Spanish Translation: Columbus, Ohio

The Spanish-speaking, Hispanic population in Columbus, Ohio (Franklin County) has increased dramatically over the past few years. Accordingly, the area’s hospitals, healthcare providers, medical suppliers, courts, legal offices, government and social services have met the challenge to ensure that Spanish translations, Spanish interpreters, and culturally appropriate communication is available to the community.

Another article in this blog provides detailed information about the Spanish-speaking and Hispanic population in Central Ohio, based on the most recent information available from the US Census Bureau.

According to the Pew Hispanic Center, data for 2007 shows that the Hispanic population (including non-Spanish speakers of Hispanic origin) in Franklin County had increased by 74% over the 2000 figure (approximately from 24,000 to 42,000)—and doubled from 2% to 4% of the total county population.

For much more detail about the Hispanic population in Ohio and the rest of the United States, visit this page on the Pew Hispanic Center’s site.

ASIST Translations is among the region’s top providers of Spanish translation, interpreting and media production. But we also translate to almost any other language, not just for clients in Ohio but around the world. Our 25 years of experience. state-of-the-art translation tools and systematic approach to quality control ensure that your multilingual communications are professional and effective.

ASIST Translation Services, Inc. is a full-service translation agency located in Columbus, Ohio. We provide translation, interpreting, proofreading, voice recording and media production, localization of interactive and Web content, and specialized language services to clients around the world.

www.ASISTtranslations.com

Translation Industry Terms You Should Know

Translation communicates the meaning of the original written communication in another language. As anyone who has attempted to use a Web-based or “machine” translation can attest, this is not simply a word-by-word process, but also requires a deep understanding of the target culture and context.

Interpreting is similar, but deals with the spoken word. Interpreting can be either consecutive (speakers pause every few sentences for interpreting; this is the most common method for legal, medical and business scenarios, whether onsite or via telephone) or simultaneous (nonstop interpreting, through headphones at a conference, for example).

Transliteration is how the sounds of an original word are approximated using the characters of a different alphabet. As part of the translation process for many ASIST customers, the proper names of employees, the company or its products will be transliterated. Instead of the Latin characters used in English and Romance languages, for example, a series of Cyrillic, Japanese, Chinese, Korean or Thai characters provide a similar pronunciation. Exact matches are not always available in the target language, however—certain sounds can be especially problematic or simply nonexistent. Especially when transliterating company or product names, an informed decision must be made between accurate and “market-friendly” renderings for the target culture. And needless to say, as translators we must be very careful about transliterated equivalents that may have some inappropriate connotation!


ASIST Translation Services, Inc. is a full-service interpreting and translation agency located in Columbus, Ohio. We provide translation, interpreting, proofreading, studio voice recording and media production, localization of interactive and Web content, and specialized language services to clients around the world.

www.ASISTtranslations.com

Foreign-Language Interpreting Services from ASIST

ASIST Translation Services, Inc. has provided interpreting services for over 25 years. ASIST supplies professional interpreters to county & federal Courts, area hospitals, physician offices, social service agencies, numerous law firms, as well as Fortune 500 companies all over the world.

While some of these bilingual individuals may also be qualified as translators (i.e., for written text), the documentation, formal training and skills evaluation that ASIST Translations requires of onsite interpreters comprises a robust system that has been developed and refined steadily over our company history. In addition to the basic requirement of fully competent interpreting in both directions between English and other target languages, candidates must also demonstrate mastery of legal or medical vocabulary, complete training in interpreting ethics, HIPAA compliance, pass background checks, health and drug screenings, as well as pass oral and written tests of their capabilities—both with the languages and the interpreting profession.

ASIST’s interpreting staff networks with nearly 4,000 professional interpreters worldwide to routinely provide onsite interpreting and telephonic interpreting in over 240 languages. Locally, ASIST provides 24-hour onsite interpreting services 365 days per year, currently working with several hundred active and qualified interpreters in central Ohio. Due to the stringent nature of our language screening and testing procedures—including oral and written evaluations—many bilingual candidates apply but few are selected to even attend our introductory interpreter training.

In addition to medical interpreters and consecutive/simultaneous interpreting services to corporate clients, ASIST has provided legal interpreting for over 23 years, to city, county, state and federal courts, as well as public defenders’ offices, law firms and other organizations.

ASIST Translation Services, Inc. is a full-service interpreting and translation agency located in Columbus, Ohio. We provide translation, interpreting, proofreading, studio voice recording and media production, localization of interactive and Web content, and specialized language services to clients around the world.

www.ASISTtranslations.com

ASIST Translation Services

ASIST Translation Services, Inc. is a full-service translation agency, offering translation, consecutive and simultaneous interpreting, DTP or page layout, localization, proofreading, foreign-language voice talents for dialog and voiceover, audio-video recording, and multimedia production services in countless languages and dialects.

The headquarters of ASIST Translations is located in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Please feel free to contact us for more information.

www.ASISTtranslations.com