Russian to English Certified Translation

How it works

Built for Russian documents

• Soviet-era documents welcome — USSR-era certificates (including bilingual republic forms) are a specialty — verified against our test corpus of historical Soviet documents.
• Patronymics handled correctly — Отчество is transliterated as part of the full name, never dropped or 'translated'.
• Apostille pages included — If your document carries an apostille, that page translates too — officers expect it.

Who issues Russian civil documents

Knowing the issuing body matters: it tells us which layout to expect and which registry references must survive into English untouched.

Russian document terms and how we render them

Terms that must be transcribed rather than translated are marked — inventing an English equivalent for a registry code is a classic cause of RFEs.

Where Russian translations usually go wrong

• The patronymic quietly dropped — Ivanov Ivan Ivanovich is a three-part name. Translations that cut the patronymic, or file it as a middle name, create a mismatch against the passport that officers do notice.
• Two transliteration standards in one packet — The Cyrillic on your passport follows ICAO rules; academic documents are often transliterated by BGN/PCGN or GOST. We follow your passport and apply it consistently across every page you order.
• Diploma sent without its supplement — The диплом proves the degree; the приложение lists the courses and grades. Universities and WES want both — they are separate documents and separately priced.
• Soviet-era bilingual forms mislabelled — USSR certificates often carry both Russian and a republic language. The certification must name the actual source language of the text being translated, which is what ours does.

Frequently asked questions

More document translations

How certification works. Every order includes a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy on company letterhead that meets the USCIS requirement (8 CFR 103.2(b)(3)) for a complete English translation with a translator certification. Each certificate carries an order number you can verify at any time at certmytranslation.com/verify. USCIS does not require notarization for supporting documents — see our USCIS guide.