The Department of Foreign Languages offers assistance with the translation of short documents such as birth and marriage certificates. At this time the languages that we work with are French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. The translation services are offered free of charge to students and to members of the local Fairbanks community. Please allow approximately one week for us to complete the request.

For help with translation concerning court documents please see the Lieutenant Governor’s site at http://ltgov.alaska.gov for more information. For longer documents, the department has a limited list of people who may be able to help with translations for a fee to be negotiated between the interested party and the translator. The Department, however, cannot certify the quality of such translations. Names of professional translation agencies may be found on the Internet for more advanced translations.