Languages by Region — Select Your Language Family

European Languages

Western European (Romance languages): Spanish · French · Portuguese · Italian · Romanian · Latin

The Romance languages — all descended from Latin — share grammatical structures but have diverged significantly in vocabulary and usage. Key regional variants: Brazilian Portuguese (pt-BR) differs substantially from European Portuguese (pt-PT); Latin American Spanish differs from Castilian Spanish. TheWordPoint provides both variants when requested.

Western European (Germanic languages): German · Dutch · Swedish · Norwegian · Danish · Finnish · Flemish · Swiss (German) · Swiss (French) · Swiss (Italian)

German is one of the most technically demanding European translation languages — long compound nouns, formal/informal register distinctions, and strict grammatical case marking create translation challenges that require experienced professionals.

Eastern European and Slavic: Ukrainian · Polish · Czech · Bulgarian · Croatian · Romanian · Macedonian · Serbian · Slovak · Slovenian · Russian 

Northern European and Baltic: Estonian · Latvian · Lithuanian

Southern European: Greek · [Albanian](Albanian translation services)

Middle Eastern and Central Asian Languages

Arabic · Hebrew · Farsi (Persian) · Turkish · Urdu · Kurdish · Georgian · Armenian

Arabic, Hebrew, and Farsi are right-to-left (RTL) languages — requiring specific handling for documents, websites, and software interfaces to ensure correct text direction. TheWordPoint provides RTL-aware translation and localization for all three languages.

Arabic is the official language of 22 countries with significant dialectal variation (Modern Standard Arabic vs Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf, Maghrebi dialects). Specify your target audience when ordering to ensure the appropriate Arabic variety is used.

Asian Languages

East Asian: Chinese (Simplified) · Chinese Traditional · Japanese · Korean

Chinese Simplified is used in mainland China; Chinese Traditional is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and many overseas Chinese communities. These are distinct written systems requiring separate translators. Japanese has three writing systems (hiragana, katakana, kanji) and complex formality conventions. Korean uses the Hangul alphabet with distinct formal and informal registers.

South and Southeast Asian: Hindi · Vietnamese · Thai · Indonesian · Malay · Tagalog · Tamil · Punjabi · Marathi · Burmese

Hindi is one of the most widely spoken languages globally with a 550+ million speaker base. Vietnamese, Thai, and Burmese use their own script systems requiring specialists in both the source and target language's writing conventions.

African Languages

Somali · Swahili · Afrikaans · Amharic

Somali is one of the most commonly requested African languages for certified immigration translation in the US market. Swahili is a lingua franca across East Africa. Afrikaans is co-official in South Africa. Amharic is the official language of Ethiopia.

Other Languages

Greenlandic · Latin · Tagalog · Tamil · Marathi · Georgian · Kurdish · Malay

→ Don't see your language? Contact us — our translator network extends beyond the languages listed here. Contact us to confirm availability for your language pair.

Most Requested Language Pairs by Use Case

Immigration and USCIS documents: Spanish → English · Chinese (Simplified) → English · Ukrainian → English · Russian → English · Arabic → English · Portuguese → English · French → English · Hindi → English · Vietnamese → English · Korean → English · Romanian → English · Polish → English · Somali → English · Tagalog → English · Amharic → English

All USCIS-certified translations include a Translation Accuracy Certificate. → USCIS Certified Translation

Business and legal documents: English → German · English → French · English → Spanish · English → Chinese · English → Japanese · English → Arabic · German → English · French → English · Japanese → English · Chinese → English

→ Legal Translation Services → Business Translation

Medical and pharmaceutical: English → Spanish · English → French · English → German · English → Chinese · English → Japanese · English → Arabic · English → Portuguese

→ Medical Translation → Pharmaceutical Translation

Software and app localization: English → German · English → French · English → Spanish · English → Chinese · English → Japanese · English → Korean · English → Portuguese · English → Arabic

→ Software Localization → App Localization

Marketing and website localization: English → Spanish · English → French · English → German · English → Chinese · English → Japanese · English → Arabic · English → Portuguese · English → Korean

→ Website Localization → Marketing Translation

Regional Language Variants — Getting It Right for Your Audience

Several languages have major regional variants that differ significantly in vocabulary, idioms, and writing conventions. Using the wrong variant for a target market audience signals unfamiliarity and undermines credibility.

Spanish: Castilian Spanish (Spain) vs Latin American Spanish (Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, etc.) vs US Spanish. Latin American Spanish itself varies by country. TheWordPoint specifies the regional variant at project start.

Portuguese: Brazilian Portuguese (Brazil — 215 million speakers) vs European Portuguese (Portugal and African Portuguese-speaking countries). These are mutually intelligible but sufficiently different that using the wrong variant reads as foreign to native readers.

Chinese: Simplified Chinese (mainland China, Singapore) vs Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, many overseas communities). Different characters, different vocabulary conventions, and different cultural references.

French: Standard French (France/international) vs Canadian French (Quebec and Francophone Canada). Canadian French has distinct vocabulary and usage conventions in professional contexts.

Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (formal documents, news, academic content) vs Gulf Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, Levantine Arabic, Maghrebi Arabic. For most formal and business translation, Modern Standard Arabic (Fusha) is appropriate. For marketing and consumer-facing content, the regional dialect of the target audience may be more effective.

Norwegian: Bokmål (most widely used written form) vs Nynorsk (second official written form). Bokmål is requested for virtually all professional translation.

Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian: Mutually intelligible South Slavic languages with different scripts (Serbian uses both Cyrillic and Latin; Croatian and Bosnian use Latin script) and distinct cultural contexts.

For all regional variants, specify your target audience at project start and TheWordPoint will assign the appropriate regional specialist.

80+ Languages — What Quality Looks Like for Every Language Pair

Every language in TheWordPoint's network is served by vetted, credentialed human translators. This is what that means in practice for different language categories:

High-demand languages (Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic): Multiple specialist translators available across all major service categories: legal, medical, technical, marketing, certified personal documents, localization. Subject-matter expert assignment for each category. Same-day or next-day delivery standard for most document types.

Active languages (Portuguese, Italian, Korean, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Turkish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Vietnamese, Thai): Full specialist coverage. Subject-matter matching for most professional categories. Standard 24–48 hour delivery for most documents. All certified translation types available.

Specialist languages (Romanian, Hungarian, Czech, Bulgarian, Croatian, Finnish, Danish, Estonian, Farsi, Punjabi, Urdu, Armenian, Indonesian, Malay): Specialist translators available. Confirmation of availability and timeline at project start. Full quality standards maintained.

Less common languages (Somali, Tagalog, Tamil, Marathi, Swahili, Burmese, Macedonian, Georgian, Kurdish, Amharic, Greenlandic, and others): Specialist translators from our global network assigned on a per-project basis. Timeline confirmed at project start. All translations maintain the same quality standards regardless of language rarity. If your required language is not listed, contact us to discuss availability.

Translation memory across all languages: For clients with ongoing translation needs in any language, TheWordPoint builds and maintains a client-specific translation memory — accumulating approved translations across all projects for consistent terminology and reduced costs on repeat content.

How to Order Translation in Your Language

• Select your language pair. Click your language below (or use the individual language pages) to see language-specific information, pricing, and service details.
• Submit your document or content. Upload at thewordpoint.com/free-quote. Specify: source language, target language, document type, intended use (USCIS, business, legal, marketing), and delivery deadline.
• Native-speaker specialist assigned. A professional translator who is a native speaker of your target language and has expertise in your document type is assigned.
• Delivery in 24–48 hours for most documents. Certified personal documents: typically 24–48 hours. Professional and business content: 2–5 business days for standard volumes. Rush same-day available.

Reviewed and updated  on September 4, 2026 by

Christakis Christodoulou