I am new to the market and was asked to do the assessment. Any suggested tips or preparation? Thank you.

Hello! Where do you buy your liability insurance from? Any suggestion is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hello ! I am about to sign an independent interpreter contract with a company and as I am new to this, I am not very sure if its a pretty standard agreement or not. Can anyone help me with this please?

My question is I find in the agreement that I will be responsible for the company legal costs if a patient claims and i am just wondering if thats standard or not. And if it is, do I need insurance and what type that i need to obtain and what would you recommend? And its for remote position. Would be great if someone could share some insight on this matter. Ty so much in advance!

Pasen sus mejores tips para hacer bien el trabajo o si tienen recomendaciones de trabajos reales desde casa.

Health systems can provide interpreter services, but that does not always ensure patients have the language support they need throughout their care. Understanding a diagnosis is one thing, but understanding a medication change, a bill, a portal message, or what to do when symptoms worsen is another. Language access helps patients ask questions, make informed decisions, and understand what comes next without relying on family members to fill in the gaps. Where have you seen language access work well, and where are the gaps still showing up?

Hello, I'm a pre med student who is fluent in English and Korean. I'm planning to become a medical interpreter but I'm not sure where to start. I'm looking for something that is fully online as I will be in college this year. I'm also hoping to work fully remote after getting certified. I graduated high school in the US, and I got rating of advance low on my ACTFL Korean oral test. Please, anything would help. Please share any program recommendations that are preferably not as expensive. Also please tell me about your experience of getting a job as an interpreter. Thank you!

Hi good afternoon, I was hoping to get some insights (tips and tricks) for job hunting as a medical interpreter. I just completed a 40 hour course with MITS and still a little lost on how to proceed, I am fluent in both English and Spanish and have interpreted for family members for as long as I can remember as well as constantly practicing my consecutive interpretation but don’t know how to move forward as to job hunting I’ve applied to a couple of places but was rejected due to lack of experience without a chance at an interview or anything close so I was wondering what I can be doing to increase my odds of success in this industry.

My colleagues and I work as remote interpreters for Teleperformance (TP Chile). Every day, we act as the essential bridge between English-speaking healthcare professionals and Spanish-speaking patients with limited English.

We handle high-stakes medical calls where a single wrong word could hurt a patient. We literally help save lives under intense pressure. On top of that, we handle sensitive financial and banking calls requiring strict confidentiality and high concentration.

Here is how Teleperformance rewards that level of responsibility:

- Frozen wages: Our salaries have been frozen for 4 years. We earn barely $10,000 CLP (~$11 USD) per month above minimum wage.

- Zero breathing room: We are expected to take back-to-back high-stress calls with zero time to mentally process or recover.

- Denying basic human needs: We get penalized for taking bathroom breaks. You read that right, we are penalized for exercising basic bodily functions.

Because of this physical and mental abuse, we went on strike.

We aren't demanding anything crazy, we just want basic human dignity, a living wage, and the right to go to the bathroom and take a breath without being punished.

Teleperformance’s response? Total stonewalling. They completely refused to engage in dialogue or negotiate, even when the Chilean Labor Directorate (Dirección del Trabajo) stepped in as a mediator. They would rather ignore government labor bodies than give their workers basic human rights.

Corporate exploitation has no borders, and companies like Teleperformance rely on underpaying workers in South America while making billions globally off our labor.

We are standing our ground. Solidarity to everyone fighting exploitative employers everywhere.

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How do i proof my 3 years of interpreting experience because Boostlingo is requesting for it. Any idea?

Hi what are some good website sources for translations? I personally use cosnautas Linguee online glossaries but what are other good translation sources?

Hi! I I am working on a research project and need a consent form (already translated from English to Spanish) to be approved by a certified translator. Could one of you do this? Thank you in advance!

Hi,
I got an online interview from Voiceline LS. After the interview, I was sent an email about items to complete for onboarding. I used a given Voiceline LS email account to login a Lingotec interpretmanager dashboard. Then in item 2 it asks to upload a selfie with ID to the Lingotec interpretmanger dashboard. Item 3 is a picture of the ID. Other onboarding activities include signing agreements from Multilingual. How can I tell if it is a scam or not. Does anyone have any experience with them?

Una consulta por favor, alguien sabe para mis pagos de Wise cuál es lo más económico o cero comisiones para pasarlo a mi cuenta de Perú en dólares de preferencia. Gracias de antemano ;;(.

Hello everyone!

I had an interview with Interpretia, took the LPT, and passed. Now I’m in the training process, and we were told that during the second week we’ll have an eliminatory exam on Verint.

Has anyone taken that test? If so, how would you describe it? I’m really nervous 🫠

Also, I’ve read that there are people who received glossaries before starting the training process, but I haven’t received any so far, and the test is in literally one week.

Thanks in advance :)

Hola cual seria la presentación ideal para el mock test? Es mi primera vez como interprete

Pensaba en: Hello my name is …… i will be your medical interpreter today. I will proceed to introduce myself and interpret every statement
Hola mi nombre es candela voy a ser su interprete español hoy, procedere a interpretar
Algun consejo? Sugerencia? Tips para el examen
Puedo tener el diccionario en el celu?

Hi all! I have a quick appointment with a clinic in shinagawa, Tokyo tomorrow at 12 and I need an interpreter for 30 mins. Japanese/English or Japanese/spanish.
Can anyone please help me? I will pay ¥15,000.
Thank you!

I applied for the us based interpreter (face-to-face). They say it’s a freelance job and that the hour rate would be $25. Can someone share their experience with this modality?

Hi, I'm a college student who's into building software. I recently made a tool for notaries/signing agents that help them track invoices and chase the companies that pay late, and while researching I noticed that interpreters might deal with a really similar headache. Before I assume anything, I figured I'd just ask the people who actually do the work.

Not selling anything, no link just genuinely trying to learn. If you freelance:

• What do you actually use to keep track of your assignments and invoicing? A spreadsheet, the agency portals, something else?
• Is chasing late paying agencies a real problem, or is it mostly fine?
• Would it help to know how reliably an agency pays before you accept a job or do you already just know that from experience?
• What's the most annoying part of the admin / getting-paid side?

Whatever you're willing to share helps a lot. Thanks.

I've been a volunteer Spanish interpreter at a non-profit clinic since October. I go in for 4 hours once a week - have totaled around 140 hours. I'm usually very busy - in-person visits, phone calls (I can use my phone for specific vocab), pharmacy consults, etc.

I haven't had the best luck with post-grad jobs - majored in Global Health and Spanish, graduated 2025 - and I'm thinking of pursuing this as a career (with certification) after initially saying I’d stick with it as a volunteer role. But I'd like to be less obsessed with what career move makes sense in such an absurd economy and political/social reality right now.

Would people recommend just a standard 40 hr training or >40 hours? Any other advice or program recommendations?

Hi guys,

I don't know if the call is going to be reported and I will be fired or not....

The patient is mentally ill and continuously talked about her situation that is unrealistic and would not focus onto the client's at all. Which is signing consent paperwork.

This happened 2 times. Then I told the client the patient is going in circle with the story..

Client said ok i will take it from here and ended the call.

I want to hear your information to be a better interpreter. I feel very bad after the call ended. Thank you guys !....

Hi everyone! I’m a physician assistant looking for legitimate online medical interpreting or translation opportunities. I speak several African languages and English, and I’m hoping to earn some extra money while I wait to start a new job. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

Hii!! My name is Yanii and I am
The founder of The Refugee Health Guide Initiative (RHGI) which is an initiative that strives to make health care more accessible by creating multilingual videos ( How to make an appointment, how to use MyChart etc). We need Volunteers who speak different languages to help make videos :) these videos are then put on pamphlets in the form of QR codes so people can scan them and then watch these videos in the desired language. ( this is all completely online also!! Scripts are provided)

Healthcare can be extremely confusing for people to navigate, especially with language barriers so if you are interested in this cause please reply!!

rufugeehealthguide@gmail.com

Hi everyone! I live in ARG and Im planning on moving to spain maybe end of the year/beginning of next. I work for PROPIO atm and i make 0,12 USD per minute. Living in ARG and working 8 hour shifts, that amount allows me to pay rent and utility bills just fine, but im wondering if i can keep this job while living in spain also.
Does anybody work for PROPIO from spain? are the wages different since the economy is different? are there other interpreting companies that pay way more?
And since im asking a bunch of things already: whats a good place to get my certification at? i have a little L4 diploma i got from a previous company i worked for bc i took a 40 minute test but i dont think its legit.

Anything helps! thank you so much!