Certified Hebrew Translation Services
Hebrew to English certified translations of Israeli ID cards, registry extracts, marriage records and diplomas for $24.95 per page, delivered in 24 hours and guaranteed to be accepted by USCIS.
How much does certified Hebrew translation cost?
Certified Hebrew to English translation costs **$24.95 per page** with standard delivery in **24 hours**. The price is the same for every language and document type and includes a signed Certificate of Accuracy. Faster options are expedited delivery at $39.95 per page (12 hours) and rush delivery at $59.95 per page (same day). Notarization costs $24.99 per document and is only needed when an embassy, court or state agency asks for it; USCIS does not require it. A mailed hard copy is $13.95. Volume discounts apply automatically: 10% off 10 to 24 pages, 15% off 25 to 49 pages and 20% off 50 or more. Full details are on our [pricing page](/pricing).
- Standard: $24.95 per page, 24-hour delivery
- Expedited: $39.95 per page, 12-hour delivery
- Rush: $59.95 per page, same-day delivery
- Optional notarization: $24.99 per document
- Business, legal and technical projects are quoted individually through [our quote form](/quote)
Which Israeli documents do we translate?
We translate **any Hebrew document into English**, and English into Hebrew, with certification for official use. Most requests involve records issued in Israel for US immigration, university admission, professional licensing and court cases.
- Identity: the Israeli identity card (teudat zehut, תעודת זהות) and its sefach, the appendix listing address, spouse and children
- Civil status: birth certificates and registry extracts (tamtzit rishum) from the Population and Immigration Authority; [birth certificate translation](/services/birth-certificate-translation)
- Marriage and divorce: marriage certificates, the ketubah and rabbinical court divorce (get) records; [marriage certificate translation](/services/marriage-certificate-translation)
- Military: IDF discharge certificates (teudat shichrur)
- Education: the Bagrut matriculation certificate, university degrees and transcripts, usually graded on a 100-point scale; [diploma translation](/services/diploma-translation)
- Legal, financial and medical: court judgments, powers of attorney, contracts, bank statements and [medical records](/services/medical-translation)
What makes Hebrew documents tricky to translate?
Hebrew is written **right to left in a 22-letter alphabet, usually without vowel marks (nikud)**, so a name on an Israeli document can have several correct English spellings. Yitzhak, Itzhak and Isaac, or Chaim and Haim, can all come from the same Hebrew letters. A translator who guesses creates a mismatch with your passport and your USCIS forms, so we ask for the passport spelling of every name and use it consistently throughout. Other details need care too. Numbers, ID numbers and dates run left to right inside right-to-left text, and Israeli civil documents write dates day first (for example 05/03/2019 is 5 March 2019), which we convert to an unambiguous English date. The nine-digit teudat zehut number is reproduced exactly. Religious documents are often dated by the Hebrew calendar; we translate the Hebrew date as written and can add the Gregorian equivalent as a clearly marked translator's note.
How are Israeli marriage records and the ketubah handled?
Israeli marriages between Jewish couples are performed through the religious authorities, so the marriage certificate is typically issued by a rabbinate and the marriage is then recorded in the population registry. Couples may submit the rabbinate certificate, a registry extract, or both, depending on what the requesting agency asks for. The **ketubah**, the Jewish marriage contract, is written largely in **Aramaic** rather than modern Hebrew and is dated by the Hebrew calendar. If your ketubah is one of your documents, mention it in your order notes. For divorces granted by a rabbinical court, the divorce certificate is translated in full, including court stamps and file numbers. If your marriage took place abroad and was later registered in Israel, the Israeli registry extract is translated like any other civil record.
Will USCIS accept a Hebrew translation from TAUSA?
Yes. Every Hebrew certified translation meets **8 CFR 103.2(b)(3)**: a complete English translation plus the translator's signed certification of competence in Hebrew and English and of the translation's accuracy. We back it with a USCIS acceptance guarantee, so if a translation is ever rejected we revise or redo it free of charge. The translation covers the entire document, including stamps, seals, handwritten notes and any apostille wording, because USCIS expects a full translation rather than a summary. Learn more about our [USCIS translation services](/immigration/uscis-translation-services) or check what your application needs with the [USCIS document checklist](/tools/uscis-checklist).
Who translates your Hebrew documents?
Your documents are translated by **human, native-speaking Hebrew professionals**, never by machine translation alone. TAUSA is a member of the American Translators Association and follows an ISO 17100 compliant translation and review process. Ordering is fully online: upload a scan or phone photo, pay, and receive your certified translation as a PDF by email. There is no office visit and no appointment. See [how it works](/how-it-works) or [start your order](/order).
Frequently Asked Questions
You can order a certified Hebrew to English translation online from TAUSA. Upload your document, pay $24.95 per page, and receive a signed, certified PDF translation by email within 24 hours, prepared by a native Hebrew-speaking translator.
For official documents, a professional human translator who is a native Hebrew speaker is the most accurate option. Free tools such as Google Translate can give you the gist, but they often misread unvowelled names, Hebrew-calendar dates and Aramaic passages, and they cannot sign the certification USCIS requires.
For USCIS there is no government license for translators; the requirement is a complete translation with the translator's signed statement that they are competent in both languages and that the translation is accurate. To avoid questions about impartiality, most applicants use an independent professional rather than translating their own documents.
Yes. A certified translation is a standard, legitimate requirement for foreign-language documents submitted to USCIS, courts and many universities. It means the translation comes with a signed Certificate of Accuracy; it does not mean a government body certified the translator.
Not for USCIS, which accepts certified translations without notarization. Some embassies, courts and state agencies require it, and you can add notarization for $24.99 per document.
Yes. We translate in both directions, so US documents such as diplomas, court papers or bank letters can be translated into Hebrew for use in Israel. Certified document pricing is the same $24.95 per page.
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