Testimonial 15

My name is Maria, I am a native Russian speaker and a very fluent English speaker.

Last November I took the Russian Medical interpreter Training at Language Connections in Boston, MA.

Three months later, in February, I started working as an OPI (over-the-phone interpreter) for a nationally recognized leader in the field of remote interpreting. Later I started working as a Per Diem Interpreter for one of the clinical centers in the Longwood Medical Area as well as at Cross-Cultural Communications, Inc. (a contract agency).

In the year and a half since finishing the Language Connections course, I attained national certification with NBCMI.

The Language Connections course in Medical Interpreting prepared me well for my new profession and gave me confidence not only in medical vocabulary, but also in the area of the Medical Interpreters' Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards. The education I received at Language Connections was invaluable - it prepared me both for the interviewing process and for my daily work.

Maria Meylikhova, Russian Medical Interpreter in Boston