Los Angeles, California

Spanish court interpreters in Los Angeles.

Looking for a certified Spanish court interpreter in Los Angeles? AMS provides California certified Spanish court interpreters for attorney meetings, witness preparation, depositions, hearings and remote appearances across Los Angeles County. 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 Spanish court interpreter in Los Angeles

For criminal cases and many civil hearings, the court provides the interpreter: ask the clerk.
For depositions, arbitrations, mediations, private hearings, attorney meetings and remote hearings where a party must bring its own interpreter, book a certified court interpreter through an agency.
Call (800) 919-2029 or e-mail scheduling@accessmultilingual.com with the language, date, time and courtroom or video link. AMS confirms a court-certified or registered Spanish interpreter in writing, usually within the hour.

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Los Angeles, California

Court interpreters at work in Los Angeles

The Superior Court supplies interpreters for many proceedings; parties book AMS for everything around them, and for hearings where they bring their own. Downtown, civil cases are heard at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse on Hill Street, criminal cases at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on Temple Street, and federal cases at the Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez U.S. Courthouse on First Street.

When no certified or registered interpreter is available, a California judge may provisionally qualify someone else for the hearing. Booking a certified Spanish interpreter ahead of time avoids that fallback.

State courts

Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 111 N. Hill Street (civil)
Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, 210 W. Temple Street
Edmund D. Edelman Children's Court
Courthouses across the county, from Van Nuys to Long Beach

Federal court

Central District of California: Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez U.S. Courthouse (the First Street Courthouse), 350 W. 1st Street, and the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building

California's Judicial Council runs the Court Interpreters Program: certified court interpreters for the designated languages, Spanish included, and registered interpreters for languages without a certification exam.

Spanish

Spanish court interpreters: what to know

Spanish is the only language in which federal court certification (the FCICE) is offered today, and every state court interpreter program tests it. For a Spanish court interpreter, ask for federal or state certification; AMS states the credential in the written confirmation.

Who provides the court interpreter, and who you hire

In federal court, the Court Interpreters Act (28 U.S.C. 1827) has the court appoint interpreters for criminal cases and cases the government brings. State courts appoint interpreters for criminal cases and, more and more, for civil ones, but the rules differ by state and by type of hearing.

Parties and attorneys hire their own interpreter for everything around the courtroom: attorney and client meetings, witness preparation, depositions, administrative hearings, arbitrations and mediations, and hearings where the court does not supply one.

Court interpreting is credentialed. The federal certification exam (FCICE) is offered only in Spanish. Most state programs use oral exams shared through the National Center for State Courts, and give tiers such as certified, registered, licensed or qualified, depending on the state. AMS books interpreters who hold the credential the venue expects.

What we cover

Arraignments, hearings and trials
Attorney and client meetings
Witness preparation
Administrative and agency hearings
Family court and restraining order hearings
Remote court appearances
Sight translation of documents in court

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 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@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 a Spanish interpreter in Los Angeles?

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

Does the court provide the interpreter?

Often, yes, especially in criminal cases. Ask the clerk. You book your own interpreter for meetings with counsel, preparation, depositions, private hearings and any hearing where the court does not supply one.

Can a court interpreter join a remote hearing?

Yes, on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex or the court's own platform, where the court allows it.

What credential should a court interpreter have in California?

Which Spanish will the interpreter speak?

The variety your speaker uses. Tell us where they are from when you book, and AMS matches the interpreter to that region's Spanish.