Portuguese (Brazil) interpreting & translation services

Brazil is the largest Portuguese-speaking country, with more than 200 million people, and Brazilian Portuguese is by far the most common variety encountered in the United States. California's Brazilian community is concentrated in Los Angeles, the Bay Area, and San Diego, and demand for Brazilian Portuguese interpreting comes from healthcare, immigration, personal injury and workers' compensation cases, and business with Brazilian companies in agriculture, energy, aviation, and technology.

Brazilian Portuguese differs from European Portuguese in pronunciation, everyday vocabulary, and the use of você rather than tu as the standard form of address. A Brazilian speaker will understand a Portuguese interpreter, but nuance and comfort improve markedly with a native Brazilian interpreter, which is what Focus Interpreting provides. Brazilian Portuguese interpreters are covered by California's Portuguese court certification.

Certified translation of Brazilian documents, including birth and marriage certificates, CPF and RG identity records, diplomas and school histories, criminal background certificates, and medical reports, is prepared to USCIS standards with a certificate of accuracy. For documents headed to Brazil we advise on when a sworn translation (tradução juramentada) by a Brazilian-registered translator is required instead.