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Chinese On-Site Interpretation for Depositions
Court-certified Chinese interpreters seated with the witness at depositions in law offices, court reporting offices and conference rooms. Get your quote in seconds, place your order, and you're all set.
Starting at $92.91
Per hour
Court-certified
Interpreters
HIPAA-aligned
All clinical sessions
Medically credentialed
CCHI and NBCMI certified interpreters
Match
Interpreter matched to the setting
Our dispatcher assigns a court-certified interpreter who works in your area, and you see the name and credentials before the deposition.
Confirmed in your dashboard and by email
On-site
Interpreter at your venue
The interpreter arrives at the address in the notice, checks in with the court reporter, and interprets for the hours you booked.
In person, for the booked hours
The price shows before you book. Every session is covered by an NDA; clinical sessions are handled in line with HIPAA.
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Getting Chinese right
We interpret Mandarin for hospitals, biotech companies, patent depositions, USCIS asylum interviews and import / export negotiations. VRI over Zoom and Teams is especially heavy on Mandarin.
Typical Chinese bookings
- Patent and IP litigation depositions
- FDA inspections and GMP audits at pharma / biotech sites
- Hospital, oncology and genetic-counseling appointments
- USCIS naturalization and asylum interviews
- U.S.–China trade negotiations and supplier audits
- University admissions and research-lab interviews
- U.S. speakers
- 3M+
- Booked most in
- San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles
- Varieties
- Mainland (PRC), Taiwan, Singapore
- Register
- Indirect communication, seniority-based address and face-saving conventions materially affect depositions and negotiations. Our Mandarin interpreters are trained to render content faithfully without normalising politeness away.
Where we interpret
On-site interpreters for depositions at law offices, court reporting offices and conference rooms
A deposition is taken at the address in the notice. Our interpreters go to the places below most often, and each card says what to tell us when you book.
Law offices
Most depositions are taken in a conference room at the office of the attorney who noticed them. Tell us the suite number and whether visitors check in at a front desk.
Court reporting offices
Many court reporting agencies have their own deposition rooms with video equipment. If the deposition is recorded on video, tell the videographer where the interpreter will sit.
Conference rooms
A deposition can also be held in a conference room at another address. Give us the building, the room name and where visitors check in.
In-person depositions
What to know about in-person depositions with an interpreter
When the interpreter comes in person
Most depositions are taken in person, in a conference room at a law office or a court reporting office. When the witness is in the room, the interpreter sits with them. The same holds when the attorneys join by video but the witness sits with the court reporter. For a language with few interpreters in the area, the interpreter may travel from another city, and the trip is quoted as a separate line when you book.
Who takes part
Around the table are the witness, who answers questions under oath, and the attorneys for the parties, who ask questions and make objections. A court reporter swears in the witness and writes down everything said on the record. When the witness speaks another language, the court reporter swears in the interpreter before the witness.
At the table4
- WitnessAnswers questions under oath
- AttorneysAsk questions and make objections
- Court reporterSwears in the interpreter before the witness, writes the record
- InterpreterSits with the witness
AttorneysInterpreterWitness
The interpreter's role
The interpreter's place is between the attorneys and the witness, and their job is to make the communication as clear as it would be in one language. Every question is interpreted into the witness's language and every answer into English, in the first person, so the transcript reads as the witness's own words. The interpreter is neutral and does not explain questions or add anything to the answers.
Before the day
NoticeExhibit listCase termsPrepared
Before the day
Send the deposition notice, the case caption, the witness's name and the exhibit list with the booking. The interpreter reads them before the day, so names, places and case terms are familiar when the questions start. You get the interpreter's name and credentials ahead of time to pass on to the court reporter.
On-site, video or phone
Choosing between on-site and video for a deposition
An interpreter in the room is the safest choice for most depositions. Video can work in the cases below.
On-site
An interpreter in person suits long depositions, witnesses who have never used a video call and depositions with many paper exhibits.
Video (VRI)
Video works when counsel and the court reporter are remote and the witness has a quiet room and a good connection.
Video-Remote Interpretation for Depositions
Phone (OPI)
Not offered for this sessionDepositions are interpreted on-site or by video.
How it works
How to book an on-site interpreter for a deposition
Enter your details and get your instant quote
Enter the deposition date, start time, the address from the notice and the witness's language. The price for the booked hours shows right away.
Place your order
Pay online to confirm. Add notes to the booking, such as the room, parking and who will be at the table.
Dispatcher runs and assigns an interpreter
Our dispatcher assigns a court-certified interpreter who works in your area and confirms the name and credentials to you.
The interpreter arrives at your venue
The interpreter arrives at the address and checks in with the court reporter. After the oath, the interpreter sits with the witness for the booked hours.
What you receive
- The interpreter's name and credentials, confirmed before the day.
- Travel inside the interpreter's metro area included in the hourly rate.
- One price for the booked hours, shown before you pay.
Every file and session is covered by an NDA and sent over an encrypted connection. Clinical matters are handled in line with HIPAA.
If you also need translations
If you also need documents translated for the deposition
Certified translations come from the same account, delivered as a PDF you can print and bring to the deposition.
Courts and depositions
Exhibits in the witness's language, such as contracts, letters and text messages, translated so counsel can mark them at the table.
Hospitals and clinics
Medical records from abroad, translated before an injury or workers' compensation deposition.
Meetings and negotiations
Company records and financial statements for commercial and employment cases.
Not in the list? We translate 37 document types, from passports and bank statements to patents, each with its own page and the same certification.Browse all documentsFAQ
Questions about on-site interpreters for depositions
The ones we hear most often, answered by our dispatch and project-management teams.
Can't find it here?
01How far ahead should we book?
At least 48 to 72 hours before the deposition, and earlier if you can.
02Is the interpreter court-certified?
Yes. We assign interpreters with federal or state court certification to depositions, and you get the name and credentials before the day.
03Can we ask for the same interpreter for every deposition in a case?
You can ask for it in the booking notes. A booking is for the service, not for a particular interpreter, so we take the request into account and assign them when they are available.
04What if the deposition is canceled or rescheduled?
Cancellation is in writing. You get a full refund more than seven days before the deposition, 75% between seven days and 48 hours before, and no refund in the last 48 hours.
05How is an on-site deposition priced?
By the hour, for the hours you book, and the total shows before you pay. Travel inside the interpreter's metro area is included in the hourly rate.
06Which languages do you cover for depositions?
70 languages, into and out of English. Book a rare language as early as you can.
07Are your Chinese interpreters certified?
Yes. Court-certified and medically credentialed Chinese interpreters are assigned to legal and clinical matters — Federal Court Interpreter Certification, state court rosters, CCHI / NBCMI for medical. For community, educational and corporate settings we assign professionally trained interpreters matched to the subject.
08Do you cover all Chinese dialects?
Mandarin speakers from mainland China generally prefer Simplified characters; speakers from Taiwan and older Hong Kong / overseas communities prefer Traditional. For interpretation this matters only for written handouts.
Other languages
Other languages for Depositions
The same page for each of these languages, with that language's varieties, its register and where it is booked most.
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