Hindi Deposition Translation
Hindi deposition translation for a US case with a witness who testified through a Hindi interpreter, a transcript that has to reach a party in Lucknow, Jaipur or Patna, or witness evidence recorded in an Indian district court that is entering a US lawsuit. Indian courts do not take pretrial depositions; a witness is examined in court or before a commissioner, and the record is a बयान, a deposition sheet. We translate both ways.
- Up to 250 words per page
- $25 per page
- Standard turnaround
- From 24 hours
- Certificate of accuracy
- Signed & stamped
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Written for Hindi deposition records
What the Indian record of testimony looks like
In the Hindi-speaking states the district court works in Hindi, so the evidence of a witness, the police statement and the affidavit that stands in for examination-in-chief all arrive in Hindi.
The deposition sheet from a district court
A witness in a civil or criminal case in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh gives evidence in Hindi before the judge, who dictates it to a stenographer. The sheet is headed with the case number and the witness as PW or DW with a number, then three parts: मुख्य परीक्षण, examination-in-chief, प्रति परीक्षण, cross-examination, and पुनः परीक्षण, re-examination, with the judge's note that it was read over and admitted correct. The evidence is in reported form in the court's formal Hindi. We translate it as the court wrote it, keep PW-3 and the exhibit marks as printed, and do not turn it into first-person testimony it never was.
Police statements and the magistrate's statement
A criminal file also holds the statement the police recorded during investigation, the 161 statement under the old Code, and a statement sworn before a magistrate, the 164 statement, both renumbered since July 2024 under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. The police version is a summary in the officer's hand, often one long paragraph without punctuation; the magistrate's is a verbatim record with the witness's thumb impression. A US court or an asylum adjudicator reading both needs to know which is which, and our translation labels each with its section and expands the officer's abbreviations beside them.
US transcripts going to India
A US transcript rarely needs Hindi for an Indian court, which reads English, but it often needs Hindi for the people in it: a Hindi-speaking party who has to review and sign the errata sheet, a witness in Meerut preparing to be examined by an advocate commissioner on a letter of request, or a family in a US divorce or probate case who must understand what was said about them. We translate the transcript into Hindi with the question-and-answer layout, the page and line numbers and the interpreter's parentheticals kept, so a cite to page 42, line 7 still lands.
Who is asking for your Hindi deposition translation?
The translation is the same. What changes is whether the recipient wants anything added to it.
Courts
A deposition filed in a US court needs a complete English translation with a signed certification from the translator. Some judges want it notarized as well, so check the local rules.
Bankruptcy courts
A Rule 2004 examination or a deposition in a bankruptcy case is filed with a certified translation of the testimony and of any foreign-language exhibits.
Courts abroad
Testimony taken in the US for a case in another country usually goes out with an apostille on the reporter's certificate and a translation into that country's language.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Hindi deposition.
Send the certified transcript, not the rough draft
Court reporters issue a rough draft first and the certified transcript later. Order the translation from the certified copy, with the reporter's certificate page.
Include the exhibits the witness was asked about
A deponent is often questioned on a letter or a contract marked as an exhibit. If those are in another language too, upload them in the same order so the terms are translated the same way.
Expect many pages and tell us the deadline
A transcript can run to a few hundred pages, and the quote counts words, not sheets. Upload the file to see the price before you pay, and put the filing date in the order notes.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Hindi deposition translation
One price per page covers the translation and its certification. A page is up to 250 words, and the quote tells you the page count before you pay.
Everything on the deposition is translated, including stamps, seals and handwritten notes. Tell us the English spelling you use for each name when you order.
Certified Translation
Word-for-word translation with a certificate of accuracy for official use.
$25
USD / page
up to 250 words per page
Included
- Signed & stamped certification of translation accuracy
- Certified by a professional translator
- Digital delivery via PDF
- Review and approve final translation
- 100% Guaranteed Acceptance
- Standard turnaround starting at 24 hours
Optional services
- Expedited turnaround
- Priority handling when your deadline is shorter than the standard turnaround.
- By deadline
- Notarization
- A notary public signs and stamps the certification statement.
- $20 per order
- Physical copy
- A wet-ink original of your translation, mailed by express courier.
- $35 per order
- Apostille
- Authenticates the notary’s signature and seal for use in Hague Convention countries.
- $180 per document
What the certificate of accuracy states
Your translation arrives with a Certification of Translation Accuracy issued by ImmiTranslate. It is the page the receiving organization checks first.
- The translation is complete and accurate.
- The document title and the language pair.
- The translator is competent in both languages.
- A signature and the ImmiTranslate certification stamp.
- Our American Translators Association corporate membership.
Our translation process
Our goal is to make the translation process as simple as possible for you. Our service is streamlined specifically for documents of this nature.
Hindi Deposition FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- The witness answered in Hindi but the transcript shows only the interpreter's English. What can you translate?
- The transcript records what the interpreter said, so the Hindi exists only on the video or audio. If counsel wants to check the interpretation, a transcript of the Hindi has to be made from the recording first; send us that transcript and we translate it so the two English versions can be laid side by side. Where the court reporter did take down Hindi phrases, usually names and a few disputed words, we translate those lines in place with the transliteration kept.
- Will a US court accept your translation of a Hindi deposition sheet?
- Courts generally want a translation with a signed certification stating that the translator is competent in both languages and that the translation is complete and accurate, which every translation we deliver carries, and some want it notarized, which we add on request. Whether a foreign court record is admissible at all is a question for counsel. We keep the court's case number, the exhibit marks and the judge's endorsements so the document can be authenticated against the original.
- My witness speaks Bhojpuri or Haryanvi, not textbook Hindi. Does that matter?
- For a court record, no: the judge dictates the deposition in standard Hindi whatever the witness spoke. For a recorded or written statement in the witness's own words it does, because Bhojpuri, Awadhi, Haryanvi and Rajasthani vocabulary and verb forms differ from Hindi and a word can be misread. Tell us the region. We translate the statement as spoken, note the dialect in the certification where it affects a reading, and spell names the way the witness's passport or Aadhaar spells them.
- How much does a certified translation cost?
- Certified translation is $25 per page, with a page counted as up to 250 words. Notarization, a mailed physical copy and an apostille are optional and priced separately.
- How long does a certified translation take?
- Standard turnaround starts at 24 hours and depends on the length and language of your documents. If you have a deadline, include it in your quote request.
Other Hindi documents we translate
Deposition translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's deposition records.
Sending it with an application? Read the Certified translations, Notarized translations before you order.