Catalan

Catalan

Catalan

Catalan, along with Basque and Galician, is one of the three co-official languages of Spain As such, it has a large presence in our country and of the three languages mentioned, it is the one with the largest number of speakers. This language has received greater attention in recent years, both nationally and internationally, due to the situation of relations between Catalonia and Spain. For this reason, the services of expert Catalan translators and interpreters have recently been needed more than ever, both for translation into Catalan translation from Catalan.

Moreover, the areas where this language is spoken, such as Barcelona or the Balearic Islands, attract tourists from all over the world, both for their natural landscapes and their culture. The Picasso Museum, the Sagrada Familia, Park Güell, Ibiza… all of them are always full of people who may not speak Catalan. For this reason, translation and interpretation of this language is very important to facilitate their access to culture or to the services offered by the police and hospitals, for example.

CO-OFFICIALITY OF CATALAN

On the other hand, due to the co-official status of the language in Spain, all citizens have the right to use the official language of their choice. This means that in Catalonia, for example, many documents such as contracts, birth certificates or census certificates are only in Catalan and therefore require a translation into Spanish if they are to be used outside of this autonomous community.

Moreover, the Catalan language has a great cultural richness, which is why we can find numerous literary worksEl cuaderno gris by Josep Pla, La plaça del Diamant by Mercé Rododera or Cant Espiritual de Joan Maragall), films (Pa negre, Estiu 1993 o Herois) and television series(Merlí o Polseres vermelles) in this language that require translation so that they can also be enjoyed by speakers of other languages, and who better to guarantee a quality translation than professional translators who are experts in Catalan?

WHERE IS CATALAN SPOKEN?

Catalan is a Romance language that belongs to the Indo-European language family. There are currently ten million speakers, five million of whom are native speakers. It is the ninth most widely spoken language in the European Union, where it is spoken in four countries: Spain, Andorra, France and Italy. In the Principality of Andorra it has the status of an official language. In Spain it is a co-official language and is spoken in Catalonia, the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands, Carche (Murcia) and the western fringe of Aragon. In France, it is spoken in the region of Northern Catalonia. Finally, in Italy, it is spoken in the city of Alghero, located on the island of Sardinia. In addition, there are small communities of speakers all over the world, such as Argentina, which has around 200 000 speakers.

Additionally, just as the Spanish language has the RAE, an institution dedicated to the linguistic regulation of this language, for Catalan there are two different ones. On the one hand, in Catalonia, the institution in charge of establishing and updating the linguistic regulations of the Catalan language is the Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC) through its Philological Section, while in the Valencian Community it is the Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, the official regulatory body for the Valencian language, which is the name given to the Catalan language in this autonomous community.

There are those who consider Catalan and Valencian to be the same language, those who claim that they are two completely separate and distinct languages, and those who claim that Valencian derives from Catalan. What is clear is that both are Romance languages of the Indo-European family.

HOW CAN LINGUATRANS HELP YOU?

At LinguaTrans we are experts in Catalan, which is present in all the services we provide, for example:

• Catalan translation

• Catalan sworn translation

• Catalan transcription

• Catalan subtitles

• Catalan proofreading

• Catalan voice-over

We have excellent native professionals for each translation service and speciality. Count on a highly reputed company in the market of language services by contacting us. You can also consult our rates or request a free, no-obligation quote. We are standing by to take you far… including in catalan!