Here is a list of resources of diverse types that translators and interpreters may find useful, informative or enlightening. Follow the menu on the right for language specific links. If you know of other resources that should be included, or there is a problem with a current resource or link, please send e-mail to webmaster@netaweb.org.
Amended by Ilse Andrews July 22, 2005
For programs outside Massachusetts, the ATA sells a country-wide listing of institutions that offer T&I training. www.atanet.org, e-mail: ata@atanet.org.
Boston University offers certificate programs in medical and legal interpreting for people able to speak, read, and write English and Spanish or English and Portuguese fluently.
www.bu.edu/professional/programs/certificate/Interpreter/index.html
12 Post
Office Square, Boston MA 02109
Contact:
Janice Smith
e-mail:
cpe@bu.edu,
Tel. 617-353-4497
Cambridge College offers a medical interpreter program as part of an undergraduate degree, or as non-degree professional training. Students must demonstrate proficiency in one target language: Arabic, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish, or Vietnamese.
www.cambridgecollege.edu/undergraduate/show_program.cfm?ProgramIndex=72
1000 Mass
Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138,
Tel. 800 877-4723
Program Director: Diane Lolli
e-mail: diane.lolli@cambridgecollege.edu
Cross Cultural Communication Systems, Inc., Winchester MA offers programs in legal and medical interpretation for speakers of Spanish, Portuguese, and other languages. The firm also offers a 3-semester program in Portuguese < > English translation.
www.cccsorg.com/
Contact:
Zarita Araujo-Lane
e-mail:
zaraujo_lane@cccsorg.com
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation, Institute for Linguistic and Cultural Skills offers a training program to enable participants to become competent medical interpreters. This training meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Emergency Room Interpreting Law (ERIL).
www.harvardpilgrim.org/portal/page?_pageid=213,193564&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Fela
Alvarado,
617-509-6039
e-mail:
felicita_alvarado@hphc.org
The Massachusetts Court System, Office of Court Interpreter Services provides training to interpreters employed by the court. Currently the Office employs over 100 interpreters of languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Khmer, Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Vietnamese, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Polish, and Russian.
www.mass.gov/courts/admin/planning/ocisfaqs.html#interpreters
Two Center Plaza,
Ninth Floor
Boston, MA 02108
Contact:
Leonor Figueroa-Feher Ph.D., Training Coordinator
Tel. 617 878 0261
e-mail:
leonor.figueroa.feher@jud.state.ma.us . Dr. Feher
also will send notices to all interpreters in the system.
The Massachusetts Medical Interpreters Association is continuing to work towards a certification process for medical interpreters in Massachusetts.
www.mmia.org
President:
Izabel Arocha
Tel. 781-801-6898
e-mail:
Iarocha@challiance.org
U. Mass., Boston offers an intensive six-credit undergraduate certificate program that has been specially designed to provide qualified applicants with a comprehensive introduction to professional court interpretation.
www.ccde.umb.edu/certificates/spanishcourt/index.html
Margaret
Fitzgerald
Tel.
617.287.7550
e-mail:
margaret.fitzgerald@umb.edu
Bristol Community College offers a certificate program in Portuguese/English Community Interpreting.
www.bristol.mass.edu/catalog/ca1_porC.htm
Program
director:
José F
Costa, Professor of
Portuguese
Tel. 508 678
2811
e-mail:
jcosta@bristol.mass.edu
U. Mass., Amherst offers an interdepartmental program to certify qualified students in general language interpretation in French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, or Portuguese, or in other languages as a special project.
www.umass.edu/ug_programguide/interpreter.html
Contact:
Edwin Gentzler, Director, Translation Center
Office: 19
Herter
Tel.:
413-545-2203
e-mail:
gentzler.complit@umass.edu
U. Mass., Boston offers a two-semester, 12-credit certificate program intended for bilingual (English-Spanish) speakers who wish to learn, improve, or expand their knowledge and skills in oral or written translation.
www.ccde.umb.edu/certificates/spanishtrans/
Margaret
Fitzgerald
Tel.
617.287.7550
margaret.fitzgerald@umb.edu