Translation Services in Edison, NJ

Edison by the numbers

Residents: 108,164
Speak a language other than English at home: 61,110 59.9%
Speak English less than “very well”: 18,117 17.8%
Limited-English households: 3,473 9.1%
Born outside the U.S.: 51,630 47.7%

Detailed languages in Middlesex County, New Jersey

The Census Bureau publishes individual languages for counties, not for cities. These are the most-spoken languages other than English in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Spanish154,921
Gujarati35,086
Hindi29,029
Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)25,264
Telugu22,070
Urdu14,242
Arabic13,927
Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languages13,305

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 2024 1-year, table B16001, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Languages spoken in Edison

59.9% of Edison residents age 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, and 17.8% speak English less than “very well.” Spanish leads, followed by Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese and Tagalog, including Filipino.

Language spoken at home	Residents	Speak English less than “very well”
Other Indo-European languages	25,712	6,455
Other Asian and Pacific Island languages	13,117	2,654
Spanish	8,684	3,150
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	6,387	3,531
Tagalog, including Filipino	1,763	529
Russian, Polish, and other Slavic	1,569	628
Other languages	1,002	n/a

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates for Edison township (tables C16001, C16002, B05002, B05006) (opens in a new tab). Figures with a wide margin of error are not shown.

Language services in Edison

Where Edison residents born abroad come from

Countries of birth point to the languages behind the Census groups above, and to the documents (birth certificates, diplomas, court records) that arrive for translation.

India29,553
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan3,424
Philippines1,743
Dominican Republic1,337
Taiwan1,303
Pakistan1,004
Korea894
Colombia520

Language access rules in New Jersey

Court interpreter program: New Jersey Judiciary, Language Services Section (LSS) of the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), the Judiciary's centralized language-access office, which runs the court interpreter credentialing program; the AOC maintains the Registry of Interpreting Resources, which serves as the Judiciary's approved vendor list, and the Supreme Court updated the Judiciary Language Access Plan by Directive #21-23 (November 2023).
Court-certified languages: AOC-approved interpreters pass an oral performance exam in a language that has one and are rated Master (80% or higher in each part) or Journey (70% or higher); conditionally approved interpreters (at least 50% in each part, 55% overall) may work in Superior or Tax Court only when no Master or Journey interpreter is available, and registered interpreters work in languages with no oral exam. ASL interpreters must be RID-certified.
The rule: Court Rule 1:34-7 provides that interpreters and translators are appointed and perform their duties in the manner established by the Chief Justice; Standard 1.2 of the Judiciary Language Access Plan requires an interpreter for any court user who, or whose attorney, represents that the person cannot understand or communicate proficiently in English, for all phases of court-connected proceedings, and Standard 1.4 places the cost on the Judiciary except in very limited instances.
State agency language access law: P.L.2023, c.263 (N.J.S.A. 52:14-40 et seq.), approved January 12, 2024, requires every Executive Branch entity that serves the public directly to translate vital documents into at least the seven most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficient New Jerseyans, provide interpretation, post multilingual signage, and adopt a language access plan.
The seven state languages: The New Jersey Office of New Americans lists the top seven languages spoken by limited English proficient New Jerseyans, from 2022 American Community Survey data, as Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Korean, Gujarati, Chinese (simplified and traditional characters recommended for translation), Haitian Creole (French Creole), and Arabic.
Team interpreting: Standard 3.4 of the Judiciary Language Access Plan calls for a team of two or more interpreters for on-site, virtual, and hybrid proceedings projected to last more than two hours, and allows teams for shorter matters involving witness testimony, complexity, indigenous languages, or multiple LEP participants.
Municipal courts pay their own interpreters: Under the Language Access Plan, municipal courts are funded by their municipalities, which bear the cost of municipal court interpreting and the sole legal responsibility for language access services, and should use the Judiciary's Registry when buying contract interpreting.
Court interpreting volume: In court year 2019, the New Jersey Superior Courts provided interpreters in approximately 110 languages for more than 73,000 events, with Spanish accounting for nearly 85% of interpreted events and about 1,200 events a year requiring ASL interpreters.
ASL interpreters in court: The Judiciary uses only RID-certified ASL interpreters listed by the State Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing or the New Jersey Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, prefers those holding the Specialist Certificate: Legal, and may not use Video Relay Service for court proceedings.

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Edison questions

What languages are spoken in Edison?

59.9% of Edison residents age 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, and 17.8% speak English less than “very well.” Spanish leads, followed by Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese and Tagalog, including Filipino. The most common countries of birth among residents born abroad are India, China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan, and Philippines.

How many Edison households have limited English?

3,473 of 38,098 households (9.1%), according to the Census Bureau: households in which no one age 14 or older speaks only English or speaks English “very well.” These are the households most likely to need an interpreter or translated documents.

How are court interpreters credentialed in New Jersey?

New Jersey Judiciary, Language Services Section (LSS) of the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), the Judiciary's centralized language-access office, which runs the court interpreter credentialing program; the AOC maintains the Registry of Interpreting Resources, which serves as the Judiciary's approved vendor list, and the Supreme Court updated the Judiciary Language Access Plan by Directive #21-23 (November 2023). AOC-approved interpreters pass an oral performance exam in a language that has one and are rated Master (80% or higher in each part) or Journey (70% or higher); conditionally approved interpreters (at least 50% in each part, 55% overall) may work in Superior or Tax Court only when no Master or Journey interpreter is available, and registered interpreters work in languages with no oral exam. ASL interpreters must be RID-certified.

Do you provide on-site interpreters in Edison?

Yes. We schedule interpreters in person in Edison and across New Jersey, and by phone and video nationwide, in 250+ languages including Spanish and ASL. Book less common languages as early as you can.

Do you provide conference and meeting interpreters in Edison?

Yes. We staff conferences, conventions, trade shows, seminars, corporate training, and client meetings in Edison with simultaneous or consecutive interpreters. For simultaneous interpreting, our own technicians deliver, run, and strike the booths, transmitters, and receivers, shipped from our own inventory.