Volunteer: Interpreters & translators

Based on their skills and experience, volunteers can be interpreters, translators, both. Interpreters & translators both act as conduits of meaning between two parties that do not speak the same language; and interpreter uses spoken language (or signed) and a translator uses written language. 

As a volunteer interpreter, you will be called upon to remotely help an English-speaking individual properly communicate with a limited-English individual. As a translator, you will help translate written information from English into a non-English language or vice versa. 

• A minimum of 40-hours of interpreter training
• Experience as a professional interpreter
• Dual-language proficiency 
• A cell phone OR a computer with a high-quality microphone, camera & stable internet connection 

None! You can always deny a volunteer request, no questions asked. When you apply to volunteer, you will select the maximum number of appointments you would like per month, we will never exceed that.