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Spanish On-Site Interpretation for Medical Clinics
Medically credentialed Spanish interpreters for new-patient and follow-up visits, counseling and exams at your clinic. 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 medically credentialed interpreter who works near the clinic, and the name and credentials reach you before the visit.
Confirmed in your dashboard and by email
On-site
Interpreter at your venue
The interpreter arrives at the clinic, checks in, and sits with the patient 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.
Book an interpreterThe language
Getting Spanish right
Spanish is our most booked language for on-site and phone interpretation. We staff court hearings, USCIS interviews, IMEs, parent-teacher conferences and corporate trainings every business day.
Typical Spanish bookings
- Federal and state court hearings, depositions and arbitrations
- USCIS naturalization and asylum interviews
- Hospital, clinic and behavioral-health appointments
- Workers' compensation and Independent Medical Examinations
- School IEP meetings and parent-teacher conferences
- HR investigations, onboarding and benefits enrollment
- Insurance adjuster statements and recorded interviews
- U.S. speakers
- 41M+
- Booked most in
- Los Angeles, Miami, Houston
- Varieties
- Mexican, Caribbean, Central American, Southern Cone, Peninsular
- Register
- We honour the formal / informal register distinction (usted vs. tú) and keep it in the interpretation.
Visits held at the clinic
On-site interpreters for medical clinics for clinic visits, counseling, psychiatric evaluations and exams
Clinics book an interpreter for the visit types below. Where a visit type has a page of its own, the card links to it.
New-patient visits
The first visit covers medical history, medicines and allergies, and the interpreter interprets the questions and the patient's answers.
On-Site Interpretation for Medical AppointmentsTypical appointments
- Medical history
- Medicines and allergies
- How the clinic works
Follow-up visits
Patients with ongoing conditions return on a schedule, and the clinic can ask for the same interpreter at every visit.
Book for this settingTypical appointments
- Blood pressure and diabetes checks
- Prenatal visits
- Medication reviews
Counseling sessions
The therapist and the client meet in the clinic's counseling room, and the interpreter interprets what is said, including feelings, in the first person.
On-Site Interpretation for Mental Health CounselingTypical appointments
- Individual therapy
- Family sessions
- Weekly sessions with one interpreter
Psychiatric evaluations
The psychiatrist evaluates the patient in the office, and the interpreter renders each answer as it is given, without tidying it.
On-Site Interpretation for Psychiatric EvaluationsTypical appointments
- Diagnostic evaluations
- Medication evaluations
- History from a relative
Independent medical exams
The examining doctor sees the claimant at the clinic, and the interpreter works for neither side.
On-Site Interpretation for Independent Medical ExaminationsTypical appointments
- Workers' compensation exams
- Injury claim exams
- Questions about work history
Disability exams
The clinic or agency that schedules a disability exam books the interpreter, who interprets the history and the instructions during the exam.
On-Site Interpretation for Disability EvaluationsTypical appointments
- Consultative exams
- Physical exams
- Mental status exams
Visits in person
What to know about on-site interpreters at a clinic
When the interpreter comes in person
Most clinic visits are held in person, in an exam room with the patient, the doctor and often a nurse or medical assistant. The interpreter sits next to the patient for the whole visit, including the part where the doctor examines the patient. The interpreter reports to the one address you booked, and our dispatcher looks for interpreters closest to it first. Away from the large metro areas, an interpreter still comes, with more notice.
Who takes part
In the exam room, a nurse or medical assistant takes measurements and asks about medicines, and the doctor examines the patient and explains the diagnosis. The patient answers and asks questions, and a relative may come along to listen. The interpreter sits with the patient and interprets for each person in turn, including a question the patient asks the nurse.
In the exam room5
- Nurse or assistantTakes measurements, asks about medicines
- DoctorExamines the patient, explains the diagnosis
- PatientAnswers and asks questions
- RelativeComes along to listen
- InterpreterSits next to the patient
Clinic staffInterpreterPatient
The interpreter's role
The interpreter carries every sentence across, so the patient follows the clinic as well as an English speaker would. The doctor asks, the interpreter interprets, and the answer goes back in the first person, so the doctor hears the patient's own words. The interpreter gives no medical advice, does not restate the diagnosis in their own words, takes no side, and keeps what is said confidential.
In the exam room
Doctor asksInterpretedPatient answersInterpreted
Repeat visits
Many clinic patients return on a schedule for the same condition, such as a diabetes check or prenatal care. Each visit is its own booking, and you can ask for the same interpreter on every one. We assign them when they are available, and you get the name before each visit. Every question and answer is said twice, so allow a little more than the appointment slot.
On-site, video or phone
Choosing between on-site, video and phone for clinic visits
In person is the first choice for a visit that includes an exam. Video and phone fit when the visit looks like the cases below.
On-site
In person suits visits with a physical exam, new patients who have forms to fill in, and counseling that runs week after week.
Video (VRI)
Video suits a clinic visit where the patient or the doctor is elsewhere, or where no interpreter for the language works nearby.
Video-Remote Interpretation for Medical Clinics
Phone (OPI)
Phone suits short calls about results, medicines or scheduling, where nobody needs to see anything.
Phone Interpretation for Medical Clinics
How it works
How clinics book an on-site interpreter
Enter your details and get your instant quote
Enter the visit date, start time, the clinic's address, the patient's language and the kind of visit. The price for the booked hours shows right away.
Place your order
Pay online to confirm. The booking opens in your dashboard, where you add the suite, the doctor's name and anything the front desk asks visitors to do on arrival.
Dispatcher runs and assigns an interpreter
Our dispatcher finds a medically credentialed interpreter who works near the clinic, then confirms the name and credentials to you.
The interpreter arrives at your venue
The interpreter arrives at the clinic and checks in. After that, the interpreter sits with the patient in the exam room for the booked hours.
What you receive
- The interpreter's name and credentials, shared before the visit so the front desk can expect them.
- Travel to the clinic included in the hourly rate, when the interpreter works in your metro area.
- One price for the booked hours, shown before you pay, and a confirmation by email.
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 a clinic patient
Certified translations come from the same account, as a PDF the clinic can attach to the patient's file.
Hospitals and clinics
Medical records and vaccination records from abroad, translated so the doctor can read the patient's history.
Courts and depositions
Affidavits and other legal papers that come with an independent medical exam, translated for the examiner's file.
USCIS interviews
Birth, marriage and divorce certificates a patient brings, translated into English for the file.
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 at clinics
The ones we hear most often, answered by our dispatch and project-management teams.
Can't find it here?
01Does the interpreter stay for the physical exam?
The interpreter stays for the booked hours and interprets the doctor's instructions during the exam, as well as the talk before and after it.
02What if the patient reschedules the appointment?
The refund terms are in writing. A full refund applies more than seven days before the visit, 75% between seven days and 48 hours before, and no refund applies in the last 48 hours.
03How is a clinic visit priced?
The rate is hourly, and the total for your booked hours shows before you pay. Unused time is not refunded, so book the slot with some margin for a visit that runs long.
04How far ahead should we book?
At least 48 to 72 hours ahead, and earlier if you can.
05Which languages are available at a clinic?
70 languages. Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic, Korean and Russian are the easiest to schedule at a clinic, and rare languages need more notice.
06Are your Spanish interpreters certified?
Yes. Court-certified and medically credentialed Spanish 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.
07Do you cover all Spanish dialects?
Spanish varies meaningfully between Spain, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and the Southern Cone. We match linguists to the client's region and purpose — e.g. Mexican Spanish for U.S. courtrooms, neutral Latin-American Spanish for corporate L&D.
Other languages
Other languages for Medical Clinics
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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