrar cares about most. The price includes the translation, the sworn translator's signature, a quality check and 2 free revisions. Upload a clear scan on the online quote form to see your total before paying. The FCDO issues apostilles; our apostille translation page explains how the two fit together. Want it on paper too? Tick the signed paper copy at checkout: the translator prints it, signs it in ink and posts it by Royal Mail the next working day after your PDF, for £3.00 to a UK address or £8.00 anywhere else (one fee per order). Delivery times are Royal Mail's, not guaranteed.