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Korean On-Site Interpretation for Trials
Court-certified Korean interpreters in the courtroom for every day of your trial, from witness testimony to counsel table. 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 near the courthouse and confirms the name and credentials to you before the first day.
Confirmed in your dashboard and by email
On-site
Interpreter at your venue
The interpreter arrives at the courthouse on each booked day and stays 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 Korean right
Interpretation is heavy for naturalization interviews, hospital and behavioral-health appointments, and Korean-American church-community legal matters, plus corporate depositions for chaebol-linked companies.
Typical Korean bookings
- USCIS naturalization interviews
- Hospital, oncology and behavioral-health appointments
- Corporate depositions (Samsung, LG, Hyundai, SK suppliers)
- Real-estate closings and mortgage appointments
- K-12 IEP meetings and ESL parent conferences
- U.S. speakers
- 1.1M+
- Booked most in
- Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta
- Register
- Korean honorifics (존댓말) versus plain speech (반말) carry strong social meaning. Our interpreters match register to the speaker and flag when witness register unexpectedly shifts during testimony.
Parts of a trial
On-site interpreters for trials, from witness testimony to counsel table and breaks
A trial runs over several days and has several parts. Tell us which of them the interpreter you book will work on, since the court may appoint its own interpreter for some of them.
Witness testimony
Where the court lets a party bring an interpreter, the one you book interprets the testimony of a witness who speaks another language, in both directions and on the record. Ask the court before the trial how it wants this arranged.
Conversations at counsel table
During pauses in the proceeding, you and your client talk through the interpreter, one speaker at a time and in both directions. The interpreter sits with your client for the whole day.
Meetings during breaks
Recesses and lunch breaks are when attorneys explain what happened and what comes next. Book the interpreter for the whole day, so the same person is there for the break meetings and for the testimony.
Trials in person
What to know about trials with an interpreter in the courtroom
Days in the courtroom
Trials are held in a courtroom, with the judge, the jury and the witnesses in the same room. The interpreter you book sits with your client or your witness there. A trial runs for several days and each day is its own booking, so book every day once the trial dates are set, and ask for the same interpreter on each. If few interpreters for the language live near the courthouse, the trip is quoted as a separate line when you book.
Who takes part
The judge presides, and the jury decides the facts. Attorneys question witnesses and speak for their clients. Witnesses testify under oath, and a court reporter writes down the record. The defendant or the parties attend as well. All of them speak one at a time, and the interpreter sits with whoever speaks another language and interprets each part after the speaker pauses.
In the courtroom5
- JudgePresides over the trial
- AttorneysQuestion witnesses, speak for clients
- WitnessesTestify under oath
- Court reporterWrites down the record
- InterpreterSits with whoever speaks another language
AttorneyInterpreterWitness
The interpreter's role
Testimony is a person's own account, so the interpreter speaks in the first person and does not summarize. The job is to make the trial as clear for your client or witness as it is for everyone who speaks English, with questions and answers interpreted in full and in both directions. The interpreter takes no side, gives no advice or comments, and keeps what they hear confidential.
A trial week
Day 1Day 2Day 3Verdict
Several trial days
Each trial day is its own booking. Send the trial schedule with the first booking and book every day once the dates are set, so the days are covered before the trial starts. You can ask for the same interpreter on each day, and we assign them when they are available.
On-site, video or phone
Choosing between on-site, video and phone for a trial
A trial is usually held in the courtroom, so on-site is the usual choice. Video and phone fit the parts around it.
On-site
Book an interpreter in the courtroom for testimony, for counsel table and for meetings during breaks.
Video (VRI)
Video fits a witness who testifies remotely when the court allows it, and preparation sessions before the trial.
Video-Remote Interpretation for Trials
Phone (OPI)
Phone fits the calls around the trial, such as updates to your client in the evening and scheduling witnesses.
Phone Interpretation for Trials
How it works
How to book an on-site interpreter for a trial
Enter your details and get your instant quote
Give the first trial day and start time, the courthouse address and the language, then book each day you need. The price for the booked hours shows right away.
Place your order
Pay online to confirm. Add notes in your dashboard, such as the courtroom, the case name, the witness list and where to check in.
Dispatcher runs and assigns an interpreter
Our dispatcher assigns a court-certified interpreter who works near the courthouse. For the next days, ask for the same interpreter and we assign them when they are available.
The interpreter arrives at your venue
The interpreter arrives at the courthouse on each booked day and sits with your client or witness for the booked hours.
What you receive
- The interpreter's name and credentials, confirmed before the first day.
- Travel inside the interpreter's metro area, included in the hourly rate for every trial day.
- Every day of the trial kept together in your dashboard, with 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 before trial
Exhibits in another language need certified translations before the trial, and the same account that books your interpreter orders them.
Courts and depositions
Contracts, sworn statements and text messages that will be exhibits, translated into English before the trial starts.
Hospitals and clinics
Medical records from abroad for injury trials, translated so the treatment notes can be marked as exhibits.
Meetings and negotiations
Financial statements and company contracts for commercial trials.
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 trials
The ones we hear most often, answered by our dispatch and project-management teams.
Can't find it here?
01What if the same interpreter is not available on a later day?
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.
02What if the trial date moves?
Cancellation is in writing. A booked day cancelled more than seven days ahead is refunded in full, 75% is refunded from seven days down to 48 hours ahead, and nothing is refunded inside 48 hours.
03Does the interpreter need to be court-certified for a trial?
Most state courts require a certified or registered interpreter for testimony on the record. We assign a court-certified interpreter, with the name and credentials sent to you before the first day.
04Can I send the exhibit list to the interpreter?
Yes. Add the exhibit list, the witness names and the terms of the case to the booking notes in your dashboard, and the interpreter reads them before the trial.
05How is a trial priced?
Each trial day is priced by the hour, and the total shows before you pay. Every question and answer is said twice, so a day with testimony runs longer than it would in English.
06Which languages can we book for a trial?
70 languages. Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic and Korean are the easiest to schedule. Rare languages, such as Burmese or Pashto, need more notice, so book as soon as the trial dates are set.
07Are your Korean interpreters certified?
Yes. Court-certified and medically credentialed Korean 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.
Other languages
Other languages for Trials
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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Tell us the courthouse, the trial dates and the language. We assign a court-certified interpreter near the courthouse and confirm the name before the first day.