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We as a Dutch-Slovak translation agency take care of translations of documents like brochures, resumes, letters and manuals on a regular basis. These are always translated with care by one of our Slovak native speaker translators. Not only are we specialised in translations from Dutch into Slovak but other language combinations, such as Spanish into Dutch and French into Dutch, are commonplace at our Dutch-Slovak translation agency. Every text is unique, which means that each translation assignment is carefully examined for the type of text. Of course, we will always put a native-speaker translator, who has experience with the terms and language used, to work on your translation. This means that you can rely on a good translation from Slovak into Dutch, of the highest quality possible. Every text is unique, which is why the type of text is carefully considered with every translation assignment. We take it as a matter of fact that a native speaker translator, who has sufficient experience in your jargon, will always be assigned to your translation.

Information about the Slovak language

How did Slovak originate and develop? The origins of the Slovak language all began at the fall of the Great Moravian Empire. When the empire fell in the tenth century, the Slovak language started. Slovak existed as a collection of dialects for a very long time. In 1787, Anton Bernolák developed the Slovak script. This he did on the basis of the western dialects. Years later, around 1840, there the Protestant Ľudovít Štúr began writing in the central Slovak dialects, laying the foundation for today’s Slovak written language. Several years later, the language was further modified in some respects, by Martin Hattala. He introduced the Slovak script in 1852, which is still in use today. Although today’s Slovak still uses the script developed by Hattala, some changes were made to it in more recent times. One of the most distinctive of these took place after the end of World War II. The letter ‘s’ was changed, in prefixes of words, to a ‘z’. This changes words like ‘smluva’ to ‘zmluva’. The publication of a Slovak dictionary was a milestone for Slovak spelling, in 1959 to 1968.

Slovak has three major dialect groups: the eastern, central and western dialect groups. With the exception of the Eastern Slovak dialects, almost all dialects of Slovak and Czech are mutually intelligible. This is because the linguistic boundaries between these two languages were not very major. In general, Slovak was seen as a somewhat more conservative language than Czech. Of course, while the two languages do differ from each other, it is certainly possible for people from the respective countries to understand each other. Czech has a very distinctive hiss sound, something that Slovak has not developed. Slovak, or ‘Slovenský jazyk’, is a language that falls under the Western Slavic languages. It is the official language of Slovakia, but is also spoken in some neighboring countries, including the Czech Republic and Serbia. In Serbia, Slovak is recognised as a spoken language. There are about 7 million people who speak the language. Are you planning on visiting Slovakia, to live or work there? Or do you need to have your documents translated into Slovak for a completely different reason? Slovak translation agency Urgent Vertalen translates all your documents from Slovak to Dutch, or vice versa.

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The capital of Slovakia, Bratislava, is an important international hub within transportation. The city connects Slovakia with the cities of Prague, Budapest and Vienna. Slovakia has a mountainous landscape, a great place to stay for winter sports. The highest mountain in Slovakia is the Gerlachovský štít. This mountain can be found in the winter sports area. The 2009 Slovak euro coins feature another mountain, the Kriváň. Due to its symbolic shape, the mountain featured on the coins in 2009. Ľudovít Štúr, the man who laid the foundation for modern written Slovak in 1840, climbed this mountain in 1844. After that, it became a national place of pilgrimage. Slovak is based on western dialects. As a result, the vocabulary has expanded somewhat and has been supplemented by some foreign words. Including ‘kino’, meaning cinema, and ‘benzin’, meaning gasoline.