Brighton Beach, Sheepshead Bay, and Bensonhurst in Brooklyn, plus Rego Park and Forest Hills in Queens, hold one of the largest Russian-speaking populations outside the former Soviet Union.
An important nuance: many Russian speakers in New York are not from Russia. Russian functions as a second language for people from Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. Some are fully fluent; some are functional but not comfortable being examined in it. Asking whether Russian is the person’s strongest language — rather than assuming — prevents a challenged transcript later.
Russian is written in Cyrillic, and name transliteration varies between documents, which regularly creates identity discrepancies across a case file.
Common contexts
No-fault and personal injury claims, EUOs, 50-h hearings, IMEs, elder care and medical appointments, and commercial disputes.
Coverage and availability
- In person: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island, and Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk). We also take in-person assignments in New Jersey and Connecticut
- Remote: phone or video interpreting, available nationwide
- Short notice: accepted
- Hours: 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week
Why firms keep calling us
- 25+ years interpreting in New York legal and medical settings
- NAJIT member — National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators
- 5.0 stars on Google across 17 reviews
- Trusted by attorneys, carriers, SIU teams, and healthcare providers
Book an interpreter
Call (718) 496-9129 or email inquiries@interpret.agency — available 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week. Most bookings take under two minutes.
Related services
- Deposition interpreters in NYC
- Examination under oath (EUO) interpreters
- 50-h hearing interpreters
- Independent medical examination (IME) interpreters
- Field investigation interpreters
- Asylum interpreter services
Other languages we interpret
Spanish · Mandarin · Cantonese · French · Korean · Arabic · Portuguese · Haitian Creole · Polish · Ukrainian · Albanian · Punjabi · Wolof · Uzbek · Hindi · Croatian · Soninke