Legal Translation
Court Documents: Certified Translation for Legal Assurance
Read how certified translation works for court documents. It explains what courts expect from a translated filing.
Court Judgment and Filing Translation Services
Need a judgment, order, or filing translated for a US or foreign court? MotaWord produces certified Court Judgment and Filing Translations for attorneys, self-represented parties, and court staff in civil, family, criminal, and immigration cases. Professional human translation starts at $0.09 per word, and certified translations are available for every filing.
Upload your court filings in any of 120+ languages and get an instant quote that gives you a price and a turnaround time. Our professional translators translate judgments, orders, seals, docket numbers, and judges' signatures and all translations are proofread by a separate linguist. 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.
- Every page is translated in full, including stamps, seals, and handwritten notes.
- Docket numbers, court names, and dates are kept exactly as they appear on the original.
- A signed certificate of accuracy comes with every certified translation, with free digital notarization.
When you order with MotaWord, your translation matches your court filing line for line: every heading, order, signature, and seal. Immigration courts follow their own rules for foreign-language evidence. Learn what immigration courts expect from a certificate of translation.
How MotaWord Translates Your Court Filings
MotaWord has a team of 26,000+ translators available to work on the translation of your court filings, and ordering takes a few clicks. Four steps take your court filings from upload to a certified translation:
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Upload Your Court Filings
Our online ordering is available 24/7. Upload your court filings 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 translate every page of your court document, including stamps, seals, and handwritten notes, so nothing is left for the clerk to question.
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Translation Process
Translators are matched by language pair and subject knowledge in court procedure. Court names, docket numbers, and party names are kept exactly as filed, and every translation is edited and proofread by a second linguist.
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Certification & Notarization
Your certified court filing 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.
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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 court filing translation and your invoices, and talk to us at any time via live chat.
- 26,000+ Professional Translators: Translators are matched by language pair and subject knowledge in court procedure.
- Every Page, Stamp, and Seal: Court documents are translated in full, including stamps, seals, and handwritten notes, so the filing is complete.
- 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.
- Petitions and filings for family and probate courts
- Judgments, decrees, and orders from foreign courts
- Docket sheets, notices, and court correspondence
- Evidence filed with immigration court cases
- Appeals and appellate decisions
- Subpoenas and summonses
- Every page translated, including stamps, seals, and handwritten notes
- Docket numbers, court names, and dates kept exactly as filed
- 24/7 live support by MotaWord personnel via live chat
- Signed certificate of accuracy
- Free digital notarization
- Free revisions
Court Filing Translation Languages
We translate court filings from and into 120+ languages, including Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, and French. Popular languages are listed below.
See the full list of languages for court filing translation →
Spanish · Chinese · Arabic · French · German · Italian · Portuguese · Russian · Ukrainian · Vietnamese · Haitian Creole · Farsi · Hindi · Tagalog · Korean
Frequently Asked Questions About Court Filing Translation
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We will be more than happy to answer any and all your questions. And we would gladly set up a live demo for your organization with one of our colleagues. If you need fast & accurate translation done within budget, you are at the right place. All you need to do is reach out to us.
Professional human translation starts at $0.09 per word and includes translation, editing, and proofreading by separate linguists. Your instant quote shows the exact price and delivery time. See all prices on our pricing page.
Courts ask for a complete translation and a statement of accuracy, and every certified translation from MotaWord comes with a signed certificate of accuracy and free digital notarization. Check your court's local rules for any further requirement. Read about certified translation for court documents.
Yes. We translate foreign judgments, decrees, and the certificates that come with them into English for recognition and enforcement proceedings. See our legal translation services.
Yes. Divorce decrees, custody orders, and support orders are translated in full with a signed certificate of accuracy. See how we translate divorce decrees.
Yes. Foreign-language evidence filed with an immigration court needs a certified English translation, and we translate it with the certificate the court asks for. See how we translate asylum evidence for immigration court.
Most US courts ask for a certified translation, not a notarized one. Free digital notarization is included in case your court asks for it, and hard-copy delivery starts at $35 within the US.
Yes. MotaWord supports translating your court filings into several languages at once, in a single order, with the same names and case details in every version. Your instant quote shows the price for every language before you order.
A free tool can help you understand a judgment or order, but courts ask for a complete translation with a signed statement that it is accurate, and a free tool cannot provide one. At MotaWord, professional translators with subject knowledge in court procedure translate every page, stamp, and seal, a second linguist edits and proofreads the translation, and it comes with a signed certificate of accuracy and free digital notarization. Professional human translation starts at $0.09 per word, and your instant quote shows the exact price before you order.
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