Translation Services
Certified Document
Translation
A single mistranslated term can trigger court rejection, USCIS denial, or compromise patient safety. Confidential certified document translation services for legal, medical, immigration, and business documents, with certified legal translation accepted by courts and government agencies nationwide.
Our Approach
Confidential, Precise Translation That Holds Up in Court
Document translation in legal and medical contexts carries real consequences. A single mistranslated term can derail a case, delay an immigration petition, or compromise patient safety.
That is why every Kaplan translation is handled by subject-matter linguists, reviewed through a multi-step quality process, and delivered with a signed certificate of accuracy. We do not use machine translation for certified documents.
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Legal Document Translation
Court-accepted translations for contracts, pleadings, motions, discovery documents, and legal correspondence. Every translation is handled by linguists with legal expertise and reviewed for terminological accuracy.
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Certified Medical Document Translation
HIPAA-compliant certified medical translation services for medical records, clinical notes, diagnostic reports, and treatment plans. Our medical linguists understand clinical terminology across specialties and maintain strict confidentiality.
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Immigration Paperwork
Certified immigration translation services for USCIS submissions, visa applications, asylum petitions, and supporting documentation. Formatted to meet federal filing requirements.
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Certified & Notarized Translation
Official certified translations with a signed certificate of accuracy, and notarized translations for filings that require notarization. Accepted by courts, USCIS, and government agencies nationwide.
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Business Document Translation
Professional translation for corporate communications, employee handbooks, marketing materials, financial documents, and international business correspondence.
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Academic Document Translation
Certified translation of transcripts, diplomas, and scholarly work for universities, sponsors, and the firms handling their filings. The original grading scale is preserved and described rather than converted, because conversion is the credential evaluator’s role.
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Government Document Translation
Certified translation for federal, state, and municipal agencies: public notices and benefit determinations, procurement and grant files, investigative records, and consular submissions. Certification format is chosen from the body that will receive the document.
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Technical Document Translation
Translation of engineering specifications, standard operating procedures, safety data sheets, and product manuals by linguists with technical backgrounds. Unit systems and notation are confirmed with you before translation rather than converted silently.
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Insurance Document Translation
Certified translation of policy wordings, endorsements, certificates of insurance, claim files, and subrogation documentation, with defined terms held consistently across the instrument so a synonym in one clause does not move the coverage.
What's Included
Every Translation Includes
Court-Accepted Translations
Every legal translation is formatted and certified to meet court filing requirements across all U.S. jurisdictions.
Certified & Notarized Options
Choose certified translations with a signed accuracy certificate, or notarized translations for official filings and government submissions.
Turnaround Options
Standard, expedited, and rush turnaround options to meet your deadlines. We communicate realistic timelines upfront.
Subject-Matter Experts
Linguists are matched by legal, medical, or technical specialty for terminological precision in every document.
Quality Review Process
Every translation passes through a multi-step review including translation, editing, and proofreading before delivery.
200+ Languages
From high-demand languages like Spanish and Mandarin to rare and indigenous languages, we translate across the full spectrum.
Working with us
A translation agency that certifies its own work
Firms searching for a translation agency near them usually need two things a freelance marketplace rarely provides: a named linguist with verifiable credentials, and a signed certificate of accuracy prepared for the specific body that will receive the document. Kaplan Interpreting Services is headquartered in La Palma, California, and delivers certified document translation services to law firms, hospitals, and corporate legal departments across Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Diego, the Bay Area, and the Central Valley, and to firms nationwide by secure file transfer.
Certified English translation is the most requested direction of work. Birth and marriage certificates, foreign judgments, academic records, police clearances, medical charts, and contracts issued abroad are translated into English by a subject-matter linguist, reviewed by a second linguist, and delivered with the certificate of accuracy attached. We do not use machine translation for certified documents, and we translate into the source language as readily as out of it.
Related coverage: certified patent translation for intellectual property filings, language-specific benches on our languages pages, and interpretation services when the matter needs the spoken word instead of the written record.
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Client Feedback
What Our Clients Say
"Kaplan's certified translations have been accepted by every court and USCIS office we've submitted to. Zero rejections."
Maria G.
Immigration Attorney
"They translated 200+ pages of discovery documents in a week without a single error. The certificate of accuracy was accepted immediately."
Daniel R.
Litigation Paralegal
"We needed birth certificates and marriage records translated for a complex immigration case. Kaplan delivered notarized translations ahead of deadline."
Susan K.
Family Law Attorney
By language
Do you translate into my language?
We translate documents in 200+ languages and dialects. Every service above is available in all of them. Where a language has requirements that change how the work is done, script, regional variants, or record formats that no longer exist, we publish a dedicated page for it.
FAQs
Common Questions
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What is the difference between certified translation and notarized translation?
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