Certified Translation Services in Florida
Certified translations for FLHSMV, the Florida Board of Medicine and USCIS, prepared online by professional human translators. $22.99 per page, delivered within 24 hours for documents up to 3 pages.
We translate documents for people and businesses across Florida, from Miami to Orlando, Tampa and Jacksonville. Upload a scan or photo and a professional translator prepares the signed translation as a PDF. There is no Florida office to visit.
- Florida translation services from us cover the whole state, including translation services Orlando FL and Jacksonville FL residents order online
- FLHSMV asks for a translator-certified English translation, signed before a notary, of any foreign document used to title or register a vehicle or vessel
- A Florida notary cannot certify a translation, but can notarize the translator's signature on a sworn statement of accuracy
- The Florida Board of Medicine wants a literal translation of every foreign document, from a translator type it lists
Where Floridians Need a Certified Translation
What Florida offices and federal agencies ask for when you submit a foreign-language document.
| Who asks | Document | What they ask for |
|---|---|---|
| FLHSMV, title and registration | Any non-English document used to title or register a vehicle, mobile home or vessel | Written English translation certified true and accurate by the translator and signed before a notary |
| Florida Board of Medicine | Diplomas, transcripts and other application documents | Literal translation by a listed translator type, on letterhead or with a certification seal |
| Florida Board of Nursing | Nursing education from outside the US | Full credentials review by a board-approved agency; translations are not a substitute |
| Bureau of Educator Certification | Foreign degrees | Original credential evaluation report in English |
| Florida notaries | A translation that needs a notarial act | The notary notarizes the translator's signature on an affidavit; the notary does not certify the translation |
| USCIS | Birth, marriage, divorce and other civil records | Full English translation with the translator's certification of competence and accuracy |
Sources: FLHSMV procedure TL-03, the Florida Board of Medicine, the Florida Board of Nursing, the Florida Department of Education and the Florida Department of State. Rules change, so confirm the current requirements with the office before you submit.
Florida Notaries and Translations
The Florida Department of State says certifying a translation is not an authorized duty of a Florida notary public. What a notary can do is notarize the translator's signature. The translator signs an affidavit swearing that the translation is accurate, and the notary notarizes that signature.
A related rule covers signers. Under section 117.107(6), Florida Statutes, a notary may not take the acknowledgment of someone who does not understand English unless the document's nature and effect has been translated for them.
USCIS asks only for the translator's signed certification. If an office in Florida asks for a notarized translation, notarization is available on request; contact us before you order. Our guide to notarized, certified and sworn translations explains the difference.
Vehicle Titles and Driving With a Foreign License
FLHSMV procedure TL-03 restates Florida Administrative Code rule 15C-1.013. Any document in another language used to title or register a vehicle, mobile home or vessel needs a written English translation. The translator signs it before a notary and certifies it as true and accurate.
The translator must also state that they know or are fluent in both languages and translate documents as a normal course of business. They cannot have an ownership interest in the vehicle or vessel.
Driver licenses work differently. FLHSMV says visitors who drive in Florida must carry a valid license issued in their name by their country of residence. Section 322.04, Florida Statutes, exempts nonresidents aged 16 or older who carry a valid noncommercial license from their home state or country, as long as that license is not invalid under section 322.033.
The driver handbook also mentions an International Driving Permit from your country of residence, carried together with your license. New residents must get a Florida license within 30 days.
Since February 6, 2026, all license exams are given only in English, with no translation services allowed; that rule concerns the exams, not your documents. For title paperwork, see our notarized translation page; for a foreign license, see driver's license translation. Other states treat foreign licenses differently, as our state comparison table shows.
Translations for Florida Doctors: Board of Medicine Rules
The Florida Board of Medicine says any document in a language other than English must come with a literal translation. It also lists who may translate. Acceptable translators include an employee or member of a professional translating company, a member of the American Translators Association, and faculty in modern languages or linguistics at a US college or university.
Translations must be on letterhead or carry the translator's certification seal. Every legible stamp and seal must be translated, and all signatures and photos must be identified. If a translation's certification is not in English, that certification must be translated as well.
We are a professional translation company, one of the translator types the Board lists. The Board makes the final decision on each file. Tell us your translation is for the Board of Medicine when you order. Our medical translation page covers physician records.
Florida Courts and Foreign Records
Under section 90.606, Florida Statutes, an interpreter or translator in a court proceeding is subject to all the Evidence Code provisions on witnesses. A court interpreter swears to make a true English translation of any writing they are asked to translate.
Authentication is a separate question. Under section 90.902(3), an official foreign document can be self-authenticating when a US or foreign consular official certifies the signing official's signature and position.
Circuits can also publish their own filing instructions. Miami-Dade's family court's self-help divorce packet, for example, asks for a full English translation of a foreign marriage license; our Miami page covers it. For judgments, police records and contracts, see legal translation.
Adoptions, Birth Records and Marriage Certificates
The Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics can file a Certificate of Foreign Birth (form DH 1178) for an adopted child who is not a US citizen. This applies when a Florida court entered the adoption judgment; if the adoption was granted in the child's country of birth, it must first be domesticated or recognized in a Florida court.
FLHSMV asks for name-change documents, such as a marriage certificate or court order, as originals or certified copies. Photocopies are not accepted unless the issuing authority certified them.
USCIS asks for a full English translation of every foreign-language record you file. We translate birth certificates, marriage certificates and divorce decrees in full, with every stamp, seal and handwritten note.
Nursing and Teaching Licenses Need an Evaluation, Not Just a Translation
The Florida Board of Nursing requires nurses educated outside the US to have a full education credentials review by a board-approved credentialing agency. A Board re-examination application form states that translations of education credentials will not be accepted in place of that review.
For teaching, the Bureau of Educator Certification wants an original credential evaluation report written in English, and it asks you not to send original foreign diplomas or transcripts.
If your agency asks you for translations, see transcript translation and diploma translation.
Florida's Home Languages
About 5.39 million Floridians, 23.1% of the state, were born outside the US. About 7.11 million residents aged 5 and over, 32.0%, speak a language other than English at home.
| Language group | Floridians who speak it at home (age 5+) | Our translation page |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish | About 5.19 million | Spanish |
| French, Haitian Creole and Cajun | About 636,000 | Haitian Creole, French |
| Other Indo-European languages, including Portuguese | About 446,000 | Portuguese |
| Russian, Polish and other Slavic languages | About 169,000 | Russian, Polish, Ukrainian |
| Arabic | About 94,000 | Arabic |
| Chinese | About 87,000 | Chinese |
| Tagalog | About 81,000 | Tagalog |
| German and other West Germanic languages | About 79,000 | German, Dutch |
| Vietnamese | About 74,000 | Vietnamese |
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2024 1-year estimates (tables DP02 and C16001). The Census reports language groups, so Haitian Creole is counted with French and Cajun, and Portuguese with other Indo-European languages.
Do Florida Offices Need a Local Translator?
A written translation does not depend on where the translator sits. The Florida rules above look at who the translator is and what the certification says, not at a Florida address.
So we serve the whole state online. Send a clear scan or a phone photo, and the signed translation comes back as a PDF. Upload it or print it yourself if an office wants paper; we do not mail hard copies.
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Certified Translation in Florida Pricing
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- Signed Certificate of Accuracy on every order
- Accepted formats: PDF, JPG or phone photo
- Same rate for every language
- 24 hour standard delivery for documents up to 3 pages
- Free revisions for 14 days after delivery, full refund if an authority rejects a certified translation
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Related Guides
- Notarized vs certified vs sworn translation: which one an office is asking for
- Who can legally certify a translation?: the rules for USCIS and other authorities
- What is a certificate of accuracy?: what the translator's statement contains
Translation in Florida: Frequently Asked Questions
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