Kern – Global Language Services

San Francisco, United States

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8 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 415-433-5376
Website:
www.e-kern.com
Address:
235 Montgomery St Ste 946, San Francisco, CA, 94104
b/t Bush St & Pine St
Financial District
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
850 ftBig Bus Tours Stop 17, China Town
860 ftMontgomery Street
870 ftSansome St & California St
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Today

Today 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (San Francisco) 06:41 Thursday, 26 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday –
Sunday –

Description

Specialties

KERN provides translation services for almost any language you can think of. We handle a diverse assortment of documents from all industries: legal briefs, immigration forms, industrial product manuals, certificates, transcripts, diplomas and more. Also be sure to ask about our certified interpreting services for depositions and court proceedings as well as website localization and product internationalization strategies.

Your document will be translated by a translator with an advanced degree from a top-​tier university, certification or recognition from professional organizations, and in-​depth knowledge of the subject matter at hand, along with many years of experience and a solid history of customer satisfaction.

Let KERN’s experienced and talented professionals help with your next foreign language project. With over 40 years of experience and 40 offices to serve you best, we offer personalized assistance to keep you focused on taking care of business.

History

Established in 1969.

KERN Global Language Services was established as a language services company offering translation, interpreting, foreign language typesetting, graphic design and print services.

Since then it has expanded its service portfolio to include software and website localization, translation memory solutions and services, desktop publishing with more than 40,000 satisfied customers worldwide.

Our New York branch opened in 1986 and the San Francisco office was established in 1998.

KERN Global Language Services is considered one of the largest language service providers worldwide. Throughout its growth, KERN has remained true to its core mission of providing high-​quality language services.

Today KERN operates offices across the world in over 40 cities including Amsterdam, Berlin, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, London, Paris and Zurich offering one-​stop-​shop language services. It covers all languages and operates a group of 75 in-​house translators.

Meet the Manager

Alexis W.

Manager

Alexis came on board as Branch Manager of KERN San Francisco in 2011 after a long stint as a star French-​English translator in KERN’s trusted pool of linguists.

She brings a diverse set of international and management experience and has been excited about the opportunities thus far to provide unique language service solutions to local businesses.

She will be your main point of contact for your translation project and looks forward to hearing from you!

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8 reviews of Kern – Global Language Services

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Place rating: 5
Visalia, CA
I was looking for a company to translate a birth certificate quickly. Called many places that I found online, but Kern global was the only one who actually had a person answer the phone!
Marie was the person who helped me and she is awesome! Very knowledgeable and polite. I definitely recommend Kern Global for all translating purposes.
Place rating: 5
Alameda, CA
Marie is a fantastic manager. I required several times Kern Services and was amazed at the quality of their work. Marie, the project manager of Kern SF, was incredibly responsive and her excellence deserves compliments. She exceeds clients expectations through a high-​end service and a detail-​oriented approach, two crucial qualities when it comes to translating sensitive documents. Congrats to KERN and to Marie. I will certainly keep on using your services and recommending you.
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
Kern is the best place, I stronger recommend! It was only spend 2 days to get my diploma and transcripts! Marie is really nice!
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
Awesome service. Marie was a absolutely joy to work with, very very helpful and they have the reasonable prices for such a great service! We needed a document translated in less than a 4 days and they did it no problem. Thank you Marie again and again. You are very friendly and really professional! We really appreciate that: D
Place rating: 5
Zürich, Switzerland
Great service for a more than reasonable price — it was certainly the lowest of all the companies I had contacted with excellent turnaround time. From start to finish, the whole process only took seven days — and this includes the two days off for the weekend, so technically it only took five days.
I got a quote for my translation (just a university document) within a few hours of my initial request. Both Marie and Alexis were extremely helpful and friendly and were more than happy to work with me to accommodate my request. However, I’d make sure to check over your translation when they send it to you for review — there were a few minor mistakes in mine (which is perfectly understandable as subject-​specific translations can be tricky). Thankfully, Alexis was nothing but patient and understanding when I brought this to her attention, and she checked it with the translator before sending me a revised copy.
Normally, I’d knock off a star for something like that, but honestly, with the quick turnaround time and the terrific customer service, Kern deserves every single one of the five stars! So thank you, Alexis and Marie! I’d definitely recommend this translation service.
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
Excellent service. We needed a document translated in less than a week and they did it no problem. We also needed some last minute revisions and they were totally accomadating. Marie was a joy to work with, great communication and very helpful. We will definitely use them again for translations!
Place rating: 5
Pacifica, CA
Kern Unilocal Review
I was looking for a translation company to translate my High School Transcript and Diploma for me to register to San Francisco State University.
I directly went to
and hit «translation — San francisco» and received a list of 6⁄7 choices.
I only emailed the people and companies who left an email/​website on the search page. (I rather work with email than phone)
My number of choices was already going down because some of them don’t leave any email or website.
I create ONE email (asking for the service, quote and Therms & Conditions) and emailed it to those 5 left.
I know it was 1.00 am when I sent everything so I wasn’t expecting an answer immediately… but KERN get back to me the first hour in the morning
/​/​An other company contacted me the following day, telling me that they were in Holiday until February 1st (so 3 weeks I would have to wait) and an other one even just sent me more and more links to visit and read… /​/​
I didn’t wait any longer, I downloaded all my files into my email and everything was sent to KERN.
The same day, I received my price/​quote. (it was a Friday)
During the weekend I had to transform my documents because it was not matching with what the school needed, so I came back to them the Monday morning and 5h after, I received my final price/​quote and agree with them to start the work.
I will no be able to compare prices with others here (because I don’t have) but KERN was kind enough to understand that I was a foreign student and they helped me a lot for that too.
I wil just give the 5 start review based on the Customer Service. Fast answer and also all my questions were answer immediately.
I would like to thank personally Alexis Wallace, who is the project manager and the one who receive and answer the emails for KERN. (She was also a French-​English Translator before taking this post)
She took care of my files and was always available for me at any time.
So, the 5 stars review goes for her especially.
For now, the French-​English translator is working on my files and I should receive everything before the end of the week.
Thanks a million KERN.
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
I love Kern Translation, primarily because of Charlotte Sanford, but overall they are the best translation company that I have ever hired. We have to do translations for several of our clients, and I found Kern when my old translator decided to have a baby. We found Kern & they were able to help us out in a pinch. I would recommend Kern SF to anyone.