Farsi interpreting & translation services

Farsi, the Persian language of Iran, is spoken by tens of millions of people worldwide. Los Angeles has one of the largest Iranian communities outside Iran, centered on Westwood, Beverly Hills, and the San Fernando Valley, with additional communities in Orange County, San Diego, and the Bay Area. Farsi is a California court-designated language, and it is among the most requested languages for medical, legal, and workers' compensation interpreting in Southern California.

Persian has three closely related national varieties: Farsi in Iran, Dari in Afghanistan, and Tajik in Tajikistan. Iranian Farsi and Afghan Dari share a script and much vocabulary but differ in pronunciation, idiom, and some terminology, so a speaker's country of origin matters when assigning an interpreter. Focus Interpreting confirms this at booking and provides dedicated Dari interpreters when required.

Farsi is written in a modified Perso-Arabic script that runs right to left, and Iranian documents typically carry Solar Hijri calendar dates. Certified Farsi translation of birth certificates, shenasnameh (national ID booklets), marriage contracts, university transcripts, and medical records requires accurate date conversion and consistent name transliteration; every translation we certify is checked for both.