Portuguese translation services
Portuguese written for São Paulo, or for Lisbon. Not both at once.
Portuguese at a glance
Brazilian and European Portuguese differ in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. We default to Brazilian Portuguese for US healthcare and legal work, and European Portuguese for EU-facing engagements.
Choose the Portuguese variant before anything else. Brazilian and European Portuguese differ in spelling, vocabulary, and grammar even after the 1990 Orthographic Agreement aligned much of the spelling — a document written for Lisbon reads as foreign in São Paulo, and vice versa.
Portuguese has more than 260 million speakers worldwide. We cover the varieties listed here and can match a linguist to a specific region or community on request.
- Native name
- Português
- Script
- Latin alphabet
- Greeting
- Olá (“hello”)
- Speakers
- 260M+
- Language family
- Indo-European, Romance
- Spoken in
- Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde
- Dialects and varieties
- Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, African Portuguese
Portuguese translation, for every kind of text
Every project is matched to a linguist who knows the subject, then checked against the source before delivery.
Document translation
Contracts, records, manuals and forms translated between Portuguese and English by a linguist who knows the subject.
Certified translation
A complete Portuguese translation with a signed statement of accuracy, for immigration, court and academic submissions.
Website & app localization
Websites, apps and campaigns adapted for Portuguese-speaking audiences, with terminology kept consistent from one release to the next.
Where Portuguese translation is needed most
We match each project on language pair and subject, so terminology, names and numbers come through exactly as they should.
- Healthcare & clinical
- Immigration
- Business & trade
- Cape Verdean & Brazilian community services
Often requested alongside Portuguese
Need something translated to or from Portuguese?
Send us the files, the language pair and your deadline. We'll reply with a price and turnaround.