Latvian Translation Services
DHCTranslations translates Latvian documents in the US, and the first surprise on a marriage file is that husband and wife carry different surnames: a Latvian family name takes a feminine ending, so a husband's and a wife's differ by their last letters and the pair look unrelated to a reader expecting one family name. A document costs $54, statement and PDF included.
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Latvian documents we translate for US files
Birth certificate
The registry certificate, with the entry number, the parents named and the date of registration.
Marriage certificate
The marriage entry, with both surnames as the registry wrote them and the date recorded.
Divorce certificate
The divorce entry, with the court or registry that dissolved the marriage and the date.
Criminal record certificate
The statement from the information center, with its reference and the period it covers.
Population register extract
The register extract, with the personal code and the recorded place of residence.
Diploma
The diploma, with the qualification, the institution and the year it was conferred.
Academic transcript
The record of study, course by course, with the grades and the credit system used.
Soviet-era certificates
Certificates issued before 1991, with the Latvian and Russian columns left in place.
Medical records
Clinic notes and discharge papers, with a Latvian diagnosis written out in full.
Court decisions
A judgment or a power of attorney, with the case number and the parties as the court styled them.
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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 Latvian 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
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$0.12+
Per word after 400, into English
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What a certified Latvian translation is checked for
A marriage petition with two surnames that do not match invites a question, and the answer belongs on the page rather than in a cover letter nobody reads.
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.
- Each surname stands as written: the masculine and feminine forms are reproduced exactly as the registry issued them, with the relationship stated, rather than collapsed into a single spelling that would misrepresent the paper.
- The personal code is read out: where the code carries a date of birth, the translation shows both the code and the date stated on the page, so a difference between them is noticed here rather than at the counter.
- 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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The wife's surname is not the husband's
A Latvian family name changes with the person carrying it, so a certificate for a married couple shows two surnames that a reader takes for two families. Nothing has been mistranslated. The translation keeps each form as the registry printed it and states the relationship on the certification, which is what stops a marriage file being read as a mismatch.
Birth certificate
- On the Latvian document
- dzimšanas apliecība
- Issued by
- the civil registry office
Marriage certificate
- On the Latvian document
- laulības apliecība
- Issued by
- the civil registry office
Divorce certificate
- On the Latvian document
- laulības šķiršanas apliecība
- Issued by
- the civil registry office, or the court
Criminal record certificate
- On the Latvian document
- sodāmības izziņa
- Issued by
- the information center
Population register extract
- On the Latvian document
- iedzīvotāju reģistra izziņa
- Issued by
- the register, through the registry office
Diploma
- On the Latvian document
- diploms
- Issued by
- the institution that awarded it
Two features of a Latvian file surprise a US reader. The surname of a woman is usually the man's with a feminine ending, and an unmarried daughter may carry the same form as her mother, so a household of four can show three different surnames in one file without any of them being wrong. And the personal code is not a random string: its first six digits are the date of birth in day, month and year order, followed by a digit marking the century, so a code that disagrees with a stated date of birth is visible to anyone who knows how to read it.
What our clients say
Rated 4.9/5 from 314 verified reviews for USCIS submissions, court filings and credential evaluations.
“The birth certificate was translated with the registry number intact, and the settlement application was accepted without a follow-up question.”
Inese K.
“The criminal-record extract showed the issue date and the period covered clearly, which is what the licensing team asked to see.”
Artūrs B.
“A handwritten reference was transcribed and certified within 24 hours.”
Aisha B.
The certification, the price and the turnaround are the same for Latvian documents sent from anywhere in the United States. Start with the page that matches what you need:
Frequently asked questions
DHCTranslations translates Latvian papers in the US, from civil-registry certificates and population register extracts to diplomas, criminal-record statements and court decisions, each with a signed translator statement.
It is the normal Latvian pattern. A surname takes a feminine ending for a woman, so the two forms differ by design. The translation keeps both as the registry wrote them and states the relationship on the certification.
DHCTranslations charges $54 for a document up to 400 words, then $0.12 per word into English or $0.14 from English into Latvian, with the statement and PDF included.
The first six digits are the date of birth in day, month and year order, and the next digit marks the century. The translation shows the code and the stated date of birth together, so any disagreement is visible.
The feminine form is not always the same: a married woman and an unmarried daughter can carry different endings, and the man of the house carries the base form. Each is reproduced as issued rather than standardized.
Yes. Certificates from before 1991 were often printed bilingually in Latvian and Russian, and the Latvian column is translated with the Russian there for comparison where the two differ.
A translation is accepted when the complete text is present and the translator has signed for it, and both are supplied with the order. Send the paper as issued, with the registry number and seal intact.
The diploma is translated with the qualification, the institution and the year, and the transcript adds the courses, the grades and the credit system, so an evaluator can compare it to a US program.
It carries a validity period, and a US filing usually wants one issued recently. Both the issue date and the period covered are shown in English on the translation.
Yes. DHCTranslations charges $0.14 per word from English into Latvian, written by a native speaker rather than adapted from Lithuanian or Estonian.
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