Certified Deposition translation
Certified English translations of deposition and hearing transcripts — testimony rendered verbatim, question and answer structure preserved, and page-line references kept citable.
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Testimony that must survive cross-examination.
A deposition transcript is a verbatim record, and everything done with it — impeachment, motions, appeals — depends on citing the exact words at the exact line. The translation has to hold that structure while carrying speech, with all its mess, into another language.
Courts and motions
Transcript excerpts get quoted in briefs and read into the record. Certified translations with stable page-line references let counsel cite the foreign testimony as precisely as the English.
Trial teams and review
Litigators mining foreign-language testimony need renderings faithful enough to build strategy on — including the hedges, contradictions, and evasions that summaries erase.
Arbitration and cross-border cases
International proceedings run testimony through language pairs constantly. Consistent terminology across a case’s transcripts keeps witness accounts comparable.
Insurers and investigations
Claims investigations and internal inquiries take statements in whatever language events happened in. Certified translations move those statements into files decision-makers can rely on.
What gets translated
Speech on the record, kept as speech.
Testimony is not prose — it hesitates, restarts, and contradicts itself, and those textures carry meaning. The translation keeps them, because cleaning them up is editing evidence.
Q&A structure mirrored
Questions, answers, and speaker designations preserved exactly, so the rhythm of examination survives translation.
Page and line fidelity
Pagination and line numbering tracked to the original, keeping every citation in briefs and motions valid.
Verbatim, with [sic]
Errors, slang, and half-finished sentences rendered as spoken and marked where needed — the record is the record.
Objections and colloquy
Attorney objections, instructions, and off-record markers translated in place; procedure is part of the transcript.
Exhibits referenced
Exhibit callouts preserved by designation, and the exhibits themselves translated alongside when the case needs them.
Certified for the record
Each volume delivered with a signed Certificate of Accuracy, ready for filing and service.
Before you order
Working with translated testimony, practically.
Scope to the designated portions
Full transcripts run hundreds of pages, but cases usually turn on designated excerpts. Word-count pricing lets counsel translate designations first and expand later — the certificate states the scope translated, which courts accept.
Give us the case glossary
Party names, technical terms, and disputed phrases should render identically across every transcript in the matter. Send the case caption and any existing glossary; consistency across volumes is something we maintain deliberately.
Flag the hot lines
If specific passages are headed into a motion, tell us. Those lines get an extra layer of review and annotation options — the difference between a translation and one you are comfortable reading aloud to a judge.
How it works
Transcript in, citable record out.
Photograph or scan it
Take a clear photo or scan of your deposition transcript and upload it. The word count and the exact total show before you pay — no account needed.
A specialist linguist takes it
Your file goes to a native speaker who works with this document type every week and knows its stamps, layouts, and abbreviations on sight.
Reviewed, then certified
A second linguist checks names, dates, numbers, and layout against the original. Only then is the Certificate of Accuracy signed.
Delivered as one PDF
Translation, certificate, and a copy of the source in a single file — ready to attach to your filing or forward to whoever asked for it.
Pricing is by word count, which for transcripts means designated excerpts cost a fraction of full volumes. Upload the pages and the exact total shows before you pay.
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FAQ
The questions that actually come up.
The ones we hear most often, answered by our dispatch and project-management teams.
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01Do you clean up the witness’s grammar?
Never. The witness’s errors, hedges, and restarts are evidence — often the most argued-over evidence in the room. The translation renders speech as spoken, marks anomalies with [sic] where clarity demands, and leaves the polishing to nobody.
02Can you preserve the page and line numbers for citation?
Yes — the translation tracks the original’s pagination and line structure so a citation to 74:12 lands on the same testimony in both versions. This is default practice for us on transcripts, not an add-on.
03Can you translate only the designated excerpts?
Yes, and most orders work this way. The Certificate of Accuracy states exactly which pages and lines were translated, which keeps a partial scope transparent to the court and opposing counsel. Expanding the scope later reuses the same glossary.
04The deposition was interpreted live and the transcript shows both languages.
Bilingual transcripts are familiar ground. We translate the foreign-language testimony and can flag places where the live interpretation on the record diverges from the witness’s words — a memo counsel sometimes finds more valuable than the translation itself.
05How is the price calculated?
By word count of the pages you submit — starting at $24.95. Designations first, volumes later is the cost-efficient path, and the quote shows totals per document before you pay.
06What about confidentiality and protective orders?
Transcripts are handled under strict confidentiality: encrypted transfer and storage, access limited to the assigned team, and deletion on request. If a protective order imposes specific handling terms, send it — we comply with its terms as written.
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Testimony, translated for the record.
Upload the transcript or designations and see the exact price and delivery time before you pay. Verbatim renderings, citable structure, and a signed Certificate of Accuracy on every volume.