Court-certified Thai 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.
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
Los Angeles (Thai Town), Las Vegas, Chicago, NYC, Houston and Oakland have established Thai-American communities.
Typical Thai bookings
USCIS naturalization interviews
Hospital appointments
Restaurant / hospitality workers' comp
Family court and divorce matters
U.S. speakers
300k+
Booked most in
Los Angeles, New York, Chicago
Remote testimony
Video interpreters for trial testimony from witnesses in another state or abroad
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.
Witnesses in another state
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.
Witnesses abroad
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.
Witness preparation
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
What to know about trial testimony by video with an interpreter
When video is used
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.
Who takes part
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.
On the call5
JudgeDecides how the testimony is taken
AttorneysQuestion the witness
WitnessAnswers under oath from another place
Court reporterWrites down the record
InterpreterJoins the link as a guest
AttorneyInterpreterWitness
The interpreter's role
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.
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
Choosing between video, on-site and phone for a trial
Most of a trial is held in the courtroom. Use video for the part of it where someone is somewhere else.
On-site
Book an interpreter in the courtroom for the parts of the trial where your client or witness is at the courthouse.
How to book a video interpreter for trial testimony
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
The interpreter's name and credentials, confirmed to you before the witness testifies.
The court's link kept in your project, or a Texliff room link we create for preparation sessions.
A confirmation in your dashboard and by email for each session.
Every file and session is covered by an NDA and sent over an encrypted connection. Clinical matters are handled in line with HIPAA.
Questions about video interpreters for trial testimony
The ones we hear most often, answered by our dispatch and project-management teams.
Can't find it here?
01Which platform does the interpreter join?
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.
02Does a witness abroad need to install anything to join?
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.
03Can two witnesses who speak different languages share one booking?
No. Each booking pairs English with one other language, so the second witness needs a second session. Both sessions can use the same link.
04How is a remote trial session priced?
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.
05How far ahead should we book?
At least 48 to 72 hours ahead, and earlier if you can.
06Which languages can you interpret for witnesses testifying by video?
70 languages. Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Russian and Arabic are the easiest to schedule, and rare languages need more notice.
07Are your Thai interpreters certified?
Yes. Court-certified and medically credentialed Thai 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.
Browse selected Thai interpreters available through the Texliff network.
7 professional profiles
Daniel V.
Interpreter
Pairs
English into Thai
Modes
Consecutive, Simultaneous
Settings
Video-Remote, Telephone
Daniel is a professional interpreter providing English into Thai interpretation services. He offers both consecutive and simultaneous interpretation, delivered via video remote and telephone platforms, with a specialization in the education sector. Daniel holds a graduate degree in Geoscience and an undergraduate degree in General Studies. His professional background includes extensive technical experience in geographic information systems, database management, and application development, bringing a detail-oriented, analytical approach to his interpretation work.
Lao into EnglishEnglish into LaoThai into EnglishEnglish into Thai
Modes
Consecutive, Simultaneous
Settings
Video-Remote, Telephone, On-site
Varaphone is a native Lao and Thai speaker and professionally trained community interpreter with over 20 years of experience in language services, cross-cultural communication, and client education. Varaphone provides consecutive and simultaneous interpretation, sight translation, and on-site, telephone, and video remote interpreting between Lao and English and Thai and English. Varaphone also offers translation services from Lao into English, English into Lao, and English into Thai. Varaphone specializes in medical, technical, financial, immigration, education, business, and general content, bringing strong listening, message retention, and clarification skills developed through years of managing high-trust, confidential client relationships.
Sawitree works as a Thai interpreter for medical appointments, clinic visits, and conference meetings, providing consecutive support on-site and by phone as well as simultaneous interpreting by video. With more than eight years of experience and over 300 hours of assignments, she communicates fluently from English into Thai while maintaining clarity and confidentiality. She has completed 60 hours of health care interpreter training, holds a qualified health care interpreter credential for Thai, and has completed HIPAA and compliance training. Her work also includes sight translation and discussions involving technical or software-related information. For certified Thai translation projects, Sawitree provides English to Thai translation for medical, technical, and general content. She applies strong reading comprehension and writing skills to each document translation assignment.
Kanokwan is a Thai interpreter with six years of experience handling consecutive communication by video and phone. As a medical interpreter, she supports hospital, clinic, and telehealth encounters involving procedures, diagnoses, treatment plans, and informed consent. Her background in pharmacy operations and patient counseling strengthens her command of medication and healthcare terminology. She also works as a legal interpreter for depositions, attorney meetings, court hearings, and immigration interviews, conveying meaning, tone, and intent with clarity and neutrality. Kanokwan follows confidentiality requirements, HIPAA standards, and legal ethics. Her English to Thai translation work covers patient consent forms, clinical instructions, treatment summaries, and discharge papers. She also translates affidavits, contracts, policy forms, and official disclosures for certified Thai translation projects, maintaining precise terminology and context throughout each document.
Interpretation across Thai, Lao and English has been Vieng’s primary work for 16 years. As a Thai interpreter, Vieng renders English into Thai, while work as a Lao interpreter covers English into Lao and Thai into Lao. Vieng provides consecutive interpretation services on-site and by video for court proceedings, immigration matters and medical visits. Simultaneous work supports fast-moving proceedings, while phone assignments include emergency calls involving healthcare, law enforcement and criminal justice. Vieng processes complex or sensitive information calmly, applies appropriate legal and medical terminology and accounts for cultural differences between speakers. Translation work includes legal and medical documents as well as immigration materials. This document translation experience is supported by fluency in reading and writing both Thai and Lao.
Pavinee is a Thai interpreter with 22 years of experience handling consecutive and simultaneous assignments between English and Thai. She works on-site for court proceedings, arbitrations and depositions, while video and phone interpreting support parole hearings, medical consultations and business meetings. Her conference experience spans diplomatic discussions, military training and international forums, including sessions on human trafficking and support for sexual assault survivors. A court-registered interpreter and court-authorized interpreter, Pavinee also holds Secret and Public Trust security clearances. As a Thai translator, she provides Thai to English translation and English to Thai translation for extradition requests, contracts and patent litigation. Her legal translation background also covers human rights cases and training materials. She handles clinical trial documents, technical manuals and other complex document translation requiring precise terminology.
Auragun is a English-Thai translator with 29 years of experience translating English into Thai and Thai into English. Her Thai to English translation work encompasses legal contracts, patent applications, and financial statements, while medical translation spans clinical protocols, informed consent forms, and handwritten physician notes. She also localizes technical specifications, user interfaces, and instructions for use. Other projects have ranged from books and journal articles to laws, package inserts, and marketing materials. Auragun subtitles films and educational videos, proofreads content, and prepares meeting minutes. As a Thai interpreter, she interprets English into Thai and Thai into English during medical consultations, legal discussions, and parent-teacher conferences. She conducts assignments on-site and by video or phone, tailoring spoken communication to the subject matter and setting.