Hindi Text Message Translation
Hindi text message translation of WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram and SMS conversations for a USCIS relationship file, a VAWA or U visa petition, an asylum claim, a family court case or an employment dispute. Most Hindi chat is not written in Hindi script; it comes in Roman letters, mixed with English, with kinship words and emoji doing half the work. We translate the export or the screenshots line by line into certified English, timestamps kept.
- 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 text messages for court records
Reading Hinglish for an officer who cannot
A Hindi chat between a couple or a family is written in a form no dictionary covers, and the parts that prove a relationship or a threat are often the parts a word-for-word gloss would lose.
Roman Hindi and shifting spellings
Most Hindi speakers type in Roman letters: kya kar rahe ho, main aa rahi hu, mummy ne bola. The same word is spelled mai, main, mein and me by one person on one day, nahi and nhi and nai, and Devanagari appears only when the phone's keyboard switches. Our translation gives the English, shows the original as typed, and does not correct the spelling, because an officer comparing screenshots to the translation needs to find the same line. Where a word could be read two ways, the note says so instead of picking one silently.
Kinship words carry the evidence
An I-130 or I-751 officer is looking for a real marriage, and in a Hindi chat the evidence is in the address terms. A woman writing to her husband's sister as didi, his mother as mummy ji, his younger brother as devar ji, and called bhabhi back, is placing herself in the family, and jiju, mausi, chachi and bua each name a precise relation that English flattens to aunt or in-law. We translate the term and add the relation in brackets the first time it appears. The choice between aap, tum and tu tells a reader how close two people are, and the translation notes a shift to tu in an abusive exchange.
Threats, dowry and the VAWA file
Messages in a VAWA, U visa or protective order file are translated literally, insults included, with Hindi profanity rendered at the same strength rather than softened. A demand for दहेज, dowry, or for a car or cash from the bride's family, is named as a dowry demand in the translation and not as a request for a gift. Voice notes are common in these chats and are not text; tell us about them before ordering. Forwarded, deleted and Media omitted lines from a WhatsApp export are reproduced as they appear so nothing looks hidden.
Who is asking for your Hindi text messages for court translation?
The translation is the same. What changes is whether the recipient wants anything added to it.
USCIS
Messages filed as proof of a relationship or of a threat need a complete English translation and a signed certification from the translator. No notarization is needed.
Courts
Family, criminal and civil courts admit translated messages with a signed certification, and some judges want it notarized. Each message is translated in full with its date and sender.
Insurers
An insurer handling a claim may ask for messages that show when an accident was reported or what was agreed. A certified translation they can read next to the screenshots is enough.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Hindi text messages for court.
Export the thread, do not retype it
Screenshots or a phone export keep the sender, the date and the time on each message. Those details are what a court or USCIS checks, so keep them in the file.
Keep the conversation complete and in order
Send the whole thread from the first message to the last, including the ones that do not help your case. A thread with gaps is easier to challenge.
Tell us who each contact is
Phone screens show nicknames and numbers. Give us the full name behind each contact so the translation can identify the speakers.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Hindi text messages for court 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 text messages for court 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 Text Messages For Court FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Should I send screenshots or the WhatsApp export?
- The export, as a text file without media, gives every message with its date, time and sender name in one column and is the easiest to translate and to count; screenshots show the emoji, the photos and the blue ticks the export leaves out. Send both if you can. Times in the export are the phone's local time, often India Standard Time on one side and US time on the other, and we keep them as shown. A page is up to 250 words, so a chat is priced by its word count.
- The messages mix Hindi, Punjabi and English. Can one translation cover it?
- Hindi and English in one chat, yes, and that mix is the normal case. Punjabi, whether in Gurmukhi or in Roman letters, is a separate language and is ordered as one; tell us when you upload, and we translate the Hindi and English lines and mark the Punjabi lines for the Punjabi translator so the sequence of the conversation stays intact in one document. The same applies to Gujarati, Marathi or Bengali lines from in-laws in a family group chat.
- My in-laws write in what looks like Urdu. Is it Hindi?
- In Roman script, spoken Hindi and Urdu are the same language and cannot be told apart; a chat with shukriya, inshallah and zaroor is translated as Hindi with no difficulty. If the messages appear in the Urdu script, the Nastaliq letters that run right to left, that is Urdu and is ordered as Urdu. Devanagari with Persian-derived words, as many Muslim families in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar type it, is Hindi as far as a translation is concerned, and we treat it so.
- 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
Text messages for court translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's text messages for court records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements, Certified translations before you order.