Community Interpreter Services
Established in 1986, Community Interpreter Services (CIS) assists limited English speakers in accessing legal, health, educational, and other services. Our highly skilled interpreters serve as a crucial link between service providers and limited English speakers. Interpreters are recognized for their quality and service excellence.
Program Facts
- CIS has a network of over 150 trained and professional interpreters who, collectively, speak over 60 languages
- Interpreters are recruited on a regular basis to meet the geographic and linguistic needs of our clients
- CIS can train your employees in techniques for effective intercultural communication through an interpreter
Our Interpreters
- CIS interpreters are proficient in their language and are often native speakers. Many of them are college educated with several years of interpreting experience
- Our interpreters are bilingual and bicultural, possessing the ability to apply cross-cultural insight to each interpreting session
Refugee and Immigration Services
Community Interpreter Services
275 W. Broadway
South Boston, MA 02127
(617) 464-8100
Upcoming Events:
2010 International Medical Interpreters Conference
Ensuring Patient Safety for Language Minority Patients – A New Standard of Care
Date: September 3rd – 5th
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Place:The Joseph B. Martin Conference at Harvard Medical School
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur Avenue
Boston, MA
Community Interpreter Services will be exhibiting and presenting during this conference on Refugee and Immigrant Access to Medical Care.
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