Buying or selling property in the United States means signing a stack of documents whose every page has legal weight, and a buyer who does not fully understand English should not be guessing at a closing table. Title companies and lenders increasingly require a qualified interpreter for non-English-speaking parties, and some notaries will not proceed without one. We provide interpreters for exactly these moments: the closing itself, the mortgage application and signing, the home inspection walk-through, and the meetings with agents, appraisers and attorneys that lead up to them.
Our interpreters know the vocabulary of a real estate deal, from earnest money and escrow to easements, HOA covenants and the fine print of a deed of trust, and they render it in plain Russian so that the client knows what he is signing. For commercial transactions, where leases, zoning and financing terms come into play, we assign interpreters with a legal or business background. If documents need to be translated rather than interpreted, such as a purchase agreement or a power of attorney executed abroad, we translate and certify them as well.
A closing usually takes an hour or two; our minimum engagement is four hours, which comfortably covers a closing with the meeting before it, or several appointments on the same day. For a quick question with a lender or an agent, telephone interpretation at $2.39 per minute is often all that is needed. Tell us the date and the office where the signing takes place and we will confirm an interpreter.
