Video interpretation (VRI)German
Court-certified German interpreters for settlement conferences the court holds by video, with your client through every offer. 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
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Enter the conference date, start time, the court's platform and the language of the party, and add the court and the case to the notes. The price for the hours you book shows right away.
Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet or the Texliff room
Match
Our dispatcher assigns a court-certified interpreter, and you see the name and credentials before the conference.
Confirmed in your dashboard and by email
Video (VRI)
The interpreter joins the court's link as a guest at the booked time and stays with the party for 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
Cases we interpret
A judge or magistrate holds a settlement conference when a case could end by agreement. We interpret for a party by video in the kinds of cases below.
The plaintiff hears the defense offer and the judge's view of the case through the interpreter. An insurance representative with authority to settle often attends, so the party may hear several figures in one session.
A current or former employee in a wage or termination case hears the judge's questions about the claim and the employer's offer. Add pay terms, dates of employment and job titles to the booking notes.
Small business owners and the companies they deal with attend with counsel. The judge talks through the amount in dispute with each side, and every figure and date is interpreted as said. Send the agreement or the key terms with the booking.
Tenants and landlords who speak another language use the interpreter when the judge talks through the amount owed and the terms of an agreement. Add the address of the rental and the names of both sides to the booking notes.
Settlement by video
The court orders a settlement conference. When the court holds it online, the court gives the parties the link, and each party joins from their own location. Video also helps when no interpreter for the language works near the courthouse, because our interpreters join from anywhere in the US.
A judge, magistrate or settlement officer leads the conference and speaks with each side. Each party joins with an attorney, and an insurance representative with authority to settle often attends too. When one party speaks another language, an interpreter joins the call as a guest and stays with that party.
The interpreter carries the conference between English and the party's language, one speaker at a time. The judge's questions, the other side's offers and the party's answers are all interpreted in full. The interpreter is in the judge's private session with the party and in the talk where the attorney explains an offer. The interpreter stays neutral, keeps it confidential and leaves the decision to the party.
Private session
Explaining an offer
The link comes from the court, so you may not have it when you book. You can book the interpreter as soon as the conference is set, and add the link in your dashboard when you have it. Add the court and the case name to the notes as well.
On-site, video or phone
Video is the choice when the court holds the conference online. The other settings fit the cases below.
Book an interpreter in person when the conference is held at the courthouse and the party attends there.
On-Site Interpretation for Settlement ConferencesVideo fits when the court holds the conference online and each participant joins from their own location.
Phone fits a call with your client before the conference, when nothing needs to be shown on a screen.
Phone Interpretation for Settlement ConferencesHow it works
Enter your details and get your instant quote
Enter the conference date, start time, the platform the court uses and the language of the party. 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 court's link when you have it, along with the court and the case name.
Dispatcher runs and assigns an interpreter
Our dispatcher assigns a court-certified interpreter and confirms the name and credentials to you before the conference.
Join your session
The interpreter joins the court's link as a guest at the booked time and stays with the party through the joint talks and the private sessions.
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 come from the same account, delivered as a PDF you can send to the court and the other side.
Contracts, affidavits and text messages in the party's language, translated so the judge can see what the offer refers to.
Medical records from abroad for injury cases, translated so the treatment can be discussed in the conference.
Financial statements and agreements for contract cases, translated before the figures are discussed.
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?
Each court decides when remote interpreting is allowed, so check the court's order first. Name the court and the type of conference in your booking notes.
Only what you tell us. Add the case name, the names of the parties and the main terms to the booking notes, and the interpreter reads them before the conference.
Each booking pairs English with one other language, so a second language needs a second booking, and both can use the court's link.
The price is by the hour, and the total for the booked hours shows before you pay. Book the time the court has set aside, because the interpreter is reserved for the whole booking and unused time is not refunded.
Cancellation is in writing. You get a full refund more than seven days before the conference, 75% between seven days and 48 hours before, and no refund in the last 48 hours.
70 languages. Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Russian, Arabic and Haitian Creole are the easiest to schedule. Rare languages need 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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