Vietnamese interpreting & translation services

Vietnamese is spoken by about 85 million people, and California is home to the largest Vietnamese population outside Vietnam. Orange County's Little Saigon, spanning Westminster, Garden Grove, and Santa Ana, and San Jose in the Bay Area anchor communities that also extend through Los Angeles, San Diego, and Sacramento. Vietnamese is a California court-designated language and one of the most requested languages for medical, legal, and workers' compensation interpreting in the state.

Northern, central, and southern Vietnamese differ in pronunciation and some vocabulary, and most Vietnamese Americans speak the southern variety. Vietnamese is a tonal language in which small differences change meaning entirely, so professional interpreters are essential in clinical and legal settings. Focus Interpreting's Vietnamese interpreters are court-certified, HIPAA-trained, and experienced in depositions, qualified medical evaluations, mental health appointments, and school meetings.

Written Vietnamese uses the Latin alphabet with extensive diacritics, which are essential to meaning and must be typeset correctly. Certified Vietnamese translation covers birth and marriage certificates, household registration books, court documents, medical records, patient education, benefits notices, and business content, each delivered with a certificate of accuracy and, when needed, notarization.