Danish Translation Services — Certified English ↔ Danish

Danish Translation Rates

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Certified personal documents are priced per page, from $22.00 (ID, passport, driver's license) to $29.80 (academic transcript). Historic handwritten records are quoted individually.

Danish Translation for Business

Denmark is small, but its companies lead global markets in pharmaceuticals, shipping, wind energy, and design — and Danish readers expect precise, natural Danish.

Life sciences and pharmaceuticals. Clinical and regulatory documentation, product information and labeling, medical-device files, and patient materials — with terminology consistent with Danish and EU regulatory practice. → Pharmaceutical translation · Medical translation

Shipping and logistics. Contracts, charter and transport documents, technical and safety documentation, and crew materials. → Contract translation · Technical translation

Wind, energy, and engineering. Tenders, technical specifications, manuals, HSE documentation, and supplier agreements for wind, district heating, pumps, and industrial equipment. → Engineering translation · Technical manuals

Legal and corporate. Articles of association, company registration documents, contracts, employment agreements, court documents, and GDPR documentation. For company registration in Denmark, check the Danish Business Authority's current language requirements. → Legal translation

Finance and tax. Annual reports, tax filings, banking documents, and investor materials. → Financial translation

Consumer brands, design, and marketing. Product copy, campaigns, and websites — adapted for Danish tone and humor, not translated word for word. → Marketing translation · Website localization

Software and apps. UI strings, help content, and app store listings for Danish users. → Software localization · App localization

Also available: transcription, voice-over with professional Danish voice talent, subtitling, and proofreading.

Certified Danish to English Translation for USCIS

Every Danish-language document filed with USCIS needs a complete English translation and a signed translator certification (8 CFR 103.2(b)(3)). Notarization is not required.

Multi-page documents receive lower per-page rates. In most of Denmark, birth and name certificates are issued from Church of Denmark parish registers — we translate parish stamps and annotations too. Denmark is a party to the Hague Apostille Convention; if your document carries an apostille, we translate it as well.

Every certified translation includes: complete translation of text, stamps, and annotations; the signed Translation Accuracy Certificate; 24-hour delivery for most 1–2 page documents; and the USCIS acceptance guarantee.

→ USCIS certified translation → Apostille translation

Getting Danish Right

The right kind of certification. For US purposes (USCIS, courts, universities), we provide a signed certified translation. For official use in Denmark, authorities may require a state-authorized translator (statsautoriseret translatør) — check with the receiving office and we'll advise.

The right tone — usually "du." Danes address almost everyone, customers included, with the informal "du." We agree the register with you before we start, and adapt humor and wordplay for Danish readers rather than translating them literally.

Danish, not "Scandinavian." Written Danish and Norwegian are close, and Swedish is related, but each needs a native translator. Your project goes to a native Danish linguist.

Clean text in every format. Correct æ, ø, and å; Danish compound words handled in software strings; layouts matched to your original.

Danish Genealogy and Historic Records

We translate the records Danish-American family researchers rely on:

• Church books (kirkebøger): births and baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials
• Census records (folketællinger)
• Emigration records and passenger lists
• Probate records and property records
• Letters and diaries from emigrant families

Older records are handwritten in Gothic script with older spelling. Send a clear scan and we'll quote based on length and legibility.

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Why Choose TheWordPoint for Danish

Native Danish translators with subject expertise. Every project goes to a native translator who knows your field.

Human translation, reviewed. A second linguist checks your translation against the source. Human-maintained glossaries keep terminology consistent across projects. (For high-volume content, ask about our separate machine translation post-editing service — never used for certified documents.)

Fast delivery. Most certified documents within 24 hours; urgent projects can be shared by several translators with one reviewer.

Confidential. Your documents are encrypted and never shared.

24/7 support.

Reviewed and updated  on September 25, 2026, by

Christakis Christodoulou,
Managing Director
Head of the Certified Translation Department