Spanish Deposition Translation
Spanish deposition translation for a US court, an arbitration or a case abroad. We translate witness testimony recorded in Mexico, Spain, Colombia or Argentina into certified English, the Spanish passages inside a US deposition transcript, and a US transcript into Spanish for a court that will read it there.
- 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 Spanish deposition records
Why a Spanish deposition rarely looks like a US transcript
Most Spanish-speaking courts have no stenographer. Testimony exists as a clerk's written acta or as an audio or video recording, and the translation has to start from whichever one you have.
The acta and the recording
In a traditional Mexican written proceeding the witness answers questions and the court clerk writes an acta of the desahogo de la prueba testimonial, a summary in the third person signed by everyone present. In Spain and Colombia, and in Mexican oral trials, the hearing is recorded on video and no transcript is produced at all. For an acta we translate the clerk's text. For a recording we transcribe the Spanish first, then translate, and deliver both so counsel can check the one against the other.
Terms a US litigator will not recognise
The acta opens with the generales of the witness, the personal details that identify them, and then records the preguntas and the repreguntas, which are the cross-examination. It may note tachas, the objections to the witness's credibility, and a careo, where two witnesses who contradicted each other are questioned face to face. US procedure has no careo, so we translate it as a confrontation of witnesses and keep the Spanish term in brackets. Each term gets a short gloss the first time it appears.
Spanish spoken inside a US deposition
When a Spanish-speaking witness is deposed through an interpreter, the certified transcript shows the interpreter's English, and the Spanish survives only on the video or in the reporter's note that Spanish was spoken. If the accuracy of the interpretation is disputed, we translate the witness's actual Spanish answers from the recording, mark the timestamps, and certify the result so counsel can put it next to the interpreter's version.
Who is asking for your Spanish 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 Spanish 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 Spanish 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.
Spanish Deposition FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Can you translate from the audio or video of the hearing?
- Yes. Send the recording file and tell us which speakers and which time range you need. We transcribe the Spanish, translate it, and certify the translation with a note that it was made from a recording. Spoken Spanish runs fast, so even a short hearing produces many pages of text; ask for a quote with the time range before ordering.
- Will a US court accept your translation of a Mexican acta or a Spanish declaración testifical?
- Courts accept a complete translation with a signed certification stating the translator's competence and that the translation is accurate. That certification comes with every order, and we can notarize it if the local rules or the judge ask for a notarized version. Check the local rules before filing, since a few courts also want the translator identified by name in a declaration.
- I need a US deposition transcript in Spanish for a case in Mexico or Spain. Can you do that?
- Yes. We translate the transcript and the court reporter's certificate into Spanish, and the reporter's certificate is usually apostilled first so the foreign court will take it. A Mexican court will often want the Spanish version from a perito traductor on its own list, and a Spanish court from a traductor jurado, so our translation is the working version for your counsel there unless the court says otherwise.
- 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 Spanish 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.