Certified Translation Services Los Angeles
Los Angeles files reach the Central District of California in Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Korean, Armenian and Farsi, and each needs an English version an officer can act on.
Korean records come from Koreatown, Armenian from Glendale, Tagalog from Carson, Chinese from the San Gabriel Valley and Farsi from Westwood, and a translator from that community reads each file.
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Filing in court? Each US district court and state court sets its own requirements for a certified translation, so check what the court, or your attorney, has asked for before you order.
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.
Documents we translate for Los Angeles clients
Immigration paperwork
Adjustment files and affidavits for a USCIS interview in Los Angeles.
Birth certificates
Mexican, Salvadoran, Korean and Armenian registry records for passport files.
Marriage certificates
Marriage and divorce books for a petition filed in Los Angeles County.
Academic transcripts
Records for UCLA, USC, the Cal State campuses and the evaluators.
Court documents
Judgments and exhibits for the Central District of California, tabs intact.
Medical reports
Clinic charts for personal injury attorneys and workers compensation boards.
Police records
Record extracts for immigration screening and California licensing boards.
Employment letters
Talent and crew letters for studios, agencies and payroll companies.
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].
Beyond these, we translate tenancy agreements, employment contracts, company records, medical reports and name-change deeds every week for Los Angeles clients. See pricing or request a quote.
USCIS and US Court Certified Translations
The same certification standards we apply across the United States, delivered to clients in Los Angeles and across California.
USCIS & Immigration Certification
Used for green card, visa, citizenship and family applications where a foreign-language document has to be filed in English. Each certified translation carries a statement signed by the translator who produced it, which is what a USCIS officer reads.
- The translator's full name, signature and the date of the translation.
- A statement that the translation is complete and accurate, with our company details.
- Every page, including stamps, seals and any reverse side, with nothing summarized.
Court-Ready Filings
For state and federal filings, depositions, judgments and exhibits where a foreign-language document is part of the record. Every court sets its own rule on the translator's declaration, so tell us the court and we prepare the wording it expects.
- Translator declaration: in the form your court requires, signed and dated as a separate page.
- Clause, paragraph and exhibit references kept to match the bundle index.
- The source pages supplied alongside, so the two versions can be compared in the filing.
Most frequently requested languages for Los Angeles clients
These 6 languages account for most of the document work we receive from California, but they are only a fraction of what we cover. We translate 200+ language pairs, so if yours is not listed, just ask.
Institutions we prepare documents for
- USCIS
- the US District Court for the Central District of California
- University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California admissions offices
- WES and NACES member evaluators
National bodies we prepare documents for
Local coverage
We work with clients across California, including Long Beach, Pasadena, Glendale, Santa Monica, Torrance. Documents are collected by secure upload, so there is no need to travel or post originals.
Local sources & official guidance
Other locations in West
The same certified service, priced the same way, with the local courts and offices named on each page.
Certified translations in Los Angeles
Los Angeles County sends more immigration cases to federal court than any other district, and the paperwork behind them is rarely in English. A certified translation has to reproduce the page as issued, including stamps, seals and handwritten marginal notes, because an officer compares the two side by side.
Chinese dominates the San Gabriel Valley, Korean runs along Olympic Boulevard, Armenian spreads across Glendale, Tagalog covers West Covina and Carson, and Farsi sits in Westwood. A file from Monterey Park and a file from Inglewood can need different translators on the same afternoon.
Entertainment work adds a second stream: talent contracts, crew agreements and payroll letters for productions that hire foreign nationals. Those pages go to a business affairs office rather than a court, and the certification statement is the same signed and dated page in both settings.
Need something specific? Send the document for a fixed quote.
What our clients say
Rated 4.9/5 from 314 verified reviews for USCIS submissions, court filings and credential evaluations.
“The marksheet printed my mother's clan after my given name, and the note explained it once so the university stopped asking about a surname.”
Banri L.
“Very professional service. This company quoted me a much more reasonable price for my Polish - English legal document. Very pleased with the quality.”
Ilona Dul
“My name on the certificate is my father's name, not my husband's, and the translation made that clear so the relationship evidence was not questioned.”
Fatuma H.
Certified translation FAQs for Los Angeles
Ten questions clients in California ask before ordering a certified translation.
Send scans of all pages and the name of the receiving office. A price and a delivery date come back by email, usually within 30 minutes.
Spanish and Chinese lead, with Tagalog, Korean, Armenian and Farsi behind them, and court interpreter requests in Los Angeles County follow the same spread.
Yes. 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) requires a signed translator statement with the translation, and that dated statement is included with every Los Angeles order.
A document starts at $54, and each word beyond the first 400 is charged at $0.12 going into English or $0.14 going out of it.
Yes. Glendale clients send birth certificates, marriage books and Soviet-era archive extracts, and the translator reads both the current orthography and the older spelling.
Yes. Korean transcripts and graduation certificates from Koreatown families keep subject names and credit hours as issued for college applications and evaluation.
Usually yes. Production companies and payroll services in Burbank and Culver City read the certified pages before a contract is countersigned, and the certification page carries a signature and a date.
Orders confirmed before 4pm Eastern on a weekday usually return the same day, and an evening scan from the West Coast starts the next morning.
Yes. Exhibit tabs and the original page sequence stay as filed, so the English set can be filed beside the Spanish or Korean document.
Yes. The certified PDF is delivered by email, and a printed set is quoted on request and travels by USPS tracked mail after postage is agreed.
The certification, the price and the turnaround are the same for documents sent from Los Angeles. Start with the page that matches what you are sending:
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