Portuguese· Português
Portuguese written for São Paulo, or for Lisbon. Not both at once.
Choose the Portuguese variant before anything else. Our Portuguese linguists translate, localize, and certify documents with the variant and register your readers expect.
Olá
How Portuguese shows up in the work.
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.
Language context first
Portuguese work shaped for the people who will use it.
Audience, variant, subject matter, and final format are confirmed before translation begins.
Where it's spoken
- Brazil
- Portugal
- Angola
- Mozambique
- Cape Verde
Major dialects we cover
- Brazilian Portuguese
- European Portuguese
- African Portuguese
Script & family
- Writing system
- Latin alphabet
- Direction
- Left to right
- Language family
- Indo-European, Romance
What Portuguese translation demands.
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.
How we handle Portuguese
- Variant and register confirmed before work begins
- Native-speaker linguists with domain expertise
- Typography and layout checked in final files
- Certificate of accuracy available on request
Three ways we deliver Portuguese translation.
Portuguese ↔ English documents by domain specialists — medical records, contracts, school files, technical manuals.
A second linguist reads every delivery before it leaves.
Websites, apps, and product copy adapted for Portuguese-speaking readers — variant, register, and layout together.
Not a word-swap. The page has to work in the language, not just contain it.
USCIS-accepted, court-ready Portuguese translations, delivered with a signed certificate of accuracy.
We confirm the variant before we start so the certificate matches the reader.
Where Portuguese translation is in demand.
- Healthcare & clinical
- Immigration
- Business & trade
- Cape Verdean & Brazilian community services
Often requested alongside Portuguese.
Have Portuguese documents on a deadline?
Send the files, the target audience, and your deadline. We'll confirm variant, turnaround, and pricing same-day.