Business Interpreting And The Industries That Need Your Help
Business interpreting allows bilingual adults to turn language proficiency into a profitable career. Working as a language professional means you are more than bilingual. In fact, becoming a language interpreter means that you have learned the technical skills, and specialized training the job requires. Of course, being bilingual is a valuable skill and asset to have in any job or industry. But the fact remains that just knowing two languages is just the starting point. In reality, the specialized trainings you learn in business interpreting school are just as important in order to communicate employment matters with ESL workers (who speak English as a Second Language). But what is business interpreting anyways? And how necessary is it?
What industries need business interpreting?
Professional business interpreters ensure that companies keep their workers safe, compliant and informed…regardless of language proficiency levels. In fact, OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) directives require safety trainings to be provided in a language and vocabulary that employees can understand.” That’s why business interpreters are needed in every industry that hires or contracts a bilingual workforce. Here are just a few examples:
Why do bilingual adults need business interpreting training?
Being proficient in two languages is incredibly powerful - especially in an age where information and technology are being distributed to global markets. But professional language interpreting is another skillset entirely. Especially when companies require their workforce to put their personal safety in jeopardy, remaining in compliance is a matter of legal obligation. In simple terms: a construction company cannot trust any bilingual person, when they have welders literally dangling off the side of a building. It just isn’t going to happen. They need a trained business interpreter, with the skillset to provide reliable language translation services with confidence. Our business interpreting training course teaches:
- Technical and regulatory vocabulary (like OSHA, HAZMAT, blood pathogens etc)
- Different interpreter techniques and when they are appropriate
- Cultural mediation in professional settings
- Professional ethics and confidentiality
What to do with a business interpreter certificate?
A business interpreter certificate course can do a lot for your career. Our 6-week online interpreter training program is taught by experienced professional instructors. Our hybrid structure provides the high-quality remote learning that makes us unique. While also giving you the flexibility of individual learning. Plus, your interpreting certificate is applicable for an industry you already work in, like:
- Interpret a safety training for handling hazardous chemicals
- Ensure that an ESL workforce understands how to operate the new forklift
- Answer audience questions as a conference interpreter
- Review contracts for a bilingual finance institution
- Help ESL clients find a home in the real estate industry
Our online translator classes are taught by expert instructors ✅ who have real-world experience in their interpreting specialty. They have worked hard to make fully remote online courses that are unique and engaging ✅ using a hands-on approach that is unparalleled by the competition. If you or someone you know is interested in our online Medical Interpreter Training Programs with live instruction✅, our fully remote yet real time classes ✅ are offered in Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Vietnamese, Farsi, French, Hindi, Korean, Somali, Urdu, Ukrainian languages online and onsite.
