Chicago, Illinois

Deposition interpreters in Chicago.

Looking for a certified deposition interpreter in Chicago? AMS books certified and qualified court interpreters for depositions in the Loop and along LaSalle Street, and for remote depositions on Zoom or the reporter's platform. Requests are confirmed within the hour, and same-day and next-day bookings are routine.

Access Multilingual Services (AMS) is an interpreting and translation agency founded in 1999, with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas and interpreters on site in all 50 states and remote worldwide.

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How to book a deposition interpreter in Chicago

Send the language and the witness's country or region, the date, the start time and time zone, the expected length, and the address or platform.
AMS confirms a court-certified or registered interpreter in writing, usually within the hour, and reconfirms the business day before.
On the day, the court reporter swears in the interpreter on the record, and the interpreter works consecutively through the testimony.

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Chicago, Illinois

Deposition interpreters at work in Chicago

Illinois depositions follow Supreme Court Rule 206, which limits a discovery deposition to three hours unless the parties agree or the court orders more. An interpreted deposition takes close to twice as long, so three hours holds about half the usual questioning; agree on more time before the day if you need it.

Most depositions are held at court reporting and law offices in the Loop, especially along LaSalle Street near the Daley Center and the Dirksen federal courthouse. AMS books interpreters from the Illinois court registry's Certified or Qualified tiers.

Where depositions are held

Court reporting and law offices in the Loop
The LaSalle Street corridor near the Daley Center and the Dirksen courthouse

State courts

Richard J. Daley Center, 50 W. Washington Street (civil and domestic relations)
George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Avenue ("26th and Cal")
Domestic Violence Courthouse, 555 W. Harrison Street
Cook County Juvenile Center, 2245 W. Ogden Avenue
Suburban courthouses in Skokie, Rolling Meadows, Maywood, Bridgeview and Markham

Federal court

Northern District of Illinois: Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, 219 South Dearborn Street

Illinois credentials court interpreters through the Language Access Program of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts. Its registry lists foreign-language interpreters as Certified, Qualified or Registered, and courts must try to appoint a certified or qualified interpreter first.

How an interpreted deposition runs

Testimony is interpreted consecutively: question, interpretation, answer, interpretation. Plan on the deposition taking close to twice as long as it would in English, and on a short break about every hour. For a full day, or a technical or contentious witness, AMS assigns a team of two interpreters who trade off.

Dialect matters most here. A witness from rural Oaxaca or the Guatemalan highlands may be more at ease in Mixteco or K'iche' than in Spanish, and a word that is ordinary in Mexico can mean something else in the Caribbean. Our schedulers ask where the witness is from before booking.

Send exhibits, a case caption and any technical glossary a day ahead. If opposing counsel brings a check interpreter, agree on that interpreter's role before testimony starts; any disagreement with an interpretation is raised through counsel and goes on the record.

Remote and hybrid depositions work the same way on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Google Meet or the court reporter's own platform. The interpreter can join from anywhere while counsel and the witness sit together.

What we cover

Party and witness depositions
Remote and hybrid depositions
Examinations under oath (EUOs)
Expert and treating physician depositions
Witness preparation sessions
Sight translation of exhibits
Two-interpreter teams for long days

Why AMS

One scheduling desk since 1999

Since 1999 Access Multilingual Services (AMS) has been the interpreting agency law firms, court reporting firms, insurers and clinics call first, in Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Korean, Tagalog, Arabic, Russian, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, French, Japanese, Farsi, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Armenian, Ukrainian, Polish, Italian, German, Greek, Somali, Amharic, Tigrinya, Burmese, Nepali, Khmer, Hmong, Lao, Thai, Dari, Pashto, Turkish, Swahili, Hebrew, ASL and Indigenous languages such as Mixteco and K'iche', plus 80+ other languages. Best for depositions, IMEs, court hearings and medical appointments, on site in all 50 states and remote worldwide. Every interpreter is court-certified, court-registered or medically certified (CCHI or NBCMI) for the setting, and matched to the speaker's dialect and region. AMS is a HIPAA-compliant agency and signs HIPAA business associate agreements.

Coverage: On site in all 50 states and remote worldwide
Speed: Requests confirmed within the hour; same-day and next-day bookings are routine
Interpreters: Certified for the setting and matched to the speaker's dialect
Translation: Certified, the same day, most documents within 4 hours
Privacy: HIPAA-compliant agency; signs business associate agreements
Our promise: If an interpreter does not arrive, the booking is not billed

How to book

Call (800) 919-2029 or e-mail scheduling@accessmultilingual.com with the language, date, time, place or platform and expected length. You get a written confirmation with the interpreter's credential.

Rates and terms

Clear half-day and full-day rates, and Net 30 invoices that carry your case name and job number.

Memberships

Held to the profession's own standards.

Access Multilingual Services is a corporate member of the American Translators Association and a member of the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators. Certifications themselves belong to the individual interpreters we assign, and we verify them before every booking.

Corporate member

American Translators Association (ATA)

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Member

National Association of Judiciary Interpreters & Translators (NAJIT)

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Questions, answered

How fast can you send an interpreter in Chicago?

Same day in most cases; next day almost always. Requests are confirmed within the hour.

How long does an interpreted deposition take?

Close to twice as long as in English, because every question and answer is interpreted in turn. Book the interpreter for the full time and tell us if it may run late.

Can the interpreter join remotely while everyone else is in the room?

Yes. The interpreter can join by video on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Google Meet or the court reporter's platform, or by phone for short sessions.

Do you book interpreters for court reporting firms?

Yes. Court reporting firms book AMS for their clients' depositions; the invoice carries the firm's own job number, the case name and the witness.

What credential should a court interpreter have in Illinois?