Video interpretation (VRI)German
German interpreters for HR investigations, disciplinary meetings, performance reviews and accommodation requests by video. Get your quote in seconds, place your order, add your meeting link, 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
Request
Enter the meeting date, start time, platform and the employee's language, and pick the kind of appointment. The price for the hours you book shows right away.
Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet or the Texliff room
Match
Our dispatcher assigns an interpreter who has interpreted HR meetings before, and you see the name before the meeting.
Confirmed in your dashboard and by email
Video (VRI)
The interpreter joins the HR meeting link as a guest at the booked time and stays through the hours you booked.
Any device, interpreters from all 50 states
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
German interpretation is mostly boardroom, M&A, patent litigation and technical audits. We cover both Swiss German (with an interpreter from Switzerland) and Austrian German as specialty dialect requests.
Typical German bookings
Meetings we interpret
Employers book a video interpreter for these four kinds of HR meetings. The notes you add to the booking reach the interpreter before the meeting starts.
HR interviews the employee who raised a concern, the employee named in it, and any witnesses. Each interview can be its own session, and the interpreter keeps what they hear confidential.
HR and the manager explain the reason for a warning or another action, and the employee responds. Send the written notice with the booking, so the interpreter knows the terms before the meeting.
A manager goes over goals, results and next steps with an employee who speaks another language. The names of the sections on your review form help the interpreter prepare.
HR and the employee talk through a request for time off, a schedule change or a change in duties. The employee may describe a health condition, so the interpreter keeps it confidential.
HR meetings by video
HR meetings are usually held in person, in the HR office or a private room. They are held by video when the employee works at another site or from home, or when no interpreter for the language works near the employee. One meeting link is shared, and everyone joins from their own location, with the interpreter as a guest.
HR opens the call, leads it and explains the reason for the meeting. The employee answers HR's questions and asks their own. A manager joins when the meeting is about the employee's work. Some meetings also have a union representative or a witness, who join the same link from wherever they are. The interpreter joins as a guest and interprets for everyone who speaks.
The interpreter makes the meeting as clear for the employee as it is for everyone who speaks English. Each speaker talks in short parts, and the interpreter interprets every part in full, in both directions. The interpreter is neutral, working for neither HR nor the employee, and gives no advice or opinions.
Notes, then meeting
Add the names of everyone attending to the booking notes, with the written notice or policy the meeting is about and any terms HR will use. The interpreter reads the notes first and prepares those terms. HR may write up the meeting afterward, and because the interpreter speaks in the first person, the write-up holds the employee's own words. Texliff does not record the session unless you ask.
On-site, video or phone
Video suits an HR meeting when the people involved are in different places. The cases below call for on-site or phone.
Book an interpreter in the room for a disciplinary meeting or an investigation interview that HR holds in person.
On-Site Interpretation for HR MeetingsVideo fits when HR, the manager and the employee join from different sites, or when the employee works from home.
Phone fits a short check-in or a question about benefits, when nobody needs to see a document.
Phone Interpretation for HR MeetingsHow it works
Enter your details and get your instant quote
Enter the date, the start time, the platform and the employee's language. 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 meeting link and notes such as the names of those attending and the policy involved.
Dispatcher runs and assigns an interpreter
Our dispatcher assigns an interpreter who has interpreted HR meetings before, and confirms the name to you before the meeting.
Join your session
The interpreter joins your meeting as a guest. HR starts as usual, and the interpreter interprets until the booked hours end.
What you receive
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
Certified translations for HR's records come from the same account, as PDFs.
Text messages and sworn statements from an employee, translated into English for an investigation file.
Medical records from a doctor abroad, translated into English for an accommodation request.
Employment contracts and meeting minutes in another language, translated into English for HR's 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
The ones we hear most often, answered by our dispatch and project-management teams.
Can't find it here?
Yes. The Texliff room opens in the browser with no install, and we create the link and add it to your project. The interpreter can also join your own Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Google Meet link as a guest.
Yes. Book enough hours for both interviews and run them one after the other on the same link. An employee who speaks a different language needs a separate booking.
Yes. Everyone joins the same link from wherever they are, and the interpreter interprets for each person who speaks. Add their names to the booking notes.
Book a phone session for that meeting. Everyone dials in to the number in your confirmation from any phone.
Video sessions are priced by the hour for the hours you book, with the total shown before you pay. Book time for the whole meeting, because every statement is interpreted in full and unused time is not refunded.
70 languages. Spanish, Mandarin, Russian, Korean, Arabic and Tagalog are the easiest to schedule. A rare language such as Burmese needs more notice.
Yes. Court-certified and medically credentialed German 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.
Swiss German spoken dialects are mutually difficult for Standard German speakers; Swiss written German is Standard but uses ß-less orthography. Austrian German uses distinct administrative terminology.
Other languages
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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