Translation and Interpreting Services in Tempe, AZ

Tempe students, residents and attorneys order certified translation from Prism Language Solutions online, and interpreters for court, medical and USCIS appointments are assigned from a nationwide network, in person in the Valley or by phone and video. The one Prism office is in New York. Tempe is Arizona State University’s home, and academic records are the single biggest category of translation the city produces.

ASU’s campus programs enrolled 20,368 international students in 2024-25, about two thirds of the 31,386 at colleges and universities across Arizona, according to Open Doors. India accounts for 51 percent of Arizona’s international students, China for 13.9 percent, Saudi Arabia for 3.2 percent, Taiwan for 3 percent and South Korea for 2.4 percent.

The city itself is multilingual too. Per the 2020-2024 American Community Survey, about 42,100 Tempe residents aged five and over, 23.3 percent, speak a language other than English at home: Spanish about 21,500, Asian and Pacific Island languages about 4,800, other Indo-European languages about 4,600, Chinese about 3,300 and Arabic about 1,400.

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Diploma and Transcript Translation for ASU Applicants in Tempe

Graduate admission, transfer credit and credential evaluation all start with the same request: an English version of every diploma, transcript and grading scale that is not already in English. Academic transcript translation and diploma translation have to be complete, with course titles, credit hours, stamps and the grading key, and certified. Evaluators reject summaries.

Check before you pay for translation of Indian records: most Indian university documents are already in English and need none. Chinese, Taiwanese, Saudi and Korean records usually do. Order both sides of each page, since grading scales and seals are often printed on the back. See certified translation and translation for education.

Chinese and Arabic Translation in Tempe

Chinese translation in Tempe splits two ways: mainland records in Simplified characters, including graduation certificates, degree certificates and notarial certificates, and Taiwanese records in Traditional characters. Tell us which you have. Arabic translation for Saudi and other Gulf students covers degree certificates, transcripts, sponsorship letters and, for families, marriage and birth certificates with Hijri dates, which we convert and note.

A Mandarin interpreter or Arabic interpreter is also available for student conduct hearings, medical visits and landlord disputes. Korean translation follows the same process.

Court Interpreters for Tempe Municipal Court

Tempe Municipal Court, at 140 East Fifth Street downtown, hears the city’s misdemeanors, traffic cases and ordinance violations. County justice court cases are heard at regional complexes instead; precincts such as University Lakes and Kyrene sit at 201 East Chicago Street in Chandler, and the summons names the right one.

The court supplies interpreters for its own hearings. For an international student, a misdemeanor can have immigration consequences, so defense counsel should have an interpreter present for every client meeting, not just the hearing. See court interpreting.

Medical Interpreters for HonorHealth Tempe Medical Center

HonorHealth Tempe Medical Center, formerly Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital, is a 74-bed full-service hospital with an emergency department on Mill Avenue. Clinics, urgent care and behavioral health providers across the city book outside interpreters for appointments where a phone line falls short, and the duty sits with the provider under 45 CFR 92.201.

A Spanish interpreter can usually be on site with a day’s notice. See medical interpreting.

Certified Translation for USCIS Filings from Tempe

When graduates move on to green cards, the interview is at the USCIS Phoenix Field Office, 1330 South 16th Street, and asylum cases from Arizona go to the Los Angeles Asylum Office, which is located in Tustin, California. Birth and marriage certificates, degree certificates and employment letters in another language need full certified translations under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3). See USCIS translation, and send your files through the quote form or call +1 (833) 282 8883.

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

Does ASU expect a certified translation of a non-English transcript?

If the transcript is not in English, yes: admissions and credential evaluators expect a complete, certified English translation alongside the original. Records already issued in English do not need one.

Can you translate Chinese graduation and degree certificates?

Yes, both, in full and certified. Tell us whether the documents are from mainland China or Taiwan so we use the right script and terminology.

Where is Tempe Municipal Court?

At 140 East Fifth Street in downtown Tempe. County justice court cases go to one of the county’s justice complexes, named on the summons.