Certified Russian Translation Services
Russian to English certified translations for USCIS, courts and universities, done by native-speaking human translators. $24.95 per page with 24-hour delivery. Every order includes a signed Certificate of Accuracy.
Where can I get a certified Russian to English translation?
You can order a certified Russian to English translation online at TAUSA. Upload a scan or phone photo of your document, pay, and a certified PDF translation arrives by email, usually within 24 hours. You don't need to find a local translator or visit an office. Each translation is done by a professional human translator who is a native Russian speaker, and it comes with a signed Certificate of Accuracy. We translate documents in both directions: Russian to English for US use, and English to Russian for use abroad. Our process is ISO 17100 compliant, and TAUSA is a member of the American Translators Association (ATA).
- Order online: upload, pay, receive a certified PDF by email
- Native Russian-speaking professional translators, no machine output
- Signed Certificate of Accuracy with every certified translation
- Russian to English and English to Russian
How much does certified Russian translation cost?
Certified Russian translation costs **$24.95 per page**, with standard delivery in 24 hours. The price is the same for every language we translate. If you need it faster, expedited service is $39.95 per page (12-hour delivery) and rush service is $59.95 per page (same-day delivery). Notarization is optional at $24.99 per document. Some embassies and state agencies require it, but USCIS does not. A mailed hard copy is $13.95. Volume discounts apply automatically: 10% off for 10 to 24 pages, 15% off for 25 to 49 pages, and 20% off for 50 or more. Business, technical and legal projects are quoted individually. [Request a quote](/quote) or see the full [pricing](/pricing).
Which Russian-language documents do we translate?
We translate all personal, legal and academic documents written in Russian. That includes records from the Russian Federation and Russian-language documents issued in other former Soviet republics, such as Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and the Baltic states. Many records from those countries, especially ones issued before 1991, are partly or entirely in Russian.
- Birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates (свидетельство о рождении, о браке, о расторжении брака, о смерти)
- Name change certificates and adoption records
- Internal and international passports, military ID booklets (военный билет)
- Police clearance certificates and court judgments
- Diplomas, diploma supplements with grades, and school leaving certificates
- Employment record books (трудовая книжка), bank statements and medical records
Can you translate Soviet-era (USSR) documents?
Yes. We regularly translate USSR birth, marriage and death certificates and other records issued before 1991, including handwritten ones. Soviet vital records were issued by ZAGS (ЗАГС), the civil registry office, and many applicants still rely on these originals decades later. These documents come with specific challenges, and our translators handle them. Entries are often handwritten in cursive Cyrillic. Stamps and seals may be faded. Many certificates from Soviet republics are bilingual, pairing Russian with the republic's own language. Soviet birth certificates also usually record each parent's **nationality** (национальность), a field with no US equivalent, which we translate literally rather than leaving out. We translate every visible element, including stamps, seals and handwritten notes, and we mark anything illegible as illegible instead of guessing. That is what USCIS expects from a complete translation.
How are Russian names, patronymics and transliteration handled?
We keep your name spelled exactly as it appears on your passport or US immigration documents, so your records stay consistent. This matters more for Russian than for most languages. A single Cyrillic name can be written in Latin letters several ways (Юлия can be Yulia, Yuliya, Iuliia or Julia), and different spellings across your documents can cause delays. Russian full names have three parts: a given name, a **patronymic** derived from the father's given name (for example Ivanovich or Ivanovna), and a surname. Surnames also change form by gender, so a husband and wife may be listed as Petrov and Petrova. We translate patronymics as their own name element and keep gendered surname forms as written. When you order, tell us the Latin spelling you use, and we will apply it throughout. Dates written as DD.MM.YYYY are rendered in an unambiguous format.
Is our Russian translation accepted by USCIS?
Yes. Every certified Russian translation meets USCIS requirements under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), which asks for a complete English translation and the translator's certification that they are competent to translate and that the translation is accurate. Our signed Certificate of Accuracy covers both. We back this with a USCIS acceptance guarantee: if USCIS rejects a translation, we revise or redo it for free. USCIS does not require notarization or an apostille on the translation. See our [USCIS translation services](/immigration/uscis-translation-services) and the free [USCIS document checklist](/tools/uscis-checklist).
Russian diplomas and transcripts for US universities and credential evaluation
We translate Russian and Soviet academic records so evaluators can read them accurately. Before the Bologna-style reforms, most Russian university graduates received a five-year **specialist** (специалист) diploma, not a bachelor's degree. The postgraduate **Candidate of Sciences** (кандидат наук) and **Doctor of Sciences** (доктор наук) degrees also have no exact US equivalent. Our translations keep these titles as issued, so the evaluator, not the translator, decides on equivalency. Grades on the diploma supplement (приложение к диплому) use a 5-point scale with the verbal grades 'excellent', 'good' and 'satisfactory', plus pass/fail credits (зачёт). We translate them exactly as written. See [diploma translation](/services/diploma-translation).
Frequently Asked Questions
You can order online from TAUSA. Upload a photo or scan of your Russian document, and a native-speaking professional translator produces a certified English translation with a signed Certificate of Accuracy, delivered by email as a PDF, usually within 24 hours, at $24.95 per page.
Under USCIS rules, a certified translation needs a translator who is competent in both languages and signs a certification that the translation is complete and accurate. You cannot translate your own documents for your own application. A professional translator who is not a party to the case should do it.
For official documents, a professional human translator is the accurate choice. Machine tools can handle informal text, but they cannot certify a translation. They often mistranslate handwritten Soviet-era entries, and they apply inconsistent transliteration to names. All TAUSA certified translations are done by native Russian-speaking professionals.
Not for USCIS. USCIS only requires a certified translation. Notarization ($24.99 per document) may be requested by some embassies or state agencies. An apostille authenticates the original public document itself and is issued by the country that issued it, not by a translator.
Standard delivery is 24 hours at $24.95 per page. Expedited delivery takes 12 hours at $39.95 per page, and rush same-day delivery is $59.95 per page. Longer or handwritten multi-page records follow the same per-page pricing.
Yes, if it is written in Russian. Many birth and marriage certificates from former Soviet republics were issued in Russian or bilingually. If part of your document is in another language, mention it when you [request a quote](/quote) so we can confirm before you order.
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