Certified interpreters and translation services in Bakersfield.

Yes. AMS supplies certified court interpreters to the Superior Court of California, County of Kern, including the Metropolitan Division at 1415 Truxtun Avenue, the Justice Building at 1215 Truxtun Avenue, the Metropolitan Traffic Division, the Juvenile Justice Center, and the branch courthouses in Delano, Lamont, Shafter, Mojave, and Ridgecrest. Spanish and Punjabi are the most frequently requested court languages, and AMS also covers Mixteco, Arabic, Mandarin, and others.

Yes. AMS supplies FCICE-certified Spanish interpreters and federally qualified interpreters in other languages to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California at the Bakersfield Federal Courthouse, 510 19th Street, which has jurisdiction over Kern and Inyo counties. For matters at the larger divisional courthouse, the Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse in Fresno is the nearest, and AMS covers it as well.

Yes. Kern County is home to an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 Sikhs, one of the largest Punjabi Sikh communities in California, and Punjabi is cited as the third most spoken language in Bakersfield. AMS supplies certified Punjabi court interpreters and qualified Punjabi community interpreters for legal, medical, and government proceedings in Southwest Bakersfield, Delano, and across the county.

Yes. Indigenous Oaxacan farmworkers in South Kern towns such as Lamont and Arvin speak Mixteco, and many speakers are monolingual in indigenous languages rather than Spanish. AMS coordinates qualified Mixteco and other indigenous Mexican language interpreters for court, medical, and agency settings. The interpreter pool for these languages is smaller, so advance notice of 24 to 48 hours is helpful.

AMS provides certified medical interpreters at Kern Medical, Adventist Health Bakersfield, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, the Mercy Hospitals of Bakersfield (Mercy Hospital Downtown and Mercy Hospital Southwest), and Bakersfield Heart Hospital, as well as for clinics and IME appointments across Kern County.

There is no standalone immigration court in Bakersfield. Cases for detainees held at the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center are handled by the Van Nuys Immigration Court in the Los Angeles area, after jurisdiction moved from San Francisco in February 2020. Because hearings are often held remotely, AMS supplies video remote interpreting (VRI) and telephonic interpreters, along with certified translation for asylum and family-based filings.

Availability depends on language, location, and timing. Call our office at (800) 919-2029 and we will confirm what is available for your date. Spanish requests are often filled quickly, while Punjabi, Mixteco, and other less common languages benefit from advance notice.