Spanish trial interpreters.
Looking for a certified Spanish trial interpreter? AMS provides certified Spanish trial interpreters for law firms, on site in all 50 states and remote worldwide. 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.
Most quote requests are answered within 10 minutes.
How to book a Spanish trial interpreter
- Send the language, the trial dates, the courtroom, the witness list and a rough schedule.
- AMS confirms a team of court-certified or registered Spanish interpreters in writing, usually within the hour, and the same team stays with the trial.
- Share exhibits, deposition transcripts and the case vocabulary a few days ahead so the team can prepare.
Get a quote for Spanish interpreting
A few quick questions. Most quote requests are answered within 10 minutes. Prefer to talk? Call (800) 919-2029.
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Spanish trial interpreters: what to know
Spanish trials are interpreted by a team of two certified Spanish interpreters, consecutive for the witness and simultaneous for the party. In federal court, look for FCICE certification; in state court, the state's own Spanish certification.
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.
Interpreting a trial
Trials are interpreted by teams. Two interpreters trade off about every 30 minutes, because accuracy drops when one interpreter works alone for hours, and court best practice calls for a team for anything longer than about two hours.
Witness testimony is interpreted consecutively, so the jury hears each answer in English. Everything else in the courtroom, from openings to sidebars the party is allowed to hear, is interpreted simultaneously to the party through wireless headsets.
Preparation decides quality. A team that has read the deposition transcripts, the expert reports and the exhibit list arrives knowing the names, places and technical terms the case turns on.
What we cover
- Jury and bench trials
- Witness testimony
- Simultaneous interpreting for parties
- Interpreting equipment (headsets)
- Trial preparation sessions
- Arbitration hearings run like trials
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
Clear half-day and full-day rates, and Net 30 invoices that carry your case name and job number.
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.
Member
National Association of Judiciary Interpreters & Translators (NAJIT)
View our NAJIT directory listingQuestions, answered
How fast can you send a Spanish interpreter?
Same day in most cases; next day almost always. Requests are confirmed within the hour.
Why does a trial need two interpreters?
Accuracy falls after about half an hour of continuous interpreting. Two interpreters trade off so the work stays accurate all day.
Do you provide headsets?
Yes. AMS supplies wireless interpreting equipment on request so a party can follow the proceedings simultaneously.
Can we keep the same interpreters for the whole trial?
Yes. The same team is booked for every day of the trial whenever the schedule allows.
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.
Can the interpreter join remotely?
Yes, on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Google Meet, the court reporter's platform or by phone, where the court or venue allows it.
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Requests are confirmed within the hour, and same-day and next-day bookings are routine.
Most quote requests are answered within 10 minutes.