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How to Get Started with Freelance Interpreting

If you have ever traveled to a foreign country or met someone from a different cultural background, you may have experienced the struggles of dealing with a language barrier. Within informal encounters, linguistic and cultural barriers can normally be brushed off...

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Interpreter Spotlight: Meet Beth Podber

Beth Podber is an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter and Interpreter Services Coordinator at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital. This is the latest in our series of Liberty Language Services Blog posts highlighting the variety of careers available in the...

Beth Podber

Interpreter Spotlight: Meet Mireya Pérez

This is the sixth in a series of Liberty Language Services Blog posts highlighting the variety of careers available in the field of interpreting, and the variety of professional language specialists who work as interpreters. Meet Mireya Pérez, professional...

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What are the Different Types of Interpretation

Professional interpreting services greatly benefit organizations, which must manage teams that are both linguistically and geographically diverse. Interpretation services are used all over the world for a wide variety of purposes. However, those purposes are not...

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Interpreter Spotlight: Meet Jorge Escobedo

This is the fifth in a series of Liberty Language Services Blog posts highlighting the variety of careers available in the field of interpreting, and the variety of professional language specialists who work as interpreters.  How long have you been working as an...

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Interpreter Spotlight: Meet Carlos Mendez

This is the fourth in a series of Liberty Language Services Blog posts highlighting the variety of careers available in the field of interpreting, and the variety of professional language specialists who work as interpreters.  How long have you been working as an...

Carlos Mendez

Interpreter Spotlight: Meet Vanessa Nino, MPA, CMI-Spanish

This is the third in a series of Liberty Language Services Blog posts highlighting Vanessa Nino and the variety of careers available in the field of interpreting, and the variety of professional language specialists who work as interpreters. This interview features...

Vanessa Nino

What Percentage of the US are English Speakers?

Introduction The English language is the global unifier. It is the language billions of people around the world want to speak, not for a love of the United States, but as a means of economic empowerment. One study has linked English speakers to higher income and a...

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Is Being Bilingual Enough? How to Become An Interpreter

Introduction Who doesn’t dream of being the voice behind the voice or the voice echoing the voice? Being an interpreter looks like a fantastic job, and it is. If you have a love for languages, this might be the career path for you. But how? We have outlined below...

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