Save the Date! 6th Annual National Medical Interpreter Certification Forum - April 30th

Join:

• Rita Weil (Chair, National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters),
• Izabel Arocha (Executive Director, International Medical Interpreters Association),
• Louis Provenzano (President & CEO, Language Line Services),
• and many other leaders in medical interpetation

On Monday, April 30th in Tulsa, Oklahoma

The Forum's Preliminary Agenda Includes:

• National Medical Interpreter Certification Updates
• Expansion of the Oral Exam into Other Languages
• Certification Implementation
• Certification Testimonials
• Enhanced CLAS Standards
• New Revised Joint Commission Standards for Patient-Centered Communication
• Language Access for Native Americans
• Uniting to Defend Language Access
• and much more

Once again, please Save the Date! 6th Annual National Medical Interpreter Certification Forum for Monday, April 30th in Tulsa

If you'd like to receive updates by email as we get closer to the April 30 date, please send an email to newsletter@languageline.com and include "6th Annual NMIC Forum" in the subject line.

Hope to see you there!

Recently shared by Nataly Kelly* on Twitter, here are three new reports on interpretation.

InterpretAmerica provides access to some of the most up-to-date information on the interpreting profession and industry.

These three publications, all free for downloading from this page, are either commissioned or sponsored by InterpretAmerica.

• "Interpreting: Full Speed Ahead, Blazing a Trail Toward National Unity" by Marjory Bancroft With Barry S. Olsen and Katharine Allen


• "The Interpreting Marketplace: A Study of Interpreting in North America" by Nataly Kelly, Robert G. Stewart, and Vijayalaxmi Hegde


• "Interpreting and the Law: An Introduction to Key Legal Issues Facing the Interpreting Profession" by Bruce L. Adelson, Esq.

InterpretAmerica is bringing the 3rd North American Summit on Interpreting to Language Line Services' hometown, Monterey, California, this coming June 15 and 16. Join us!

* Nataly Kelly is the Chief Research Officer at Common Sense Advisory, an independent market research firm dedicated to language services and technology.

Among the most surprising qualities of "Babel No More," Michael Erard's globe-trekking adventure in search of the world's virtuosos of language learning, is that a book dealing with language acquisition and polyglot linguistics can be so gripping.

But indeed it is - part travelogue, part science lesson, part intellectual investigation, it is an entertaining, informative survey of some of the most fascinating polyglots of our time.

How is it, Erard asks, that certain people are able to accumulate what for the average person is a daunting number of languages?

What are the secrets of polyglots who can master 6, 26, 96 languages?

What are their quirks and attitudes? Are their brains wired differently from ours?

Erard, a journalist who writes frequently on language and whose previous book was "Um . . . : Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean," begins by visiting Bologna, Italy, the hometown of one of history's most distinguished polyglots, the 19th-century cardinal Giu­seppe Mezzofanti.

The cardinal is said to have known 45, 50, 58 or even more languages, depending on whom you ask.

Read the rest of this fascinating N.Y. Times' review here http://nyti.ms/wJa6nE

Find "Babel No More" here http://www.amazon.com/Babel-No-More-Extraordinary-Language/dp/1451628250

New York Times Review by: Peter Constantine has translated works from German, Russian, French, modern Greek, ancient Greek, Italian, Albanian, Dutch, Slovene and other languages. He is the author of "Japanese Street Slang".

• Celebrating Language Line Services' 30th Anniversary of Serving Limited English Speakers (VIDEO)


• Language Line Services Launches Foreign Language Center of Excellence (COE) to Support Government Agencies, Meet Mandates


• Learn more about the Language Center of Excellence in this newly published white paper

Read more Language Line Services news here >>

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.

Over-the-phone, Certified Medical Spanish Interpreters (CMI) to work from home in the U.S. Must have passed the National Medical Interpreter Certification Exam or be CMI certified through Language Line Services.

We are very actively seeking two experienced on-site interpreters in Contra Costa County, California. One in Punjabi, the other in Farsi. Formal training/certification preferred.

We are also seeking professionals in California capable of performing dual-roles of over-the-phone as well as on-site interpreting.

As for work-at-home, over-the-phone interpreters, we have openings, especially in Spanish, and in a number of other languages. Please visit the "Careers" section of our website for current interpreter openings.

And, finally, top Corporate opportunities, all in Monterey, CA include:

• Database Administrator-MS SQL Server
• Payroll Specialist
• Tax Manager
• Sales Associate
• Payroll Specialist

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 up every week. Visit our Career Center here >>

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