253 languages
Dedicated Coverage
Languages with a dedicated interpreter bench
Each page covers dialect matching, court and medical credentials, the cities we staff in person, and certified document translation in that language.
Spanish Español Mandarin 普通话 Cantonese 廣東話 Korean 한국어 Vietnamese Tiếng Việt Armenian Հայերեն Farsi فارسی Arabic العربية Russian Русский Japanese 日本語 French Français Portuguese Português Tagalog Tagalog Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Hindi हिन्दी ASL American Sign Language German Deutsch Italian Italiano Polish Polski Turkish Türkçe Hebrew עברית Haitian Creole Kreyòl Ayisyen
Common Questions
Choosing the Right Language and Credential
How do I know which language or dialect to book?
Ask the speaker what they use at home rather than inferring it from their country. The three that catch people most often: Haitian Creole is not French, Cantonese is not Mandarin, and a farmworker from southern Mexico may speak Mixtec or Triqui rather than Spanish. We ask this at intake and will tell you if the request as written looks wrong before anyone is assigned.
What is the difference between a certified and a registered interpreter?
In California only twelve spoken languages are designated certified: Arabic, Cantonese, Eastern Armenian, Farsi, Filipino (Tagalog), Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese. Every other language credentials through the registered path. The federal court certification examination is offered for Spanish and English only. So for most languages nobody is a court certified interpreter, and we name the exact credential instead. See court-certified interpreters.
Do you cover a language that is not on this list?
Usually yes. The pages here are the languages we are asked for most often and have the deepest benches in. We work across 200+ languages and source for the rest per assignment. Tell us the language and the setting and we will say plainly whether it is on-site or video before you confirm, rather than after.
Can one interpreter cover a closely related language?
We do not recommend it and we will say so. Azerbaijani and Turkish, Hindi and Urdu, Serbian and Croatian are all close enough that substituting seems harmless, and comprehension still falls away on technical vocabulary and under questioning. A sworn record is the wrong place to find the limit.
Is interpreting the same as translation?
No. Interpreting is spoken, translation is written, and they are separate credentials and separate services. A deposition or an appointment needs an interpreter; a contract, a medical record or an exhibit needs a translator and a certificate of accuracy. See document translation for the written side.
How much notice do you need for a less common language?
It depends on the bench rather than the calendar. Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese, Farsi and Armenian have deep coverage. For a smaller bench we tell you what is genuinely available for your date and what it would take to cover it on-site, before you commit, and more notice always means a better terminology match.
Need a language or dialect not listed?
We source credentialed interpreters for virtually any language and dialect combination. Share your requirements and we'll confirm coverage within 4 hours.