Translationz have specialist legal translators and interpreters servicing most major cities in the US and Canada.
Our legal translators knowledge of the courts and the law helps them communicate in the high pressure environment of the courts and with the accuracy necessary for a legal document translation. We have legal translation specialists in most languages and most jurisdictions. Our legal specializations include, but are not limited to:
Legal Interpreting
If you have a court hearing and are seeking an interpreter, it is important to begin your search early! Court interpreters are specialists in oral communication by facilitating communication for those non-English (and for our clients in Canada, non-French) -speaking to participate in the proceedings. Court interpreters are required to be faithful, accurate and impartial.
We provide both consecutive interpretation and simultaneous interpretation. Consecutive offers two-way communication, like for example, when a witness is being cross-examined. Simultaneous interpretation makes use of electronic equipment to provide ongoing, uninterrupted translation. This method is used for one-way communication, for instance when it is necessary to translate the entire proceedings.
Court interpretation is a demanding intellectual practice. Court interpreters require extensive training and abide by a strict Code of Ethics.
There are three categories of legal interpreters in the United States:
Certified interpreters- Certified interpreters have passed the Administrative Office certification examination. To date, certification programs have been developed only for Spanish, Navajo and Haitian Creole. The local federal court will determine on a case-by-case basis whether the prospective interpreter is either professionally qualified or language skilled. In languages other than Spanish, Navajo and Haitian-Creole, interpreters are designated as:
Professionally Qualified
Language Skilled
Deposition Interpreter
The majority of the legal interpreting work that we provide is interpreting for depositions. Court interpreters are almost always required to be certified court interpreters, however, this is not always the case with interpreters for depositions. Many times interpreters for depositions do not need to be certified court interpreters, which means we are often able to provide a deposition for a lower rate than a court interpreter. Many times lawyers need a translator for a deposition without much advance notice, and many times we are able to assign a deposition translator.
Court Interpreter Services
Our court interpreter services assist with the effective communication of non english speaking participants in the US and Canadian court systems. Some of the common languages that we offer court interpreters include, but are not limited to,
Arabic court interpreter, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bavarian, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese (Chinese), Czech (Slavic), Danish / Dansk, Dutch / Nederlands, Farsi, Philippino (Filipino), Finnish, French and French Canadian court interpreter, Gaelic, Georgian, German / Deutsch, Greek, Guaraginga, Hebrew, Hindi, Hittite, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Lao, Latvian Lithuanian (Baltic), Macedonian (Slavic), Maltese,
Mandarin (Chinese), Norwegian, Pashto, Polish / Polski (Slavic), Portuguese, Punjabi,Romanian, Russian, Saami, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Sundanese, Tagalog, Tahitian, Tajik, Tamil, Thai, Tongan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese and Yiddish
Our court interpreters are available for depositions, discovery, pre-trial hearing and the trial.
Court Interpreter and Translator Services
The accurate translation of documents in a legal matter is a necessity. Unfortunately, there is no recognized certification for all jurisdictions. Therefore, Translationz work with you to meet the requirements for your legal matter. We can assist with the translation of your marketing materials, website, technical and user guides and more.
Legal Translator Services
Our translation services for the legal industry includes services such as:
• Interpreters and translator services for Attorney client meetings
• Translation of legal correspondence including emails and legal translation of documents
• Translators for technical document translation
• Recorded transcript translation for police departments and for legal firms
• Interpreter services for Arraignment hearings
• Interpreter for depositions
• Interpreters for trials - civil and criminal