Language Line Services Increases Toronto-Based Interpreter Workforce

Recruitment Effort Launched to Meet New Client Demand for Language Interpretation Solutions

Monterey, CA –  (September 5, 2008) – Language Line Services, the world’s leading provider of language-based services, has announced plans to increase its Toronto-based interpreter workforce by 100% to keep up with the exploding demand for its over-the-phone interpretation services. 

This expansion comes on the heels of an effort that began in August 2007 to increase the company’s interpreter workforce globally by nearly 50 percent. Currently, Language Line Services employs more than 4,000 professional interpreters worldwide.  

Louis Provenzano, Language Line Services’ President and Chief Operating Officer, noted that the company continues to grow as a result of favorable market conditions and Language Line Services’ evolving suite of innovative and high quality language solutions.  “Toronto is a market with great talent and we look forward to welcoming a new class of interpreters to the Language Line family during this dynamic time in our history.”

Individuals with strong bilingual skills in all languages who want to become home-based telephone interpreters are encouraged to apply. No prior interpretation experience is required as Language Line Services provides an extensive orientation program accompanied by ongoing training and mentoring for professional fields such as banking, medical, insurance, financial and customer service interpreting for its employees.  

Language Line Services’ interpreters provide services in more than 170 languages that are available to clients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. Interpreters are trained to assist the customers of companies in various fields including banking, telecom and insurance.  In addition, Language Line Services offers phone interpretation to hospitals, courts, 911 call centers, and other emergency first responders across the United States, Canada and United Kingdom.  

Peggy Law, a Cantonese language interpreter who has worked in Toronto for three years, noted that a job with Language Line Services is a great platform to launch a career in the language services industry.  “Working as a Language Line Services interpreter has strengthened my linguistic capabilities and provided me with a broader set of professional skills,” said Peggy. “It is also very rewarding to know that I am helping people every day."

For more information about Language Line Services’ career opportunities, please visit www.languageline.com/careers  or call (800) 532-4441.

About Language Line Services

Language Line Services, the leading provider of telephone interpreting and other language-based services, is a trusted partner to thousands of organizations whose focus is to effectively serve the rapidly expanding market of limited English speakers.

The company delivers a dynamic suite of solutions spanning phone, on-site and video interpreting, translation, transcription, localization and localized software and devices and the only medical interpreter certification program that is externally validated.

Through its leading-edge technology infrastructure, Language Line Services provides support for more than 170 spoken languages and American Sign Language to its industry-leading portfolio of clients across markets including health care, financial services, government, telecom, manufacturing, insurance, entertainment, travel, and more.

For information on how Language Line Services is helping clients achieve their strategic multi-cultural marketing and regulatory compliance objectives, please call 1-800-752-6096.