Polish Deposition Translation
Polish deposition translation for a US lawsuit with a Polish-speaking witness, a transcript going to a Polish party, or Polish court testimony entering a US case. Poland has no pretrial deposition; its witnesses testify in court and the record is a protokół. We translate transcripts, protokoły and exhibits in both directions, page and line numbers 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 Polish deposition records
Depositions, protokoły and the gap between them
A US deposition and a Polish witness record are built differently, and a translator who treats them as the same document gets both wrong.
A Polish witness statement is a court protokół
Polish civil procedure has no discovery deposition. A witness is heard at the rozprawa and the clerk writes a protokół, now usually alongside the court's audio-video recording, the e-protokół. The record is in the third person and in the court's own phrasing, with the judge's questions summarized. When one enters a US case, say a Polish custody judgment used in a Hague abduction petition or an inheritance dispute, we translate it as a court record and keep the summarizing style rather than rewriting it as question and answer.
Translating a US transcript for use in Poland
A deposition taken in the US from a party based in Poland often has to be shown to a Polish court, an insurer or a company's board. The transcript carries colloquy, objections, "strike that" and reporter's parentheticals, none of which have a fixed Polish form. We render them consistently, keep the page and line numbers, and translate the reporter's certificate and the errata sheet. A Polish court will want the version it relies on from a tłumacz przysięgły; our translation serves counsel and the client.
Exhibits and the witness's own Polish documents
A Polish-speaking deponent in a US case brings umowy, faktury, Polish bank statements, text messages and emails, and the questioning depends on what they say. We translate exhibits before the deposition so counsel can mark them, keep the Polish dates as printed with the day before the month, and add a note where a Polish term such as kara umowna or zadatek has no exact English equivalent.
Who is asking for your Polish 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 Polish 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 Polish 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.
Polish Deposition FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Can you interpret at the deposition itself?
- We translate documents, not live speech, so book a court interpreter for the deposition itself. Afterward, send us the certified transcript if a Polish-speaking client, a Polish court or an insurer in Poland needs to read it, and send the Polish exhibits beforehand so counsel can prepare questions from English versions. Where the interpreter's rendering on the record differs from a document, we translate the document as it reads and note the difference if asked.
- Can a deposition be taken in Poland for a US case?
- Poland is a party to the Hague Evidence Convention with reservations, and US counsel usually proceed by a letter of request through the Polish Ministry of Justice or by a voluntary deposition of a willing witness. Check the current State Department guidance for Poland before scheduling. Whichever route is used, the papers sent to Poland, the request, the questions and the exhibits, must be in Polish, and the Polish court's record comes back for translation into English.
- A Polish court questioned a witness for my US case. Is that a deposition?
- Not in the US sense, and the translation should not call it one. The Polish court executes a letter of request by hearing the witness under its own rules and sends back a protokół. We translate the protokół, the court's cover letter and the oath wording as a Polish court record, and the title stays protokół przesłuchania świadka with "record of witness examination" beside it so the US court understands what it holds.
- 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 Polish 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, Inheritance claim translations before you order.