Spanish Translation Services
A certified Spanish to English translation starts at $54 per document at DHCTranslations, with the signed translator certificate and the PDF included, and a document past 400 words is charged at $0.12 per word. The certificate is what USCIS, a US court, a university or an evaluation service reads, and it is issued with the translation rather than added afterwards.
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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.
Spanish documents we translate most often
Birth certificate
The civil registry certificate in full, including marginal notes and both surnames.
Marriage certificate
Marriage records from Spain and Latin America, with the registry office and the entry number kept.
Divorce decree
Divorce records and sentencias, with the case reference and the date the marriage ended.
Police record
Antecedentes penales certificates, translated complete with the stamp and signature described in place.
Academic transcript
Subject-by-subject transcripts with the grading scale explained, for WES or NACES evaluation.
Degree or diploma
Títulos and diplomas, with the awarding institution and the qualification named as issued.
Driver's license
Spanish and Latin American driving licenses, for a state DMV or an exchange application.
Passport
The biographical page, with the machine-readable zone reproduced rather than described.
Medical records
Clinical notes, discharge summaries and specialist reports, kept confidential.
Court documents
Judgments, orders and filings, laid out so a US court can follow the original page.
Powers of attorney
Poderes and sworn statements, translated with the certifying officer's reference kept in place.
Bank statements
Statements and letters from Spanish-speaking banks, with every figure and date intact.
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We translate document types that are not listed here. Send us the document and we will confirm the price before you order: [email protected].
What a certified Spanish translation costs
Certified translations start at $54 per document: from $0.12 per word after the first 400 words into English, and from $0.14 per word for English into another language, with some pairs quoted higher.
Certification is the translator's signed statement, and it is included in the price.
A translation for USCIS, a US court or a US university is certified by the translator's signed statement, and nothing further is added to the quote.
$54
From, per document
$0.12+
Per word after 400, into English
How It Works: 3 Steps to a Certified Translation
A simple route from a phone photo to a certified PDF prepared for the receiving authority.
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- The complete document
- Language pair and deadline
- Who will receive it
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Receive Your Certified Translation
Certified PDF, often the same day when ordered before 4pm ET, with printed copies available on request.
- Certification page and translator credentials
- Layout, stamps and seals mirrored
- Certification wording the receiving body asks for
What comes with a certified Spanish translation
A Spanish order is returned with a signed statement of accuracy that names the translator and carries their signature, the date and our contact details.
What the certification includes
- Signed statement of accuracy: the translator's name, signature and date, their CIOL or ITI membership number, our company stamp and our contact details.
- Two surnames: a Spanish-speaking document usually carries a paternal and a maternal surname. Both are reproduced as written, in the order they appear, without anglicizing either, and accents and ñ are carried across exactly.
- Marginal notes: notas marginales sit in the margin of a civil record and often change what the document means. They are translated in place, not collected at the end.
- Certified PDF: the certified file is emailed at no extra cost, which is what a US filing accepts. A printed set can be arranged if a receiving body insists on paper, and is quoted per order.
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Spanish by country of issue
Spanish is issued in Spain and across Latin America, and the same document carries a different name from country to country. The table below sets the names side by side, and the English gives the document its English name with the country of issue beside it.
Birth or marriage certificate
- What usually appears
- Registro civil format, marginal notes, two surnames
- What we do with it
- Reproduced in full, notes translated where they sit, both surnames kept
Police record
- What usually appears
- Antecedentes penales, sometimes with a wet stamp and a signature
- What we do with it
- Stamp and signature described in brackets, record translated in full
Academic transcript
- What usually appears
- Subject-by-subject marks, a grading scale, an institution seal
- What we do with it
- Every subject and mark rendered, scale explained in a note
Court document
- What usually appears
- Case number, procedural headings, certification protocol number
- What we do with it
- Kept in the order the court used, so the page reads as it was written
These are the documents US applicants send most, and the name changes with the country that issued them. The English names each document as the issuing office did, so a Mexican certificate is not presented as a Spanish one.
What our clients say
Rated 4.9/5 from 314 verified reviews for USCIS submissions, court filings and credential evaluations.
“My birth certificate was translated with the marginal note kept beside the entry, and the consulate accepted it first time.”
Lucía G.
“The family book pages were translated for our visa and accepted without a query.”
Carlos M.
“I am completely satisfied with the translation of my academic transcript from Spanish to English. Excellent job in a very short time. I will definitely work with them in the future.”
Carlos Emilio Buenaventura
The certification, the price and the turnaround are the same for Spanish documents sent from anywhere in the United States. Start with the page that matches what you need:
Frequently asked questions
DHCTranslations translates Spanish documents into English at our US offices, certifying each one with a statement signed by the translator who produced it. Send a scan of every page and say who receives the translation, and the price comes back in writing before any work starts.
From $54 per document, with the signed certificate and the PDF included. A document longer than 400 words is charged at $0.12 per word into English, and translation from English into Spanish at $0.14 per word. Multi-page sets are quoted on the total word count.
A single page confirmed with cleared payment before 4pm ET on a weekday is usually emailed the same day. A set of certificates takes one business day, and a long record such as a court file or an academic transcript is given a date in the quote.
Yes. USCIS asks for a complete English translation and a signed statement from the translator confirming competence, with the date and contact details. Every file we issue carries that statement and every page of the original, which is the requirement set out in 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3).
Both. A civil registry record from Madrid, a police certificate from Mexico and a decree from Buenos Aires use different forms and different vocabulary, and the translator reads the issuing office before translating the page. Regional terms are kept where they change the meaning.
Marginal notes written beside the entry on a Spanish civil record, recording a later event such as a marriage, a divorce or a correction. They change what the certificate means, so they are translated in place rather than moved to the end of the document.
Both surnames are reproduced in the order the document gives them, with accents intact. Nothing is dropped, reversed or anglicized, because a name that arrives one surname short reads as a different person to an officer comparing it with a form.
Yes. The certificate is translated in full, with the stamp, the signature and any handwritten note described in brackets at the point where they appear, so a US reader can see what was on the page rather than a summary of it.
No. A flat scan or a clear photograph of every page, including the reverse, is enough, and the certified PDF comes back by email. Posting originals adds risk and days without changing what the receiving body sees.
Yes. That is the direction most US filings need, and it is charged at $0.12 per word above the 400-word allowance, with a one-page certificate at the $54 floor. The English reads as a US reader expects, not as a literal gloss of the Spanish.
Yes, at $0.14 per word, which is the rate for work out of English. A certified Spanish version of a US document is prepared the same way, with the translator's statement, and is used for filings and registrations in Spanish-speaking countries.
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