Columbus, Ohio • USA

Human-translated documents. Delivered same day.

Fast Translation Service handles certified, legal, medical, and business translation for individuals, law firms, healthcare providers, and companies across the US. Real human translators, fixed pricing, and delivery that matches your timeline.

24hr
Standard delivery
20+
Language pairs
USCIS
Accepted certification
7 yrs
In business
24hr
Standard delivery
99.3%
USCIS first-pass acceptance
20+
Language pairs covered
14,000+
Documents translated
Services

Six translation services. Click to explore.

Same-Day Translation
Same-Day Translation
Same-Day Translation

Need it today? We deliver certified and standard translations within hours for documents under 2,000 words. Available seven days a week.

$97.35from
Website & App Localization
Website & App Localization
Website & App Localization

Website copy, app strings, UI labels, product listings, and help documentation adapted for specific language markets -- not just translated word-for-word.

$347.20from
Certified Document Translation
Certified Document Translation
Certified Document Translation

USCIS-accepted certified translations for passports, birth certificates, marriage licenses, diplomas, and personal identification documents. Signed declaration included.

$184.75from
Business & Corporate Translation
Business & Corporate Translation
Business & Corporate Translation

Internal communications, corporate reports, HR documents, marketing materials, contracts, and anything your business needs to communicate across languages.

$223.80from
Phone & Video Interpretation
Phone & Video Interpretation
Phone & Video Interpretation

On-demand telephone and video interpretation for medical appointments, legal depositions, business meetings, and customer service. Same-day scheduling available.

$149.60from
Legal & Immigration Translation
Legal & Immigration Translation
Legal & Immigration Translation

Court filings, immigration petitions, USCIS supporting documents, legal contracts, and notarized translations meeting the requirements of US courts and federal agencies.

$264.90from
Process

Five steps from submission to delivery

The same process on every project. No shortcuts on certified work.

Upload Your Document

Send your file in any format -- PDF, Word, JPEG, or scanned document. Tell us the source and target language, your deadline, and whether you need certified translation. We respond with a fixed quote within 60 minutes during business hours.

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Scope Confirmation

We review the document, confirm the word count and complexity, and send a written confirmation with the agreed price, delivery date, and any questions about specific terminology. We do not start until you confirm.

Human Translation

A qualified human translator handles your document. For legal and certified work, the translator has relevant legal or regulatory background. For medical content, a medically trained translator handles the terminology.

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Quality Review

A second reviewer checks the translation against the source document for accuracy, terminology consistency, and formatting. For certified translations, we produce the signed declaration meeting USCIS and court requirements.

Delivery

Files sent by email in your requested format on or before the confirmed date. Certified translations include a signed certification page. We are available for questions for 14 days after delivery.

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Full Process Details
Case Studies

Projects that delivered

All case studies
Midwest Immigration Law Group
Legal & Immigration Translation
Midwest Immigration Law Group

A Columbus-based immigration firm handling H-1B and green card cases needed reliable certified translation for client personal documents across Spanish, Haitian Creole, Vietnamese, and Arabic. Previous vendor had a 12% USCIS query rate on translated documents.

0 USCIS translation queries in 8 months
Regional Health Partners
Certified & Medical Document Translation
Regional Health Partners

A regional healthcare network serving 7 clinics in central Ohio needed ongoing translation of patient intake forms, consent documents, and discharge instructions into Spanish, Somali, and Arabic.

3 yrs Ongoing translation contract
Columbus Export Distributors
Business & Corporate Translation
Columbus Export Distributors

An Ohio-based export company entering three European markets needed product documentation, distributor agreements, and safety certificates translated into German, French, and Polish within a 10-day window.

9 days 3-language market entry package
Testimonials

From attorneys, doctors, and business owners

"We have tried three different translation services for immigration documents. Fast Translation Service is the only one that has not had a single rejection. Their certified translations are formatted exactly right and the turnaround is consistently within 24 hours for personal documents."

A. Belzberg
Immigration Attorney, Columbus OH

"Our clinic has patients who speak nine languages and we cannot serve them effectively without translated intake materials. FTS handles the volume, meets the deadlines, and their Spanish and Arabic translators clearly have healthcare backgrounds."

Dr. S. Okonkwo
Medical Director, Regional Health Partners

"When we needed distributor agreements in German and Polish on a tight deadline for a trade show, FTS came through with 48 hours to spare. The translations were commercially correct and our German partner had no concerns."

T. Garrity
VP Operations, Columbus Export Distributors
Pricing

Four fixed-price packages

All prices in USD. Fixed quote confirmed before work starts.

Express
Up to 1,000 words
$97.35
  • Up to 1,000 words
  • 1 language pair
  • Human translator
  • 24-hour delivery
  • PDF delivery
  • +1 more
Order Express
Standard
Up to 3,000 words
$184.75
  • Up to 3,000 words
  • 2 language pairs
  • Human translator
  • 48-hour delivery
  • All file formats
  • +2 more
Order Standard
Most Popular
Professional
Up to 7,500 words
$347.20
  • Up to 7,500 words
  • Up to 3 language pairs
  • Specialist translator
  • 72-hour priority delivery
  • All file formats
  • +4 more
Order Professional
Enterprise
Up to 20,000 words
$629.50
  • Up to 20,000 words
  • Unlimited language pairs
  • Dedicated translator team
  • Custom timeline
  • All file formats
  • +5 more
Order Enterprise

Need a custom scope? Build your own package →

Same-day delivery for most personal documents.

Submit by noon Eastern. Fixed quote confirmed before we start.

FAQ

Common questions

A certified translation is a translation accompanied by a signed statement from the translator confirming its completeness and accuracy. USCIS requires certified translations for all foreign-language documents submitted with immigration applications. Courts, universities, professional licensing boards, and many state agencies also require them. If you are submitting a document to a government agency, you almost certainly need certified translation.
For standard personal documents (birth certificates, marriage licenses, passports, diplomas) under 1,000 words, we typically complete same-day orders within 4 to 6 hours of receiving the document. Rush orders must be submitted by 12:00 PM Eastern on business days. For same-day orders placed after noon or on weekends, we confirm the exact delivery time when you submit.
No. All translations are produced by human translators. We do not use machine translation or machine translation post-editing (MTPE) as a standard practice. If a client asks about MTPE for high-volume, low-sensitivity content, we discuss it separately. We will never submit a machine-generated translation as a certified human translation.
Our primary language pairs are Spanish, French, German, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, Vietnamese, Polish, Hindi, Turkish, Dutch, Swedish, Hebrew, Thai, Indonesian, and Greek. For less common languages, contact us before submitting -- specialist availability varies.
No. Our certified translations meet the requirements of USCIS, US immigration courts, state civil courts, federal courts, state DMVs (for foreign license conversion), university admissions offices, professional licensing boards, and adoption agencies. If you need a translation for a specific authority, tell us when you submit and we will format it to their requirements.
We accept PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and most scanned document formats. We deliver in the same format unless you request otherwise. Certified translations are delivered as PDF with a signed certification page.
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