Spanish document translation.
Need a Spanish document translated and certified? AMS delivers certified Spanish translations accepted by USCIS and by most courts, schools and insurers, the same day, most documents within 4 hours, with a signed certificate of accuracy.
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.
Most quote requests are answered within 10 minutes.
How to get a Spanish document translated and certified
- E-mail or upload the document to scheduling
@accessmultilingual.com. A clear phone photo or scan is fine. - Get a flat per-page quote, usually within the hour.
- Approve and pay online.
- Receive the certified Spanish translation by e-mail the same day, most documents within 4 hours, with a signed certificate of accuracy. Notarized copies are available on request.
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Spanish translation: what to know
Spanish to English translation for USCIS and the courts is mostly civil records: actas de nacimiento and matrimonio from Mexico's Registro Civil, Central American birth certificates, divorce decrees and police records. Names carry two surnames, the father's and the mother's, and both must appear exactly as on the original. English to Spanish work runs the other way: notices, consent forms, discovery responses and handbooks, written in a neutral Spanish that readers from any country understand.
More than 40 million people in the United States speak Spanish at home, and they do not all speak the same Spanish. Mexican, Central American, Caribbean, South American and Spain Spanish differ in vocabulary for everyday things, from cars and food to body parts and family relationships, and those are exactly the words that matter in a deposition or an exam room. Our schedulers ask where the speaker is from and match the interpreter to that region.
Some people from Mexico and Guatemala speak an Indigenous language first, such as Mixteco, Zapoteco, Mam, K'iche' or Q'anjob'al, and follow Spanish only partly. When that is the case, AMS books an interpreter for the Indigenous language instead of pushing ahead in Spanish.
What "certified" means for a translation
There is no government license for translators in the United States. A certified translation is a complete translation with a signed statement that it is accurate and that the translator is competent in both languages. That is exactly what USCIS requires under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), and it is what most courts, schools and insurers accept, though some courts want the translator's statement sworn.
A notarized translation is a different thing: the notary confirms who signed the certificate, not the translation itself. Some consulates, schools and foreign agencies ask for it; USCIS does not.
Every AMS translation is done by a professional translator and reviewed by a second linguist before delivery. Names, dates, document numbers and amounts are checked against the original line by line, because those are the errors that get a filing rejected.
Most documents of up to 10 pages are delivered the same day, often within 4 hours; 1-hour rush delivery is available.
What we cover
- Birth, marriage and divorce certificates
- Documents for USCIS and immigration cases
- Court filings, pleadings and judgments
- Deposition transcripts and exhibits
- Medical records and bills
- Diplomas and academic transcripts
- Contracts, policies and employee handbooks
- Audio and video transcription with translation
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 and QMEs, 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
Rates and terms
Flat per-page quotes, usually within the hour. Certified translation the same day, most documents within 4 hours; 1-hour rush delivery is available. A signed certificate of accuracy comes with every certified translation.
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.
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National Association of Judiciary Interpreters & Translators (NAJIT)
View our NAJIT directory listingQuestions, answered
Will USCIS accept your certified translation?
Yes. Each certified translation is a complete English translation with a signed certificate of accuracy and competence, the format 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) asks for.
Do I need to send the original document?
No. A clear scan or phone photo of every page, front and back where there is writing, is enough.
How fast can I get it?
Most documents of up to 10 pages are delivered the same day, often within 4 hours. 1-hour rush delivery is available.
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