Certified Translation Services for Portland, Oregon
Portland residents can order certified translation from Apostille Authentications, based in Lake Oswego just south of the city, from $65 per page. Most translations are ready in 1 to 2 business days and each carries a signed certificate of accuracy. We work in 100 languages, can pick up and drop off documents in Portland, and handle Oregon apostilles. Below are the Portland offices, schools and consulates that most often sit behind a translation request, with their published requirements.
Upload your document below as a PDF, JPEG, PNG or Word file, or call (971) 514-3743 for a quote.
Upload Your Documents For Translation
Portland offices that issue the records you may need translated
Before a record can be translated for use abroad, you need the right certified copy. In Portland three different offices issue them, and which one you need depends on the record and how old it is.
| Births and deaths in Multnomah County, first 6 months | Multnomah County Vital Records, 847 NE 19th Ave, Suite 350. $25 per copy. Open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
|---|---|
| Births and deaths after 6 months, and state marriage and divorce records | Oregon Health Authority Center for Health Statistics, Portland State Office Building, 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland, OR 97232. $25 per copy. |
| Marriage licenses and recorded documents | Multnomah County Recording and Customer Service, 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Suite 175, Portland, OR 97214. Open Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Translations for Multnomah County Circuit Court
The Multnomah County Circuit Court, Fourth Judicial District, sits at the central courthouse at 1200 SW 1st Ave, Portland, OR 97204, with other locations including the Justice Center at 1120 SW Third Avenue. The court arranges spoken interpreters through Court Language Access Services, and its local page asks for interpreter requests no later than four judicial days before the proceeding.
Interpreters do not translate paperwork. Oregon Judicial Department guidelines say court filings must be in English and that the parties supply the English translation of any non-English item, with a translator’s statement that it is accurate. If you are filing a foreign divorce decree, custody order or birth record in a Portland case, have the written translation ready before the filing date.
Immigration filings from Portland
USCIS lists a Portland field office and a Portland Application Support Center on its website. Whichever office handles your case, the translation rule is federal: 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) requires a full English translation that the translator has certified as complete and accurate, plus the translator’s certification of competence in the language. Birth, marriage, divorce, police and military records are the documents Portland customers send us most for this purpose. We prepare the certificate to that wording. USCIS alone decides whether a filing is accepted.
Portland State University and translated transcripts
Portland State University publishes one of the more specific translation policies in the state. For international admissions it requires an exact, precise English translation prepared by the issuing institution or a professional translator. It says it will not accept a translation done by you, your friends or your family. It also states that notarized documents and credential evaluations from services such as WES or ECE do not take the place of a certified translation, and that transcripts attested by third parties do not count as official documents.
In practice that means two separate things go to PSU: the official record from your school, and a professional English translation of it. We provide the second. Check PSU’s country pages for how the school record itself must be sealed and sent.
Consulates and languages in Portland
The Oregon Blue Book lists two career consular posts in Portland: the Consulate of Mexico and the Consular Office of Japan at 1300 SW Fifth Ave, Suite 2700, Portland, OR 97201. Japan’s office states that it serves Oregon and southern Idaho, with a consular counter open Monday to Friday 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. The Blue Book also lists honorary consuls with Portland addresses for Denmark, Finland, France, Lithuania, Malaysia, Romania, Thailand and the United Kingdom. Each consulate sets its own rules on translations and legalization, so ask the one you are dealing with what format it expects before ordering.
Census Bureau QuickFacts puts Portland’s population at 635,109 (July 2025). In 2020 to 2024, 17.5% of residents age 5 and older spoke a language other than English at home, above the statewide 15.2%, and 12.4% were born outside the United States. Multnomah County is one of five counties that together hold more than 75% of Oregon’s residents with limited English proficiency, according to the Oregon Judicial Department. Spanish, Russian, Vietnamese, Chinese and Arabic are among the languages we are asked for most.
Getting an Oregon apostille from Portland
Oregon apostilles are issued in one place: the Secretary of State’s Corporation Division at 255 Capitol St. NE, Suite 151, Salem, OR 97310. From Portland that means a drive south on Interstate 5 to the walk-in counter, open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or sending the documents by mail. The state fee is $10 per apostille and it needs the original notarized document. A translation must be notarized first.
If you would rather not make the trip, our handling fee is $195 plus $20 for each additional document, completed next day or within 5 business days.
How to order from Portland
- Upload. Send a PDF, JPEG, PNG or Word file through the quote form.
- Price and timing. From $65 per page. Most translations are ready in 1 to 2 business days.
- Pickup and drop-off. We can collect and return originals in Portland, including after hours by mobile service.
- Visit. 5 Centerpointe Drive, Suite 400, Lake Oswego, OR 97035, open 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. We do not have a Portland office.
- Call. (971) 514-3743
Related services for Portland
- Oregon document translation services: the statewide rules for courts, notaries, vital records and the DMV
- Apostille service in Portland, Oregon
- Oregon apostille service
- All document translation services
Portland translation questions
Apostille Authentications in Lake Oswego serves Portland with certified translation in 100 languages from $65 per page, most ready in 1 to 2 business days. You can upload the document online or arrange pickup and drop-off in Portland.
No. Portland State University says a translation by you, your friends or your family is not accepted. It asks for an exact English translation prepared by the issuing institution or a professional translator.
For a birth in Multnomah County within the last 6 months, use Multnomah County Vital Records at 847 NE 19th Ave, Suite 350. After that, order from the Oregon Health Authority at 800 NE Oregon Street in Portland. Both charge $25 per copy.
No Oregon apostille is issued in Portland. The Secretary of State issues them at 255 Capitol St. NE, Suite 151 in Salem for $10 each, in person or by mail.
The Oregon Blue Book lists career consular offices for Mexico and for Japan (1300 SW Fifth Ave, Suite 2700). Several other countries have honorary consuls in the city.
No. The court provides interpreters for hearings when requested at least four judicial days ahead. Under Oregon Judicial Department guidelines, the party filing a non-English document supplies the English translation and a translator’s statement.
Sources
The local details on this page come from these official sources.
- Multnomah County: Birth and Death Certificates
- Multnomah County: Marriage Licenses
- Multnomah County: Recording and Customer Service
- Oregon Health Authority: Order a Birth Certificate
- Multnomah County Circuit Court
- Multnomah County Circuit Court: Interpreter Services
- Oregon Judicial Department: Guidelines for Using Translated Forms
- 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3)
- USCIS: Portland Field Office
- Portland State University: International Documents and Certified Translation
- Portland State University: Official Documents for International Applicants
- Oregon Blue Book: Consular Corps
- Consular Office of Japan in Portland
- U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Portland
- Oregon Secretary of State: Authentication (Apostille)
Get your Portland translation started
Upload your document for a quote, or call (971) 514-3743 and tell us where the translation is going. We confirm the level of certification you need before any work begins.