Punjabi Deposition Translation
Punjabi deposition translation for two kinds of record: witness testimony taken down in a court in Indian Punjab, and the Punjabi exhibits, notes and logbooks used when a Punjabi speaker is deposed in a US case. Every translation carries a signed certification for filing.
- 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 Punjabi deposition records
Testimony recorded in Gurmukhi
District courts in Punjab record a great deal of their proceedings in Punjabi, so a certified copy of a witness's evidence from Ludhiana or Jalandhar may be several pages of typed or handwritten Gurmukhi.
The deposition sheet from a Punjab court
Indian courts call a witness's recorded evidence a deposition. The sheet gives the witness number, name, father's name, age and village, then the examination in chief, the cross examination and any re-examination, signed by the witness and the judge. Objections and the court's notes sit in brackets in the middle. We translate it in that order and keep the PW and DW numbering so it can be cited.
Exhibits in a US case
When a Punjabi speaker is deposed in the US, the transcript is English because an interpreter is in the room. The exhibits are not. Trucking cases bring Punjabi notes, dispatch messages and handwritten logs; family and estate cases bring letters, land papers and ledgers from Punjab. We translate those exhibits with the Bates numbers kept on every page.
Checking an interpreted transcript
If the deposition was recorded and a party disputes how the interpreter rendered an answer, counsel may want the Punjabi spoken on the record written out and translated. We work from a written record. Send the transcript pages and any Punjabi text already transcribed, and we translate it with line references to the English transcript.
Who is asking for your Punjabi 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 Punjabi 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 Punjabi 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.
Punjabi Deposition FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Can you translate a deposition from a Pakistani court?
- Pakistani courts in Punjab province mostly record evidence in Urdu or English, so a Pakistani deposition is usually an Urdu translation job, which we also handle. Punjabi appears where a witness's words are quoted in Shahmukhi. Witness names and the case title are kept in the same spelling as any Indian Punjab papers in the same matter.
- How do you handle legal terms with no US equivalent?
- Terms like zimni, the police case diary, or a court's order that a witness is given up by the prosecution are translated into plain English with the original word in brackets the first time. That way a US lawyer can follow the record without the translation pretending the procedure is American.
- Can the translation be notarized for a US court?
- Yes. Every translation includes a signed certification, and notarization and mailed hard copies are add-ons at checkout. Some courts also want the translator's declaration in their own format; send it with your order and we sign the form your court uses.
- 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 Punjabi 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 Notarized translations, Certified translations before you order.