The U.S. Census Bureau just announced that the 2010 Census showed the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2010, was 308,745,538.

The resident population represented an increase of 9.7 percent over the 2000 U.S. resident population of 281,421,906.

The resident population represents the total number of people in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

• The most populous state was California (37,253,956);


• The least populous, Wyoming (563,626);


• The state that gained the most numerically since the 2000 Census was Texas (up 4,293,741 to 25,145,561) and;


• The state that gained the most as a percentage of its 2000 Census count was Nevada (up 35.1% to 2,700,551).

But the Northeast and the Midwest also grew: 1,722,862 and 2,534,225.

Beginning in February and wrapping up by March 31, 2011, the Census Bureau will release demographic data to the states on a rolling basis.

Get the full U.S. Census Bureau 2010 story here - http://2010.census.gov/2010census/

From the HuffingtonPost.com by Louis Provenzano...

The release this past week of the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) makes it clear that America's ethnic makeup is changing much quicker than ever before, raising questions about how we as a country should support the evolving needs of a truly multicultural population.

The suburbs are booming with immigrants.

And, last year alone, 48 percent of newborns were members of minority groups, a serious challenge for the educational system (see New York Times article "Immigrants Make Paths to Suburbia, Not Cities").

Not only do we risk having an uneducated populace as new immigrant groups typically struggle to assimilate for multiple generations, we face challenges in the courts, social services, health care, even emergency calls for 911 because of language-based issues.

Certainly Hispanic immigrants are having the greatest impact, but the concerns extend beyond just one language with more than 170 languages and dialects spoken in the U.S.

Read the rest of this HuffingtonPost.com article here >>

Louis Provenzano is President & COO of Language Line Services.

Three important messages from the National Board of Certified Medical Interpreters...

News Release - Washington, D.C. - (December 23, 2010) -The National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters, which launched the first national certification exam in Spanish in October 2009 and bestows the Certified Medical Interpreter (CMI) designation, has been awarded a grant effective December 21, 2010 by the Oregon Office of Multicultural Health & Services for the development of oral certification exams in five additional languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese and Russian.

Read the complete news release on PRNewswire.com here

From the NBCMI Newsletter - As interpreters take and pass both the written and oral exams and receive their Certified Medical Interpreter (CMI) credential, they are jubilant.

"This has made my day!" said one, and "I am so happy and excited to be certified!" said another.

Sylvia Vazquez, Interpretation Services Manager, University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, is the first interpreter in Nevada to receive the CMI credential.

"I am so pleased to be the first in Nevada," she said. "Certification will transform the way professional medical interpreters are viewed and we will be valued as an integral part of the health care team. I encourage interpreters nationwide to take the certification exams without delay."

These first pioneers to get certified are leading the way, as many of their colleagues seek to emulate them. This will have a ripple effect in the field of medical interpreting and move our profession steadily forward.

They can put CMI next to their name, and appear in an online national registry of certified interpreters: www.certifiedmedicalinterpreters.org/registry While you are visiting our website, be sure to download your own copy of our newsletter here.

The Road to National Certification for Medical Interpreters (CMI) Video Documentary

Now available on YouTube.com and through the National Board website.

"The Road to Certification for Medical Interpreters" provides behind the scenes commentary of this important effort and achievement including interviews with many of the key contributors who worked tirelessly to achieve a validated certification for this unique profession.

Selected News of the Month

• "State of Oregon First to Adopt National Certification for Medical Interpreters" by Louis Provenzano in the Huffington Post


• Oregon Awards Grant to National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters For Test Expansion in Five Additional Languages


• Government Agencies Across Texas Get Access To Nation's Top Language Services Provider


• "Lost in translation no longer; Interpretation company to ease communication", Times Record News.com


• "Census Bureau Survey Draws Attention to Need for More Proactive Multicultural Approach" by Louis Provenzano in the Huffington Post


• Joint AT&T and Language Line Report: Support of Customers in Their Native Language Gives Competitive Advantage to Businesses

Read more Language Line Services news here >>

From Use News & World Report...

"As one of the 50 Best Careers of 2011, interpreting and translating should have strong growth over the next decade."

"Pharmaceutical inserts, instruction manuals, and textbooks-these are just a few of the documents that translators rework in English or other languages.

"At courthouses around the country and conferences throughout the world, interpreters help people of different tongues communicate.

"While both interpreters and translators convert one language into another, interpreters work with the spoken word, and translators the written word.

"But choosing this occupation means learning more than a foreign language; you also must thoroughly understand the subject you're communicating about.

"You'll relay not only words, but complicated concepts and ideas, as well as the cultural subtleties that accompany them."

Read more of this article in U.S. News' "Best Careers 2011"

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Now, read the next article because Language Line Services is hiring!

Language Line Services, the leader in language interpretation, is seeking to increase its interpreter team in many languages, as well as offering a wide variety of corporate openings.

Dual Role Interpreters in California

An exciting new opportunity is available to experienced interpreters living in the Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange county areas. Interpreters will now be able to do both on-site, face-to-face interpreting as well as over-the-phone interpreting in the following languages: Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Korean, Russian, Farsi, Armenian, and Japanese.

As for work-at-home, over-the-phone interpreters, we have openings in a number of languages including:

• Arabic
• French
• Somali
• Cantonese
• Korean
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Vietnamese

As well as...

• Bambara,
• Cakchiquel
• Cape Verdean (Portuguese Creole)
• Chamorro
• Chru
• Dakota
• Garre
• Hausa
• Lusoga
• Mankon
• Punu
• Susu
• Trique
• and several others (see our Web site)

And, finally, available Corporate opportunities include:

• Human Resources Coordinator
• Sales Executive - Federal Government
• Senior Sales Executives in Business Partnership Development, Healthcare, Government, General Markets, and Face-to-Face Interpretation
• Account Managers in Healthcare and General Markets
• Business Manager - Face-to-Face Interpretation
• Reporting Analyst - SQL Server

For non-interpreter positions, please apply at: www.languageline.com/careers. Click on "Apply Today" under "Corporate Careers" and follow the directions to add your profile.

EEO/AA Employer.

* Some positions may have been filled by the time you apply. However, new positions open every week.

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