Document Translation Services

Civil records, legal, medical, financial, technical and marketing — in 326 languages.

Most document translation projects fail in the same handful of ways. A birth certificate translation that IRCC rejects because of a missing certification. A contract that loses a key liability clause in translation. A medical record where a dosage decimal moves a place. A technical manual where the warning labels weren’t translated at all.

Prism Linguistics translates documents for Canadian clients in 326 languages, with English–French — Canada’s official language pair — our highest-demand combination. Every project is handled by a native human linguist and reviewed by a second bilingual editor before delivery. Civil documents, legal contracts, medical files, academic transcripts, financial reports, technical manuals and marketing copy — we accept your file in whatever native format you use (DOCX, PDF, IDML, XLIFF, HTML, JSON, CSV, scanned images) and return it in the same format, layout preserved. Certified translations are issued with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy in the format IRCC, Canadian courts and universities expect.

326 languages
Native human linguists
Documented TEP workflow
24/7 urgent intake

What We Translate

Document categories we deliver most often for Canadian clients. If yours isn’t here, send it — we cover almost every document type.

Civil & Personal Records

Birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates; passports, national ID cards, police clearance certificates — certified translation prepared to meet IRCC requirements available.

Legal Documents

Contracts, NDAs, court orders, affidavits, powers of attorney, witness statements, discovery exhibits and foreign-jurisdiction filings.

Academic & Credentials

Diplomas, transcripts, syllabi, professional licences — prepared to credential evaluator standards (WES Canada, ICAS, IQAS).

Medical Records

Hospital records, lab reports, imaging, discharge summaries, prescriptions and patient-facing material under PIPEDA/PHIPA-aligned handling.

Financial Reports

Audit reports, financial statements, tax returns, prospectuses, fund factsheets and OSC / CSA securities filings in IFRS / ASPE terminology.

Technical Manuals

Product manuals, engineering specifications, patents, IFUs, safety data sheets and standard operating procedures.

Marketing & Business

Websites, brochures, press releases, white papers, case studies and sales presentations with brand-voice consistency across languages.

IRCC & Immigration

Every supporting document for permanent residence, citizenship, sponsorship, study and work permit applications and refugee claims, certified in the format IRCC expects.

Native File Formats We Handle

Send your document in the format your team already uses. We translate in-place and return the same format with layout preserved.

DOCX / DOC PDF XLSX PPTX IDML / INDD AI / EPS PSD XLIFF HTML / XML JSON .strings / .po CSV / TSV Markdown SRT / VTT Scanned images

How a Document Translation Project Runs

Same workflow on every project, whether it’s a one-page birth certificate or a 500-page contract bundle.

1. Intake & Quote

Send the document by email or secure upload. NDA signed within the business hour if needed. Binding written quote and turnaround returned within 60 minutes.

2. Specialist Matching

Translator matched by language and sector — legal, medical, IRCC, academic, financial, technical — with documented prior experience in that document type.

3. TEP Cycle

Translation by the native-speaker linguist, independent Editing by a second bilingual reviewer, then Proofreading for formatting, terminology and name transliteration.

4. Delivery & Free Revisions

Digital PDF or your source format, with certification, notarization and hard-copy mailing on request. Free revisions if a Canadian institution requests a change.

Standards We Work To

How we keep document translation defensible for IRCC officers, court clerks and auditors.

Three-Stage TEP Quality Workflow

Translation, independent Editing by a second bilingual linguist, then Proofreading. Three sets of trained eyes on every certified project — no exceptions for "easy" documents.

Certification Prepared for IRCC

Certified translations carry a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy on company letterhead with the translator’s signature, our corporate seal and the date — the format commonly accepted by IRCC, Canadian courts (provincial, superior and federal) and university registrars. Acceptance ultimately depends on the receiving institution.

Layout Fidelity & Terminology Consistency

Source layout preserved on every page. Existing client glossaries imported at kick-off; new term decisions documented and reused across future projects and document sets.

Confidentiality by Default

NDAs signed on request and standard for legal, medical, financial and government work. Secure document transfer, restricted-access teams, deletion from active systems 30 days after delivery.

Related Translation Services

Common companions to a document translation project.

Certified Translation

Certified translation prepared to meet IRCC requirements, with signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy. Required for most Canadian official filings.

Website Translation

Marketing pages, product pages, in-app strings and transactional emails — in engineering-friendly formats.

Brochure Translation

Brochures, catalogues, white papers and sales collateral in IDML / INDD with layout preserved.

Localization

Beyond literal translation — cultural adaptation, units, dates, currency, regulatory and tone-of-voice handling.

Got a document to translate?

Send it through and we’ll return a binding written quote and turnaround within 60 minutes.

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