Hire a Hebrew Interpreters

No. Hebrew is not one of the twelve certified spoken languages in California, which are Arabic, Cantonese, Eastern Armenian, Farsi, Filipino (Tagalog), Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese. Hebrew interpreters credential through the registered path, which requires the written exam, the oral proficiency exam in English and the oral proficiency exam in the target language where one is offered. See our court-certified interpreters page for how certified and registered differ.

There is not. The federal court interpreter certification examination is offered for Spanish and English testing only. For Hebrew the Administrative Office's category is professionally qualified, reached through a State Department or United Nations examination, a National Center for State Courts examination, or AIIC or TAALS membership with English in the pair. We name which of those a proposed interpreter has met rather than calling them certified.

No. Yiddish is a separate language with different grammar and a largely different vocabulary, and the two serve different communities. A Hebrew interpreter cannot cover a Yiddish speaker. We ask which language the speaker uses rather than inferring it from the community or the surname, and we source for the language named.

Yes. Hebrew assignments in our practice are mostly technology licensing and software distribution disputes, venture and investment matters, supply and reseller agreements and the arbitration those contracts route into, onsite or by video with witnesses in Israel. See our deposition interpreters page for the read-back and exhibit conventions.

Yes, and the scheduling is usually the harder half. Israel runs ten hours ahead of Pacific time and seven ahead of Eastern, and the working week there ends on Friday, so a session that suits counsel in California often lands in the Israeli evening. We confirm the window in both time zones in writing before anyone is booked.

Yes. Licensing negotiations, due diligence sessions, investor meetings and board sessions are regular Hebrew corporate assignments. We staff consecutive interpreters for meetings and negotiations and simultaneous teams with equipment for larger sessions. See our business negotiation page.

Onsite in California and in New York, and by video remote nationwide. Our Hebrew bench runs to roughly 45 interpreters across the network, with ten in California and five in New York. For a market we cannot staff onsite we say so before you confirm rather than after.

Yes, as separate written work from the interpreter. Our certified document translation covers contracts, corporate records, civil records and exhibits, with certificates of accuracy accepted by courts and agencies. For court filings see certified legal translation.