Zana Translates was built on a simple belief: when you need something translated accurately, you deserve someone who treats it as carefully as you do — not a bulk service churning through your words.
"To deliver translation work that carries the same weight in the target language as it does in the source — accurate in meaning, appropriate in tone, and respectful of the culture it lands in."
— Zana Kadriu Sejdiu, Founder
Zana Translates started with a personal frustration: finding reliable, accurate translation for Albanian-language documents was harder than it should be. Too many services meant well by routing through English. Too many translations lost meaning in the transfer.
So the work began — getting it right, every time, in both directions, across all language pairs.
Today we serve clients across the United States and internationally, handling legal documents for immigration courts, medical records for hospitals, marketing materials for global brands, and everything in between.
Started with Albanian-to-English legal translations for immigration cases in Houston.
Added legal, medical, and business translation across 40+ language pairs. Built a network of specialists.
Established hospital and clinic relationships. Medical record translations accepted by major US healthcare systems.
Full coverage across all document types and industry sectors. Direct translation between any two languages.
A translation that misses the point is worse than no translation. Every document is reviewed before delivery. We don't ship work we're not confident in.
Every translation is crafted for its context. Legal language is different from medical language is different from marketing copy. We don't apply a template to your document.
100+ languages. All document types. All industry sectors. We don't turn clients away because their language is "unusual" — we figure out how to deliver.
You talk to the translator — not a project manager, not a ticketing system. Direct communication means faster answers and work that actually reflects what you need.
Your documents are sensitive — we treat them that way. Strict handling protocols for legal, medical, and personal documents. Nothing shared, nothing leaked, nothing reused.
Translation is more than word substitution. We account for cultural context, regional differences, and tone — so your message lands correctly, not just readably.
American Translators Association certified. Credentials reviewed against ATA standards for professional translation practice.
Authorized to issue sworn and certified translations accepted by USCIS, immigration courts, embassies, and consulates.
7+ years of professional translation across legal, medical, immigration, and business documents.
100+ languages, bidirectional. Albanian↔English core, plus EN↔Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French, Portuguese and Any→Any without routing through English.
Legal (contracts, court filings, immigration petitions), medical (records, IFUs, clinical notes), immigration (USCIS forms, certificates), academic (WES/ECE evaluation prep), Albanian dialect work (Gheg & Tosk).
Zana Kadriu Sejdiu founded Zana Translates in Houston and leads every project personally. A native Gheg Albanian speaker with full bidirectional fluency across English, Zana brings over seven years of professional translation experience covering legal, medical, immigration, academic, and business documents — with a vetted specialist network that extends coverage to 100+ languages without routing through English.
Albanian (Gheg & Tosk dialects): We speak both. Albanian has two distinct dialect groups — Gheg (northern) and Tosk (southern) — and the difference matters for official documents. Immigration offices, courts, and embassies often require the specific dialect appropriate to the applicant's origin region. We know the difference, and we apply it correctly.
We stand behind every document we deliver. If an immigration officer, legal reviewer, or court rejects a translation due to our error, we'll correct it — at no charge.
No machine drafts. No templates. Every word crafted by a native speaker with subject-matter expertise.
Standard documents delivered in 24 hours. Rush projects available. Deadlines are commitments, not suggestions.
100+ languages covered. Bidirectional translation — not just into English. Albanian to French? Yes.
You talk directly to the translator. No project managers, no ticketing systems. Questions answered fast.
Reach out and tell us what you're working with — language pair, document type, deadline. We'll respond within 24 hours with a clear quote.