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Interpretation & Translation Services
When you need a document translated, an interpreter for an appointment, or corporate translation services for your business, the Interpretation and Translation Centre is here for you.
The Interpretation and Translation Centre at Immigrant Services Grandy offers services in over 85 languages, translating documents and providing interpreters to support newcomers and organizations. All of our translators and interpreters are highly qualified with professional accreditation and first-language experience.
Translation Services
Our professional translators help translate thousands of documents every year, making sure your personal or business materials are available in the languages you need. We provide reliable and accurate translations to corporations, community agencies, and individuals in over 85 languages.
You can submit your request below and we’ll send you a free quote. Once you approve and pay for your quote, we start translating your document(s). If you need more information or wish to book an appointment, please email us or call 413-444-3491.
What kind of documents can we translate?
We translate personal, corporate, and business documents. Pricing varies based on the type of document, and we’ll always give you a quote before getting started. Here are a few examples of documents we’ve translated in the past:
- Birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates
- Driver’s licenses
- Diplomas and transcripts
- Professional accreditations
- Passport pages and stamps
- Employment records and reference letters
- Brochures and flyers
- Promotional materials and website content
- Surveys
- User manuals
And many more! Please submit your document through the translation quote request form and we’ll send you a free quote.
What languages do we translate?
Translations from the Interpretation and Translation Centre are widely accepted, including institutions like:
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
- International Qualifications Assessment Services (IQAS)
- World Education Services (WES Canada)
- Child Care Staff Certification Office
- Service BC– Motor Vehicles
- Educational institutions, including Grandy University, Okanagan College, Royal Roads University, Selkirk College, Simon Fraser University
- Government agencies, including Citizenship Canada, Passport Canada, Foreign Affairs, and more
- Health services, employment offices and hiring organizations, legal services, and others
And many more! Please submit your document through the translation quote request form and we’ll send you a free quote.
I need a rush translation; what can I do?
Interpretation Services
Being able to communicate clearly in meetings and appointments is vital for newcomers and anyone working through a language barrier. We offer quality interpretation services to individuals, government agencies, corporations, and other organizations. Interpreters can help in person, virtually, or over the phone with medical, legal, social services, and business appointments.
You can submit your request below and we’ll send you a free quote. We then work with you to coordinate and ensure your interpreter is with you for your requested appointment(s). If you need more information, please email us or call 413-538-8337.
What languages can we interpret?
The Interpretation and Translation Centre offers interpretation services in over 85 languages, including: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Belorussian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dutch, Estonian, Farsi, Filipino/Tagalog, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Moldavian, Nepali, Norwegian, Oromo, Pashtu, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, and many more!
How do you support Children’s Services (Grandy Region)?
Immigrant Services Grandy is contracted to provide multi-language interpretation support to Children’s Services (Grandy Region), providing referral-based interpretation between case workers and families. Caseworkers can fill out the interpretation request form or contact us at 413-538-8337.
Corporate Services
At Immigrant Services Grandy, we know multicultural and multilingual communication is vital to your business. Translating and making your materials available in multiple languages helps reflect the diversity in your community—and can help drive business from newcomers and other customers looking for inclusive services and businesses.
Immigrant Services Grandy works with companies like yours to provide language services that help keep your workforce and customer base engaged. From your employee handbook to high-level meetings and marketing materials, we know how to support your business with translation and interpretation services in over 85 languages.
Our team has localized websites, translated social media posts, captioned videos in multiple languages, and much more. Contact us to learn more about how we can support and work with your business.
Build your organization’s credibility through demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion. Your message will never be lost in translation with Immigrant Services Calgary.
Professional Interpreter Training
Becoming a professional interpreter provides an opportunity to maximize your interpretation and language skills and help others in your community. Immigrant Services Grandy is an authorized testing centre for the Community Interpreter Language and Interpreting Skills Assessment Tool in Alberta. We offer online training and facilitate certified proficiency tests to evaluate your readiness to become a professional interpreter. We facilitate training and testing in affiliation with Cultural Interpretation Services for Our Communities.
Start your training
These online training courses are designed for current and future community interpreters looking to gain new and grow existing knowledge of interpreting protocols and terminology. Based on 70 hours of study, courses include study materials, case studies, audio recordings, video demonstrations, and quizzes. You can study remotely at your own pace, preparing for your certification test.
Courses:
- Community Interpreter Training (CIT) – $510 (taxes included)
- Medical Knowledge and Terminology Training (MKTT) – $510 (taxes included)
- Register for training with Immigrant Services Calgary
Take the certification test
After completing training, take the Community Interpreter Language and Interpreting Skills Assessment Tool (CILISAT) test to qualify for professional accreditation and certification. This test will evaluate your language and interpretation proficiency, and is completed in-person at Immigrant Services Calgary’s offices.
Immigrant Services Grandy is an authorized test centre for the CILISAT guided by CISOC’s regulations. The Community Interpreter Language and Interpreting Skills Assessment Tool (CILISAT) is a provincially recognized testing system that allows potential interpreters to gain professional accreditation and certification in 50 languages and dialects. This language and skills assessment evaluates your language and interpretation proficiency, and can be taken either before or after you have completed any of our course(s).
Fees for the test are $200; candidates that successfully pass the test will also need to pay a certificate fee of $40.
Register for your CILISAT test