Clark County Onsite Interpreter (OSI)
Prisma International
- Vancouver, WA
- Contract
- Full-time
- Arabic
- Burmese
- Cantonese
- Chin
- Dari
- Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
- Czech
- Dutch
- German
- Greek
- French
- Farsi
- Hindi
- Japanese
- Korean
- Lao
- Haitian Creole
- Hebrew
- Hungarian
- Ilocano
- Khmer (Cambodian)
- Kurdish-Kur Manji
- Mandarin
- Mixteco Bajo
- Persian
- Polish
- Punjabi
- Marshallese
- Oromo
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Samoon
- Somali
- Russian
- Spanish
- Thai
- Ukrainian
- Vietnamese
- Swahili
- Tagalog
- Tigrinya
- Turkish
- Urdu
- Wolof
- Yoruba
- Experience with consecutive or simultaneous on-site interpretation between a government representative and non-English speakers
- Polite forms of expression, enunciation, and a high-level of customer service.
- Deliver correct concepts and meanings between speaker and the Limited English Proficient (LEP) speaker.
- Correct grammar, clarity and tones between the two languages.
- Experience with following the speakers' direction, professionally interject when clarification is needed, and manage the flow of a conversation.
- Refrain from side conversations with the LEP and entering into any disagreement with the customer or LEP
- Compliance with applicable ethics and standards
- Experience in the healthcare, legal, medical, government or court industries.
- At least one (1) year of on-site consecutive or simultaneous interpreting experience
- Two (2) professional references that can vouch for your work as an on-site consecutive or simultaneous interpreter
- Minimum age: Must be 18+ years or older
- Minimum education: Must have High School Diploma
- Must reside within the state of Washington
- Full fluency in English and demonstrated native or near-native level proficiency in target language
- Able to provide at least one of the following accreditations:
- Washington State Department of Social Health Services (DSHS) Language Testing and Certification (LTC).
- American Translation Association (ATA)
- Trained or accredited through a higher education institution
- Experience working with Washington State agencies such as WA Department of L&I, WA State Patrol, WA Department of Agriculture, WA Department of Commerce, etc.