Understanding Official Translations: A Comprehensive Guide
Learn what makes a translation official. It explains certified, notarized, and sworn translations.
Need a letter or official notice translated into English? We translate certified Letter and Correspondences for individuals, attorneys, and businesses that receive letters from foreign governments, employers, banks, and schools. Professional human translation starts at $0.09 per word, and certified translations are available for USCIS, courts, and banks.
Upload your letters in any of 120+ languages and get an instant quote that gives you a price and a turnaround time. Our professional translators translate letterheads, reference numbers, dates, signatures, and stamps on your documents. Short documents can be ready in as little as 12 hours, and certified translations include free digital notarization. Live chat is available 24/7 for support.
A letter is often proof of something else: a job, a relationship, a debt, or a decision by an authority. The office reading it needs to see who wrote it, when, and on whose behalf. That shapes how we translate correspondence:
When you order with MotaWord, your translation matches your letter line for line. Letters filed with USCIS, such as employment verification letters or support letters, need a certified English translation. Learn how certified translations help when USCIS asks for more evidence.
MotaWord has a team of 26,000+ translators available to work on the translation of your letters, and ordering takes a few clicks. Four steps take your letters from upload to a certified English translation:
Our online ordering is available 24/7. Upload your letters for an instant and no-obligation quote at any hour. Make sure that our system detected the correct source language and select English as the target. Our professional translators translate the whole letter, from the letterhead to the signature, so the reader sees exactly what the original says.
Translators are matched by language pair and subject knowledge in official and business correspondence. Names, reference numbers, and dates are kept exactly as written, and every translation is edited and proofread by a second linguist.
Your certified letter translation comes with a signed certificate of accuracy and free digital notarization. If something needs fixing, or for any question, reach out to us live on our online chat 24/7.
Once you order your translation, a MotaWord client dashboard is automatically created for you. You can see the progress of your translations, follow up on your orders, download your letter translation and your invoices, and talk to us at any time via live chat. See everything you can do in your MotaWord client dashboard.
A translated letter can be rejected over one small detail: a missing letterhead, a date read the wrong way, or an untranslated stamp. Each of these is checked on your order.
26,000+ Professional Translators: Translators are matched by language pair and subject knowledge in official and business correspondence.
Letterheads, Stamps, and Signatures Kept: Every official mark on the letter is translated or described, so the reader can see who issued it.
Signed Certification and 100% USCIS Acceptance: Every translation carries a certificate of accuracy that USCIS and other institutions accept.
Fast Delivery and Free Revisions: Delivery in as little as 12 hours and free revisions.
NDA and SOC 2 Type II: Our translators sign an NDA to be able to work on our platform, and our platform's security is attested to by our SOC 2 Type II certification.
A Person on Live Support 24/7: It is important to have access to a human when you have questions. We are here to help 24/7 via live chat, whatever your time zone.
We translate the letters people and businesses need to read, file, or answer, including:
Letters rarely travel alone in an immigration file. Birth certificates, marriage certificates, bank statements, and police records often need translation too. See how we translate emails for USCIS and courts. Add every document to the same order and track them in one client dashboard.
Letters often carry addresses, account numbers, and private family matters. You need to make sure that the company you pick has invested in the security of your letters. MotaWord is SOC 2 Type II certified. Learn what our SOC 2 Type II certification means for your files.
All uploads are encrypted, and our translators sign an NDA to be able to work on our platform. Your letters and all other personal documents are safe with us.
We translate letters from and into 120+ languages, including Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, and French. Popular languages are listed below.
Professional human translation starts at $0.09 per word, so a one-page letter usually costs only a few dollars. Your instant quote shows the exact price and delivery time. See all prices on our pricing page.
Yes. USCIS asks for a complete English translation with the translator's certification, and every certified translation from MotaWord comes with a signed certificate of accuracy. We have a 100% USCIS acceptance rate. Get your certified translation for USCIS.
Yes. Upload a clear scan or photo, and our translators translate every legible word. Words that cannot be read are marked as illegible instead of guessed. Upload it for an instant quote at any hour.
Yes. Employment letters for visas, green cards, and credential evaluations are translated with the employer's letterhead, dates, and signature kept exactly as written. See how we translate pay stubs.
Yes. Emails and chats are translated with their dates, senders, and recipients. See how we translate text messages.
USCIS asks for a certified translation, not a notarized one. Free digital notarization is included in case another office asks for it, and hard-copy delivery starts at $35 within the US.
Yes. MotaWord supports translating your letter into several languages at once, in a single order.
No. USCIS asks for a complete English translation with the translator's certification that it is accurate, and a free tool cannot certify what it produces. At MotaWord, professional translators translate your letter from the letterhead to the signature, a second linguist edits and proofreads it, and it comes with a signed certificate of accuracy and free digital notarization. Professional human translation starts at $0.09 per word, and your instant quote shows the exact price before you order.
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