Updated September 2022. Topic: Should you use onsite or phone interpretation? In a previous blog about interpreting in American Sign Language, we covered a number of important points about interpreting in general, but there’s so much more that can be said about it. It really is a career path like no other – demanding, stressful, exciting, exhausting. If you have a few minutes, take a look at this short video from 2008. In the video, two young professionals give an abbreviated glimpse at everything they do.
The stress isn’t all focused on the interpreter, either. If, as a business owner, you were to find yourself in need of interpretation services, would you know what to do? You’d contact a language service provider to start making the arrangements, naturally. And if you were to contact us at TrueLanguage, we would present you with some options you probably didn’t know you had.
Onsite interpretation
You may well think of language interpretation as an in-person affair. An onsite interpreter can be a very welcome human presence. As such, they can provide an identifiable face speaking in the native language of a person in great need of assistance. This can take place in a hospital room, on the witness stand, etc. Onsite interpretation can also be expensive in the extreme. And for all they have to be capable of at a moment’s notice, professional interpreters deserve a hefty paycheck! So, to fill your onsite interpretation needs without exceeding your budget, we’ll do our best to connect you with an interpreter who lives at or near where you need them.
But this may not be possible, which would entail the same expenses associated with any travels for work, on top of the interpretation costs. Examples of these are airfare, car rental, accommodation, per diems, all the rest of it. Likewise, costs mount high when you have to bring the interpreters to you! However, in many cases, we can bring you and the interpreter together through technology, without either of you having to change your location.
How? Over the phone.
Phone Interpretation
A single client who needs help communicating? Consider telephone interpretation. With a brief initial set-up, TrueLanguage can provide you with your own dedicated interpretation phone number. Once this has been completed, you need only call – we will connect with a phone interpreter in your needed language, who will then take part in your dialogue, interpreting consecutively for you and your client. Easy, direct, and cost-effective – even if you have to wait for an available interpreter, we’ll only charge for the minutes you use, not the minutes you spend waiting.
In person or not, close-up or long-distance, interpreters are amazing individuals. If you need onsite or phone interpretation services, or even just to learn more about them, contact us today.
Consider a Partnership with TrueLanguage
Are you looking for a partnership with a language service provider? If so, you may wish to consider TrueLanguage. We offer ISO-certified state-of-the-art business translation services that are on budget, on time, and to the exact specification. Every time. Or perhaps you’re just looking for a cost-free, no-obligation estimate for your next translation project. Either way, we’d love to hear from you!
