Legal Motion Translation Services

Choose MotaWord to translate your motion, brief, or supporting declaration before a filing deadline. Upload a scan or file of your motions in any of 120+ languages and get a quote that gives you a price and a turnaround time instantly.

MotaWord provides professional human translation starting at $0.09 per word. Legal motion translations for litigation attorneys, paralegals and parties in US and international courts get translated by our network of over 26,000 professional translators. You can get arguments, citations, requested orders, declarations, and exhibit references translated into English or any of 120+ languages. Short documents can be ready in as little as 12 hours, and certified translations include free digital notarization. Live chat is available 24/7 for support.

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Legal Motion Translation Services
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  • Case citations and statutes stay in their original form, so the court can look them up.
  • Exhibit and record references match the translated exhibits you file with the motion.
  • The proposed order is translated with the motion, not left behind.

When you order with MotaWord, your translation matches your motion line for line: every heading, argument, citation, signature block, and certificate of service. Filing a motion with an immigration court? Foreign-language evidence needs a certified English translation with it. Learn what immigration courts expect from a certificate of translation.

How MotaWord Translates Your Motions

MotaWord has a team of 26,000+ translators available to work on the translation of your motions, and ordering takes a few clicks. Four steps take your motions from upload to a certified translation:

  1. Upload Your Motions

    Our online ordering is available 24/7. Upload your motions for an instant and no-obligation quote at any hour. Make sure that our system detected the correct source language and select the languages you need. Our professional translators keep the structure of your motion, from the notice of motion to the proposed order, so the translation can be filed as one set.

  2. Translation Process

    Translators are matched by language pair and subject knowledge in civil and criminal procedure. Citations, party names, and defined terms are translated consistently, and every translation is edited and proofread by a second linguist.

  3. Certification & Notarization

    Your certified motion translation comes with a signed certificate of accuracy and free digital notarization. If something needs fixing, or for any question, reach out to us live on our online chat 24/7.

  4. Download Your Document

    Once you order your translation, a MotaWord client dashboard is automatically created for you. You can see the progress of your translations, follow up on your orders, download your motion translation and your invoices, and talk to us at any time via live chat.

See everything you can do in your MotaWord client dashboard.

  • 26,000+ Professional Translators: Translators are matched by language pair and subject knowledge in litigation.
  • Citations and Exhibit References Intact: Case law, statutes, and record references keep their original form, so the court can follow every argument back to its source.
  • Signed Certificate of Accuracy: Every translation carries a certificate of accuracy that courts and other institutions accept.
  • Fast Delivery and Free Revisions: Delivery in as little as 12 hours and free revisions.
  • NDA and SOC 2 Type II: Our translators sign an NDA to be able to work on our platform, and our platform's security is attested to by our SOC 2 Type II certification.
  • A Person on Live Support 24/7: It is important to have access to a human when you have questions. We are here to help 24/7 via live chat, whatever your time zone.
  • Supporting declarations and affidavits filed with a motion
  • Oppositions, replies, and supplemental briefs
  • Motions for summary judgment and to dismiss
  • Motions to compel and protective orders
  • Notices of motion and proposed orders
  • Appellate briefs and petitions
  • Citations, headings, and exhibit references kept as in the original
  • Notice of motion, brief, and proposed order translated as one set
  • 24/7 live support by MotaWord personnel via live chat
  • Signed certificate of accuracy
  • Free digital notarization
  • Free revisions

Motion Translation Languages

We translate motions from and into 120+ languages, including Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, and French. Popular languages are listed below.

See the full list of languages for motion translation →

Spanish · Chinese · Arabic · French · German · Italian · Portuguese · Russian · Ukrainian · Vietnamese · Haitian Creole · Farsi · Hindi · Tagalog · Korean

Frequently Asked Questions About Motion Translation

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How much does it cost to translate a legal motion?

Professional human translation starts at $0.09 per word and includes translation, editing, and proofreading by separate linguists. Certified translations for court filings are available. See all prices on our pricing page.

Your instant quote shows the delivery time before you order, and short documents can be ready in as little as 12 hours. For a long brief with exhibits, tell us your deadline on live chat available 24/7. We will immediately check your project and let you know the best deadline we can provide.

Citations to cases and statutes stay in their original form so the court can locate them within the document. Explanatory text around them is translated, and our translators can add a note where a foreign legal concept has no direct equivalent. Once you upload a motion with its exhibits, our instant quote will also provision for their translation.

Yes. Every legal translation can come with a signed certificate of accuracy and free digital notarization. Read about certified translation for court documents.

Yes. Add them to the same order so names, dates, and defined terms match across every file. See how we translate affidavits and declarations.

MotaWord is the leading provider for immigration law firms and the only translation provider to be part of the member benefits program of AILA. We have over 3,000 immigration lawyers that use our translation services on a daily basis. You are at the right place when it comes to translations for immigration court. Motions to reopen, to reconsider, and other filings with foreign-language evidence need a certified English translation of that evidence, with a certificate of accuracy for each document. MotaWord knows how to provide these and our speed and quality is what makes immigration lawyers choose us above any other.See how we translate asylum evidence.

Yes. MotaWord supports translating your motion into several languages at once, in a single order, with the same defined terms in every version. See our legal translation services.

AI tools can give you a rough idea of what a foreign motion says, but a court filing needs more. The translation has to be complete, keep every citation and exhibit reference, and come with a signed certificate of accuracy. At MotaWord, professional translators with subject knowledge in civil and criminal procedure translate your motion, a second linguist edits and proofreads it, and revisions are free. Professional human translation starts at $0.09 per word, and your instant quote shows the exact price before you order.

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We needed a translation done from German to English. We provided them with the original document to translate and they said we would have it the next day. Lo and behold, it was done by the end of the day and our attorneys were satisfied with the translation. And very affordable as well.
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I have worked with Motaword many times, and they always come through with accurate, thorough, appropriately certified translations at rapid speed! I refer all of my clients to Motaword because their work is truly unparalleled. Thank you Motaword - you are a vital part of our practice!
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I am an immigration lawyer and I use Motaword all of the time to translate my client's foreign language documents into English. I am extremely happy with the service they provide and highly recommend them to anyone needing translation work done.
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Their staff was very responsive from the moment I requested the quote until I received the document. They were very receptive to my comments and the translator was professional, knowledgeable, and patient. Will certainly come back
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