Translation and Interpreting Services in Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor clients can order certified translation from Prism Language Solutions for any address in the city and book court, medical and USCIS interpreters from our nationwide network, on site, by phone or by video. Coordination happens in New York, and in-person work in Washtenaw County goes to linguists who live in southeast Michigan. Chinese, Korean, Arabic and Spanish lead local demand, with Dari, Pashto and Ukrainian added through refugee resettlement. Ann Arbor orders placed on the quote form are priced in writing within 60 minutes in business hours.

At home, Ann Arbor’s languages reflect the university. In the 2020-2024 American Community Survey, 6,451 of the city’s 117,514 residents aged five and over speak Chinese at home, 3,955 speak Spanish, 2,278 speak Arabic and 1,917 speak Korean. Another 4,192 speak a language counted as “other Indo-European,” a group that includes Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali and Urdu. Asian residents were 15.7 percent of the population in 2020.

• Certified translations prepared to meet USCIS requirements
• Human linguists only, matched to the subject
• Fixed written quote within 60 minutes in business hours
• One office in New York, linguists in every state

Chinese and Korean Translation for University of Michigan Families

Families moving to Ann Arbor for a university position often need several documents translated in the first few weeks. Common examples are a spouse’s driver’s license translation, children’s school records, vaccination records and a marriage certificate for benefits enrollment. For Chinese translation, our translators read both simplified script, used on mainland records, and traditional script, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Court Interpreters for the Washtenaw County Trial Court

Felony, civil and family matters for the county are heard by the 22nd Circuit Court, part of the Washtenaw County Trial Court at 101 East Huron Street. A block away, the 15th District Court occupies the fourth and fifth floors of the Ann Arbor Justice Center at 301 East Huron. Its three judges hear misdemeanors, felony preliminary exams, landlord-tenant cases, civil claims up to $25,000, small claims up to $7,000 and, unusually, violations of University of Michigan Regents’ ordinances. The Eastern District of Michigan also holds federal court in the downtown federal building.

Michigan’s court rule on interpreters, MCR 1.111, directs a judge to appoint a certified interpreter where practicable, then a qualified one. Our part is the work outside the courtroom: a defense attorney’s client meetings, an international student’s conference with counsel, and certified exhibits. See court interpreting and legal translation.

Certified Translation for Ann Arbor USCIS Applications

Washtenaw County ZIP codes, including the university’s 48109, are assigned by USCIS to the Detroit field office. That office is at 750 Stephenson Highway in Troy, in Oakland County north of Detroit. Michigan asylum applicants who file affirmatively are interviewed by the Chicago Asylum Office.

Researchers often need translation for employment-based petitions: foreign press coverage, award certificates and letters that go with an EB-1, O-1 or national interest waiver. 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) applies to those exhibits just as it does to a birth certificate, so each one needs a complete English translation and the translator’s certification. Acceptance is decided by USCIS. See USCIS translation and employment letter translation.

Dari, Pashto and Ukrainian Interpreters in Ann Arbor

Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County describes itself as the only refugee resettlement agency in the county. It runs reception and placement, integration programs, Afghan and Ukrainian support services, refugee health screening and immigration legal services, and it asks for help with Pashto, Dari, Spanish and Ukrainian interpreting.

Those are the languages Ann Arbor clinics, landlords and schools call us for when a resettled family needs more than a phone line. A Dari interpreter and a Pashto interpreter are not interchangeable, so confirm which one the family speaks. For Afghan identity documents and certificates we provide Dari translation, and for Ukrainian civil records Ukrainian translation, both certified for USCIS use.

Medical Interpreters for Michigan Medicine and St. Joseph Mercy

University of Michigan Health, also called Michigan Medicine, is the city’s largest medical employer, with about 12,000 of the university’s 30,000 workers in the medical center. Trinity Health St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor and a Veterans Affairs medical center are the other hospitals. Each hospital interprets for its own patients, as Section 1557 requires.

We are usually asked for work that the hospital does not cover. That can be translating a patient’s records from Seoul or Shanghai before a referral, or an Arabic interpreter or Mandarin interpreter for an independent medical exam or a disability evaluation. See medical interpreting and medical records translation.

Transcript Translation for Ann Arbor Graduate Applicants

The University of Michigan, Washtenaw Community College and Concordia University Ann Arbor all ask applicants with foreign schooling for records in English, and credential evaluators ask for the same. Our academic transcript translation and diploma translation render course titles literally rather than swapping in American equivalents.

Prices for Ann Arbor jobs follow our guide: from about $24.95 per page for a certified short certificate, and $45 to $95 an hour for on-site interpreting with a two-hour minimum. Each order is confirmed with a written quote, and that quote is final. Book through the quote page or call +1 (833) 282 8883; urgent interpreting calls are answered at any hour (pricing).

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