Translation and Interpreting Services in Little Rock

Anyone in Little Rock can order a certified translation from Prism Language Solutions and have it back by email, and our court, medical and immigration interpreters are assigned from a nationwide network, with an Arkansas-based linguist for in-person work where possible and phone or video for the rest. New York holds our only office. Spanish is most of the demand here, with Central American clients who sometimes need a Mayan language, and Afghan families who need Dari or Pashto.

About 25,600 Little Rock residents aged five and over, 13.5 percent, speak a language other than English at home, on the 2020-2024 American Community Survey. Spanish is about 17,100 of them. After that come South Asian and other Indo-European languages at about 2,200, Asian and Pacific Island languages at about 1,900, and smaller groups speaking Chinese, French or Haitian Creole, and Arabic.

The capital is also where Arkansas’s language system is run. The Administrative Office of the Courts, which certifies court interpreters for the whole state, sits on Marshall Street, and the state’s adult Level 1 trauma center and children’s hospital are both in the city.

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Court Interpreters for Pulaski County Circuit Court

Pulaski County belongs to the Sixth Judicial Circuit, and its circuit court, which hears criminal, civil, probate, domestic relations and juvenile cases, works from the courthouse at 401 West Markham Street. Federal cases go to the Eastern District of Arkansas, also downtown.

The AOC’s Office of Court Interpreter Services provides interpreters for court proceedings and keeps a registry of certified interpreters that attorneys, police, jails and social workers may hire directly. Certification means passing the national oral exam with at least 70 percent in each of simultaneous, consecutive and sight translation. Arkansas tests in 20 languages, Spanish, Arabic, Marshallese, Hmong, Lao, Somali and Vietnamese among them; Dari, Pashto and the Mayan languages are not on the list. See court interpreting.

Certified Translation for USCIS Filings from Little Rock

USCIS keeps no field office for the capital itself. The state is divided between the Fort Smith field office at 4624 Kelley Highway, which covers 35 counties, mostly in the west, and the Memphis field office at 80 Monroe Avenue, which serves counties in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. Your notice says which one. Affirmative asylum cases from Arkansas go to the New Orleans Asylum Office, which sits in Metairie at 2424 Edenborn Avenue.

Whichever office it is, 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) requires a full English translation of every foreign-language document with a signed certificate. For Afghan applicants that usually means a tazkira, marriage certificate and school records, often handwritten; for Central American families, civil registry certificates with marginal notes that must be translated too. See USCIS translation and birth certificate translation.

Medical Interpreters for UAMS and Arkansas Children’s

UAMS Medical Center is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in Arkansas, verified through January 2027, so the most serious injuries from anywhere in the state end up in Little Rock. Arkansas Children’s Hospital has 336 licensed beds, and Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock, with 827 licensed beds, is the flagship of the state’s largest private system.

Families arriving from Springdale, Fort Smith or the Delta for weeks of care need interpreters for rounds, consent, discharge teaching and rehabilitation. Springdale, in the northwest, has close to 9,000 Marshallese residents, so a Marshallese interpreter is often needed for a family transferred to Little Rock, usually by video. The provider owes that access under 45 CFR 92.201. See medical interpreting.

Spanish, Dari and Pashto Translation in Little Rock

Spanish translation is the everyday work, and a Spanish interpreter is the most booked person we send to Pulaski County. Some of it is for Central American families, and with a Guatemalan client it pays to ask before assuming Spanish: a Mam interpreter or Q’anjob’al interpreter may be the right booking.

After 2021, Catholic Charities of Arkansas settled 88 Afghans within 100 miles of Little Rock. Dari translation and Pashto translation are separate jobs, and Farsi is not a substitute for either. For UA Little Rock, which enrolled 779 international students in 2024-25, we handle transcript translation for admission and evaluation.

Ready to start? Send the document or the booking details through the quote form, call +1 (833) 282 8883, or email info@prismlinguistics.com. You get a fixed written price within 60 minutes during business hours.

Questions we get asked

Which USCIS office handles a Little Rock green card interview?

Arkansas is split between the Fort Smith and Memphis field offices by county, and the interview notice names the office. Asylum interviews go to the New Orleans Asylum Office, located in Metairie.

Can I hire an Arkansas certified court interpreter for a deposition?

Yes. The AOC registry of certified interpreters is open to attorneys for work outside the courtroom, and we also supply interpreters for depositions and client meetings, including languages Arkansas does not certify.

Do you cover Dari and Pashto in Little Rock?

Yes, in person when a speaker is within reach and otherwise by video. Tell us the province the client is from so we book the right language.

How do I get a quote for a Little Rock translation?

Upload the documents on the quote form or call +1 (833) 282 8883. On business days the fixed written price is sent within an hour.