Case Study: Federal Bureau of Investigation secures convictions with TransPerfect's accurate multilingual transcriptions

Federal Bureau of Investigation - Customer Case Study

The Federal Bureau of Investigation confronted a highly sensitive international drug‑trafficking investigation in which undercover agents recorded two years of conversations in five languages (Farsi, Pashto, Dari, Urdu and English). With 72 audio tapes ranging from five to sixty minutes and multiple languages often intermixed, the FBI needed reliable transcription and translation to convert recordings into admissible evidence; it engaged TransPerfect for this work.

TransPerfect assembled a dedicated team of native‑speaking linguists to transcribe and translate the tapes, working seven days a week over a four‑week period and delivering documents that met strict legal guidelines. TransPerfect’s timely, accurate linguistic services enabled the FBI and federal prosecutors to use the translated transcriptions as evidence, proving vital to securing convictions in the case.

Federal Bureau of Investigation