TRANSLATING CERTIFICATES / WEBSITES / MEDICAL / LEGAL DOCUMENTS
How our document translation order works
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Contact us for a quote by sending us scanned documents/photos to our email address or via Facebook Messenger.
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After you agree to the price and completion date, we send you a payment link and begin translating. (Please make a payment before the projected completion date.)
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We send translated documents to you via email. (If you need us to mail original translated documents, an additional $10 charge applies for the mailing service.)
Certificate of acceptance for Marriage, Divorce, Birth/Family Registry(Kosekitohon) (Japanese to English)
$40/page — Usually requires 3 business days (Mon-Fri, except holidays) to complete these documents, but you can request a 1 business day service (depending on translator’s availability) for a reasonable price.
*Please inquire about the price and the due date first before making a payment.
*1 business day service...Additional $10/page
*Notary service...Extra $40 per affidavit
*Certificate of translation (Declaration)...$20
Birth Registration/Marriage Registration (Japanese to English)
$60/page - Usually requires 3 business days to complete, but please check if 1 business day service is available if you are in a hurry.
*1 business day service…Additional $10/page
Birth/Marriage Certificate (English to Japanese)
$50/page - Usually requires 3 business days to complete, but please check if 1 business day service is available if you are in a hurry.
*1 business day service…Additional $10/page
Marriage License & Certificate (English to Japanese)
$60/page - Usually requires 3 business days to complete, but please check if 1 business day service is available if you are in a hurry.
*1 business day service…Additional $10/page
Car-related Document (Japanese to English)
$50/page — Usually requires 3 business days (Mon-Fri, except holidays) to complete these documents, but you can request a 24-hour service (depending on translator’s availability) for a reasonable price.
*Please inquire about the price and the due date first before making a payment.
*1 business day service...Additional $10/page
Driver's License (Japanese to English)
$40... Front only / $50... Front and Back - Usually requires 3 business days (Mon-Fri, except holidays) to complete these documents, but you can request a 24-hour service (depending on translator’s availability) for a reasonable price.
*Please inquire about the price and the due date first before making a payment.
*1 business day service...Additional $10/page
Medical Document / Tax Form (Japanese to English)
$50/page - Usually requires 5 business days (Mon-Fri, except holidays) to complete translating work for these types.
*3-day service...Additional $10/page
*1 business day service...Additional $20/page
Medical Bill (Japanese to English)
$25/page - Usually requires 3 business days (Mon-Fri, except holidays) to translate medical itemized receipt / invoice, but you can choose to request a 1 business day service depending on translator’s availability.
$20/page - Discounted rate for customers who use our on-site service for the same medical appointment. Requires 3 business days
*1 business day service...Additional $10/page
Legal Document (Japanese to English)
$60/page - Usually requires 5 business days (Mon-Fri, except holidays) to complete.
*3-day service...Additional $10/page
*1 business day service...Additional $20/page
Contract Document/Lease Agreement (Japanese to English)
$80/page - Usually requires at least 5 business days (Mon-Fri, except holidays) to complete.
*3-day service...Additional $10/page
*1 business day service...Additional $20/page
Website / Business Related Document (English ↔ Japanese)
Please check “For Business” page for pricing information.
PAPER/ONLINE REGISTRATION SERVICE
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Face to face assistance $40/first hour (minimum charge) + $10/additional 30 min. — Are you enrolling your child at a daycare/school or signing up for a sport team/healthy grocery delivery service, but do you have trouble filling out enrollment paperwork? We can meet up with you and fill out the paperwork on your behalf.
Online/remote registration assistance $10/20mins— Are you signing up for any local organization / service or registering your child to a local soccer team / a modeling agency in Japan, and can it be done online or remotely? Let us help make the process super smooth!
UTILITY/CELL PHONE BILL TRANSLATING SERVICE
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$10/page — Would you like to know what you bills include?
Or have you received a very expensive bill recently?
Let us help you understand what is going on with your bill.
(*This service includes a verbal/written statement of what your bill says and you do not receive a complete translated version of paperwork on Microsoft Word unless requested for an additional charge.)
SCHOOL NEWSLETTER TRANSLATION
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$20/page―Do you receive a couple of newsletters from your child's yochien/hoikuen monthly and would you like us to translate them? We can translate a up-to letter sized newsletter for this price. If you have a bigger one, please get a quote from us first. We also recommend you subscribe our monthly service if you have more than 2 of them per month. Please see our monthly services. Be a real part of the school!
*2-day service...Additional $5
*24-hour service...Additional $10
(Please talk to us first before placing your order.)
QUICK TRANSLATION SERVICE
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$2 — Have you encountered a Japanese word or character(s) that you want to find out its meaning of, and do you need a quick help figuring out? Take a picture of it and send it to us.
*Up to 10 Japanese characters
*We can usually complete this on the same day as your request is made unless it is Sunday.
QUICK TRANSLATION SERVICE #2
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$3 — Do you have a quick note or report from your child's school and need assistance in figuring out what it says? We will translate it for you and we also can write a quick response for an additional $2 & up if you would like.
*We can usually complete this on the same day as your request is made unless it is Sunday or public holiday.
QUICK TRANSLATION #3
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$5 & up — Basically this is a letter translation service for things more/longer than just a quick note. Please contact us before you make a payment so we can get you a quote first. Prices vary depending on how long your letter is or how fast you need it.
*We can usually complete this on the same day as your request is made unless it is Sunday or public holiday.