Certified Translations for Court
A US court filing needs the foreign-language document in English, with a declaration from the translator stating what was translated and that the translation is accurate. We produce that as one certified PDF, laid out to match the original, from $54 per document. Where a court specifies its own declaration wording, tell us and we follow it.
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Certified Translations
For USCIS, US courts, WES, ECFMG and CGFNS.
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Same-day certified PDF delivery available for most documents ordered before 4pm ET.
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Prepared For Submissions To US Agencies & Credential Services
*Authority names are referenced as industry benchmarks of compliance. All official translation orders are processed directly through DHCTranslations.
What a Court Filing Needs From a Translation
Every court sets its own rules, and the rules that matter most are about form rather than language: what the translator has to declare, how the exhibit is paginated, and whether the original has to be filed alongside. Get those right and the translation is unremarkable, which is what you want.
What the Translation Covers
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Full Text: Every word is translated, including the recitals, the findings and the order itself, so the court reads the same document the parties read.
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Court and Parties: The issuing court, the case number, the parties and the relief granted are rendered exactly as recorded, with no shortening of institution names.
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Exhibit Formatting: Where the translation is filed as an exhibit, it can be paginated to your bundle index and stamped with the exhibit number you are using.
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Translator Declaration: A signed statement from the translator identifying the document, their qualifications and the accuracy of the translation, in the wording your court requires.
Before You Order
Court translation goes wrong over the receiving court's own requirements, not over the language, so send those requirements with the document.
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The Court's Requirement: Any local rule, standing order or clerk's instruction about translations belongs in your message, because it takes precedence over our standard declaration.
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The Complete Document: Missing pages in a judgment are usually discovered by the other side, and an incomplete exhibit weakens the filing rather than the translation.
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Deadline and Format: Tell us the filing date and whether the court wants a separate translation per exhibit or one combined document.
You remain responsible for confirming any additional or specific requirement the court applies.
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How a Court Translation Is Ordered
The court's requirement comes first and everything else follows it, including the wording of the declaration.
Send the Document and the Rule
Attach the judgment, order or contract and quote the court's requirement or the clerk's instruction.
- The complete document
- The filing date
- Any local rule on translations
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Receive the Filing Set
The translation arrives as a PDF with the signed declaration attached and the exhibit numbering already applied.
- Translation in filing format
- Signed translator declaration
- Source document for comparison
Document Types
Judgment
The judgment in full, including the orders made and the reasoning.
Court Order
Orders, directions and rulings, paginated to the bundle where one exists.
Deposition
Question-and-answer format kept, with speaker labels translated consistently.
Affidavit
Sworn statements and declarations, rendered with the jurat in place.
Contract
Defined terms kept consistent across the agreement and its schedules.
Exhibit
Exhibits paginated and labeled to match your index.
Power of Attorney
Authority, scope and any expiry date, translated in full.
Civil Records
Certificates and police records that support the same case.
Can't find your specific document type?
We translate document types that are not listed here. Send us the document and we will confirm the price before you order: [email protected].
Most frequently requested languages we translate
These are the languages our clients ask for most often, but they are only a fraction of what we cover. We translate 200+ language pairs, so if yours is not listed, just ask.
What our clients say
Rated 4.9/5 from 314 verified reviews for USCIS submissions, court filings and credential evaluations.
“The BSEM marksheet carried a roll number and a division, and both came through exactly, with the subject list in the original order.”
Yumnam R.
“The college and the specialty were reproduced exactly, and my application went through.”
Kwame A.
“The household registration transcript was translated with Taiwan terminology and accepted by the university.”
Mei C.
Frequently asked questions
DHCTranslations translates judgments, orders, contracts and exhibits for filing in US state and federal courts, with a signed translator declaration attached. Tell us the court's requirement with the document, and the translation is prepared to that instruction rather than to a generic standard.
The document translated, a statement that the translation is accurate and complete, the translator's name and signature, and the date. Many courts accept a declaration in that form, and where a court specifies different wording we use theirs instead of ours.
Usually yes, and that is a question for the court rather than for the translator. What we supply is the certified translation with the declaration, plus a copy of the source pages so the two can be compared side by side in the filing.
From $54 per document at DHCTranslations, with $0.12 per word above 400 words. A one-page order sits at the floor, and a multi-page judgment with schedules is charged per word. Exhibit pagination and the declaration are included rather than added.
A short order confirmed before 4pm ET on a weekday is usually returned by DHCTranslations the same day. A judgment of twenty or thirty pages takes one to two business days. Where a filing date is fixed, tell us at the start and we will confirm whether it is achievable before you pay.
Yes. Send the index or tell us the exhibit number and the page range, and the translation is built to match, so the court and the other side are reading the same page references as your bundle.
No. A translation is a written document prepared, checked and certified before filing, and an interpreter works live in the room. They are separate services, and a certified translation is not a substitute for an interpreter at a hearing.
Immigration practices, family firms and commercial litigators, usually on a first filing in a foreign language and then on every one after it. We work to a fixed price per document so the figure can be put in front of a client without a caveat.
In most cases yes, because the network covers more than 200 languages and the translator is a native speaker of the source language. Where a document is in a language we cannot cover with a qualified translator, we say so at the quote rather than after payment.
It happens rarely, and it is answered with the document rather than with argument. Send us the passage in dispute and we will explain the choice made, or correct it if the objection is right. Where a court requires a fresh declaration, we reissue it.
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