Onsite Interpreter - Wisconsin

Prisma International, Inc.; Green Bay (WI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Prisma International, Inc. is seeking experienced onsite interpreters in Wisconsin to join our team as Independent Contractors. You will provide consecutive or simultaneous interpretation between government representatives and non-English speakers at state sites.

Ideal candidates are fluent in English and a target language, have at least one year of onsite interpreting experience, and hold or can obtain accreditation such as ATA. Wisconsin residency is required, and background checks may apply.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of onsite consecutive or simultaneous interpreting experience.
• Two professional references that can vouch for your work as an onsite interpreter.
• Must reside in the state of WISCONSIN.
• Fully fluent in English and the target language.
• Minimum education: High School Diploma.
• Accreditations: ATA or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide onsite consecutive or simultaneous interpretation between a government representative and LEP speakers.
• Maintain professional expression, enunciation and customer service.
• Deliver accurate concepts and meanings between languages.
• Follow speakers’ direction and manage conversation flow.
• Adhere to applicable ethics and standards; interpret for various state agencies.

Skills

Consecutive interpretation

Simultaneous interpretation

Customer service

Bilingual: English + target language

Education

High School Diploma

ATA accreditation or equivalent

Job description

Prisma International is actively recruiting experienced/qualified, professional Interpreters located in WISCONSIN to join our team as Independent Contractors. As an Interpreter at Prisma, you will be supporting Prisma International’s state government client with onsite (in person) interpretation assignments,

ONSITE Interpreters needed for interpretation between English and the following languages:

SPANISH, plus Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Cantonese, Chin, Croatian, Czech, Dari, Dutch, Farsi,French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hmong, Hindi, Hungarian, Ilocano, Italian, Japanese, Khmer (Cambodian), Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Lao, Mandarin, Marshallese, Mixteco Bajo, Ojibwe, Oromo, Persian, Polish, Portuguese-Brazil, Potawatomi, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Wolof and Yoruba.

If you are a professional onsite interpreter in Wisconsin who meets all requirements and supports a language not listed above, feel free to apply.

Ideal Candidates shall be able to provide:

• Experience with consecutive or simultaneous on-site interpretation between a government representative and non-English speakers
• Polite forms of expression, enunciation, and a high-level of customer service.
• Deliver correct concepts and meanings between speaker and the Limited English Proficient (LEP) speaker.
• Correct grammar, clarity and tones between the two languages.
• Experience with following the speakers’ direction, professionally interject when clarification is needed, and manage the flow of a conversation.
• Refrain from side conversations with the LEP and entering into any disagreement with the customer or LEP
• Compliance with applicable ethics and standards
• Experience in interpreting for different types of State agencies.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• At least one (1) year of onsite consecutive or simultaneous interpreting experience
• Two (2) professional references that can vouch for your work as an onsite consecutive or simultaneous interpreter
• Minimum age: Must be 18+ years or older
• Minimum education: Must have High School Diploma
• Must reside in the state of WISCONSIN
• Full fluency in English and the target language
• Able to provide at least one of the following accreditations:
• American Translation Association (ATA)
• Trained or accredited through a higher education institution

DESIRED SKILLS:

Experience working with Wisconsin state agencies such as the Department of Health Services (DHS), Department of Children and Families (DCF), etc. Professional appearance, polite demeanor and punctual,

SECURITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicants may be subject to a state background check.

IMPORTANT APPLICANT SECURITY NOTICE:

Prisma will never ask for payment information or fee transfers during recruitment or employment preparation. Legitimate outreach for information will only originate from official @prisma.com email addresses.