Video interpretation (VRI)German
Court-certified German interpreters for witnesses who testify by video from another state or abroad, when the court allows it. 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 date, start time, platform and the witness's language, and name the court and the kind of session. 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 from anywhere in the US, and you see the name and credentials before the day.
Confirmed in your dashboard and by email
Video (VRI)
The interpreter joins the link as a guest at the booked time and stays 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
Remote testimony
A witness testifies by video only when the court allows it, and the court names the platform. Parties book a video interpreter around a trial in the situations below.
A witness who lives far from the courthouse may testify by video if the court allows it. The interpreter joins the court's link as a guest and interprets each question and answer for the witness.
Some trials need testimony from a witness in another country, if the court permits it. Add the court's link to the booking as soon as you have it, and tell us the witness's language.
Before the trial, attorneys go through the questions with a witness who speaks another language. Book each preparation session separately from the trial days, and ask for the same interpreter if you want one person throughout.
Trials by video
A trial is held in a courtroom, and video comes in for one part of it, a witness who testifies from somewhere else. A court may allow this for a witness who lives in another state or abroad, and the court decides each request. Video is also used for preparation sessions before the trial, and when no interpreter for the witness's language works near the courthouse.
The judge presides and decides how the remote testimony is taken. Attorneys question the witness, and the witness answers under oath from another place. A court reporter writes down the record, and the jury hears the testimony in the courtroom. The interpreter joins the same link as a guest, and each speaker pauses so the interpreter can interpret that part.
The interpreter interprets each question into the witness's language and each answer into English, in the first person and in full, so the record holds the witness's own words. Everything said to the witness is interpreted, including the judge's instructions. The interpreter works for neither side, adds nothing, explains nothing and keeps what they hear confidential.
Testimony by video
Before the trial, order certified translations of the exhibits that are in another language. Add the exhibit list and the translated copies to the booking notes in your dashboard, so the interpreter knows the documents the witness will be asked about.
On-site, video or phone
Most of a trial is held in the courtroom. Use video for the part of it where someone is somewhere else.
Book an interpreter in the courtroom for the parts of the trial where your client or witness is at the courthouse.
On-Site Interpretation for TrialsVideo fits a witness who testifies from another place when the court allows it, and the preparation sessions before.
Phone suits the short calls with a witness or client between trial days, when no document has to be shown.
Phone Interpretation for TrialsHow it works
Enter your details and get your instant quote
Give the date and start time, the platform, the witness's language, the court and the kind of session. The price for the booked hours shows right away.
Place your order
Pay online to confirm. Add the court's link in your dashboard when you have it, along with the witness list and the exhibit list.
Dispatcher runs and assigns an interpreter
Our dispatcher assigns a court-certified interpreter, who can join from anywhere in the US, and confirms the name and credentials to you.
Join your session
The interpreter joins the link as a guest at the booked time and interprets the testimony for the booked hours.
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
Order certified translations from the same account, priced by word count and delivered as a PDF, for the documents the witness will be asked about.
Contracts, sworn statements and text messages the remote witness will be asked about, translated into English before trial.
Medical records from clinics abroad, translated for an injury case where the witness describes treatment.
Meeting minutes and financial statements that a witness from the company will be asked about.
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?
Whichever platform the court names, such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams. For a preparation session, we create a link in the Texliff room and add it to your project.
It depends on the platform the court names. A Texliff room link, which we can create for a preparation session, opens in the browser with nothing to install.
No. Each booking pairs English with one other language, so the second witness needs a second session. Both sessions can use the same link.
The price is per hour for the hours you book, shown before you pay. An interpreted answer takes longer than an English one, so book more time than an English-speaking witness would need.
At least 48 to 72 hours ahead, and earlier if you can.
70 languages. Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Russian and Arabic are the easiest to schedule, and 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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Tell us the court, the date, the platform and the witness's language. We confirm the interpreter's name and credentials before the day.
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