Tagalog Employee Handbook Translation
Tagalog employee handbook translation is mostly English into Filipino: a US hospital, care home, hotel or seafood plant putting its policies into the language its Filipino staff speak at home. We also translate the other way, when a Philippine office has Filipino memos or notices a US owner needs to read.
- Up to 250 words per page
- $25 per page
- Standard turnaround
- From 24 hours
- Certificate of accuracy
- Signed & stamped
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Written for Tagalog employee handbook records
Putting a US handbook into Filipino
Most Filipino workers read English well, and employers sometimes ask why they need a Filipino version at all. The answer is usually a specific group of employees, or a rule about notices and training.
Choosing the register
A handbook in formal, dictionary Filipino reads stiffly to someone who speaks Taglish at work every day, and a coined word for policy can be less clear than the English. We write plain modern Filipino, keep loanwords such as overtime, shift and supervisor where workers use them, and put the English term in brackets the first time a less familiar Filipino word appears.
Notices and training the law covers
California Labor Code section 2810.5 requires a written wage notice for new nonexempt employees, and the Labor Commissioner publishes that template in Tagalog among other languages. OSHA expects safety training to be given in a language and vocabulary workers understand. Where an official Filipino version exists, we match our wording to it, so the handbook does not contradict the state form.
Care homes, hospitals and hotels
Long-term care, home health and hospitals employ many Filipino nurses and caregivers, and hotels in Hawaii and Nevada have large Filipino workforces. Their handbooks cover patient privacy, timekeeping, meal breaks and reporting abuse, and a caregiver who misreads the abuse reporting rule can lose a license. We keep defined terms, section numbers and form names identical to the English, so HR can point to the same clause in both versions.
Who is asking for your Tagalog employee handbook translation?
The translation is the same. What changes is whether the recipient wants anything added to it.
Employers and HR departments
Employers give staff a handbook in a language they read, and keep a signed acknowledgment of the translated version on file. A certified translation shows the two versions say the same thing.
Courts and labor agencies
In a wage, discrimination or safety dispute, the handbook the employee received is an exhibit. A certified translation lets the agency or court compare it to the English original.
USCIS
Handbooks and employment policies submitted with a work visa petition need a complete English translation and a signed certification from the translator. No notarization is needed.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Tagalog employee handbook.
Send the final version
A handbook is revised often. Upload the version HR has approved, with the acknowledgment page employees sign, so the translation matches what is on file.
Send the editable file if you have it
A Word file instead of a scan keeps the headings, tables and section numbers intact, so the translated handbook reads in the same order as the English one.
Tell us the terms your company uses
Job titles, department names and policy names often have a house translation already. List them in the order notes and the handbook follows them.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Tagalog employee handbook translation
One price per page covers the translation and its certification. A page is up to 250 words, and the quote tells you the page count before you pay.
Everything on the employee handbook is translated, including stamps, seals and handwritten notes. Tell us the English spelling you use for each name when you order.
Certified Translation
Word-for-word translation with a certificate of accuracy for official use.
$25
USD / page
up to 250 words per page
Included
- Signed & stamped certification of translation accuracy
- Certified by a professional translator
- Digital delivery via PDF
- Review and approve final translation
- 100% Guaranteed Acceptance
- Standard turnaround starting at 24 hours
Optional services
- Expedited turnaround
- Priority handling when your deadline is shorter than the standard turnaround.
- By deadline
- Notarization
- A notary public signs and stamps the certification statement.
- $20 per order
- Physical copy
- A wet-ink original of your translation, mailed by express courier.
- $35 per order
- Apostille
- Authenticates the notary’s signature and seal for use in Hague Convention countries.
- $180 per document
What the certificate of accuracy states
Your translation arrives with a Certification of Translation Accuracy issued by ImmiTranslate. It is the page the receiving organization checks first.
- The translation is complete and accurate.
- The document title and the language pair.
- The translator is competent in both languages.
- A signature and the ImmiTranslate certification stamp.
- Our American Translators Association corporate membership.
Our translation process
Our goal is to make the translation process as simple as possible for you. Our service is streamlined specifically for documents of this nature.
Tagalog Employee Handbook FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Does the Filipino version have legal weight?
- Your counsel decides that. Most employers state that the English version controls and the translation is provided for understanding. We translate that clause too, and we can put the employee acknowledgment page into Filipino so staff sign a page they can read.
- Can you translate only the sections that changed next year?
- Yes. Send the new edition with the changes marked, or the old and new English side by side, and we translate only the revised pages, keeping the rest identical to last year's Filipino version. You pay $25 for each page we translate, not for the whole handbook again.
- Does a Philippine company handbook need translating for a US parent company?
- Rarely in full. Handbooks written under the Philippine Labor Code are usually English and use local terms like 13th month pay, SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG contributions. What may be in Filipino are memos, notices to explain and employees' written replies in disciplinary files, and we translate those.
- How much does a certified translation cost?
- Certified translation is $25 per page, with a page counted as up to 250 words. Notarization, a mailed physical copy and an apostille are optional and priced separately.
- How long does a certified translation take?
- Standard turnaround starts at 24 hours and depends on the length and language of your documents. If you have a deadline, include it in your quote request.
Other Tagalog documents we translate
Employee handbook translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's employee handbook records.
Sending it with an application? Read the Certified translations before you order.