Drag, drop, see the first 25 segments translated free in seconds, then decide. AI does the draft, free. Human-certified translation is coming soon for documents that need an official sign-off. UK-based, 66 language pairs supported.
Drag, drop, or paste a PDF, Word doc, or scan.
See the start translated side by side in seconds.
Reveal the rest in batches, then download it.
A qualified translator signs off, for official use.
Pull a document onto the drop zone on the home page, click to choose a file from your computer, or paste an image from your clipboard. We accept PDF, DOCX, JPG, PNG, and plain text up to 5 MB and 10 pages per upload.
We detect the source language automatically from the document content — you can override it if our guess is wrong. We pick a sensible target language (English for non-English sources; you choose for English sources). No account needed to start.
PDF (text-based or scanned with OCR), Microsoft Word (.docx), plain text (.txt), JPEG and PNG images. Scanned documents are processed through OCR before translation; quality of the source scan affects extraction accuracy.
Within seconds you see the first 25 segments of your document translated side-by-side with the original. Source on the left, target on the right. No card, no signup, no commitment.
We split your document into segments at sentence boundaries so the side-by-side view stays readable even for long documents. If you have a five-paragraph birth certificate, it’ll probably translate the whole thing in the first 25 segments. If you have a ten-page contract, you’ll see the first 25 segments and have the option to view more (in batches of 25, with a short pause between batches to keep API costs controlled).
We use a modern large language model with a translation-tuned prompt. Quality is similar to or better than Google Translate — and for anything officially-accepted (Home Office, NHS, UK universities), human-certified translation is coming soon (see Step 4).
Click “view more” to reveal the next 25 segments. Keep going until the whole document is translated. Each batch takes a few seconds to render — we use that time to keep things smooth, then unblur the next chunk.
If you want to keep this AI translation as-is, you can download it (we provide a watermarked PDF that’s clearly labelled “AI Translation — Not Certified”). For most personal reading and understanding-the-content uses, this is enough. Human-certified translation, for anything official, is coming soon (see Step 4).
For translations accepted by the Home Office, the NHS, a UK university, a UK court, or any other authority, human-certified translation is coming soon. A qualified human translator will review the AI draft, correct any errors, and sign off with a statement of accuracy — the three elements UK authorities require: signed statement, translator details, and date.
Pricing will be published on our pricing page when certified translation launches.
Google Translate is great for casual reading. It’s not accepted by UK Visas and Immigration, the Home Office, the NHS, or UK universities because there’s no human sign-off and no statement of accuracy. Polytxt’s human-certified translation — delivering both, signed by a qualified translator — is coming soon.
Polytxt holds documents in UK data centres for 30 days then automatically purges them. We never train AI on your content. Google Translate’s terms allow Google to use what you submit — not great for a passport scan or a bank statement.
When certified translation launches, every certified job will carry a traceable audit log: who reviewed it, when, with what AI draft as input, and what changed. If a UK authority queries the translation, we can produce the evidence.
Most online translators give you a wall of text. Polytxt preserves the document’s structure so a certified marriage certificate looks like a marriage certificate, not a paragraph blob. Baked-in layout reproduction is coming next.
UK Visas and Immigration require every non-English supporting document to come with a full translation, a signed statement of accuracy from the translator, the translator’s contact details, and the date of translation. Common documents include birth certificates, marriage certificates, police clearance, bank statements, employment letters, and proof of relationship. Our Standard certified tier (planned at £40 per page, 3-day turnaround) will ship all four required elements; for visa-deadline urgency, an Express tier at £90 per page is planned too. Both are coming soon.
NHS trusts and GP practices increasingly need certified translations of foreign medical records, vaccination histories, prescription notes, and consent forms — particularly for refugees, asylum seekers, and recent migrants from Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Polytxt translates all common European and world-language pairs with confidential handling and audit-ready sign-off.
UCAS, UK ENIC (formerly UK NARIC), and individual UK universities need certified translations of foreign degree certificates, transcripts, and academic references when assessing international student applications. Polytxt translates degree certificates and full transcripts, preserving the institution names, grade scales, and course codes that ENIC reviewers need to map to UK qualification levels.
Naturalisation, Indefinite Leave to Remain, EU Settlement Scheme, and family-route applications all require certified translations of foreign-language supporting evidence. Polytxt handles the common paperwork — foreign passports, civil-status certificates, council tax certificates, and proof of long residence — and human certification, in the format the Home Office accepts, is coming soon.
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Drop a document on the home page — the first 25 segments translated free in under 10 seconds. No card, no signup, no commitment.
