Report shows top languages in U.S. after Spanish
Arabic, Mandarin and Vietnamese were the top spoken languages in the United States after Spanish between the first quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012, reports standardspeaker.com. The article, which pulled data from Language Line Services’ quarterly Interpreter Demand Index, stated that businesses, local governments, court systems, emergency services and health care agencies [...]
Demand for interpretations grows exponentially
More than 200 languages are spoken in Southern California, and the demand for companies that offer over-the-phone interpretations is growing exponentially, reports the Los Angeles Times. Language Line Services, a Monterey, Calif.-based company with annual revenue of $300 million, is the global industry leader and the company that banks, hospitals and other industries rely on [...]
Language Line Services plans to hire 2,000 interpreters
Language Line Services, the nation’s leading over-the-phone interpretation company, plans to hire 2,000 new interpreters this year, reports the San Francisco Business Times The Monterey, Calif.-based company says about 10 percent of the new hires will be in the greater Bay Area. Among them, 1,300 will be Spanish-speaking interpreters, along with 700 others who are [...]
Multicultural opportunities in marketing on the rise
An op-ed in today’s issue of Bulldog Reporter’s Daily ‘Dog by Louis F. Provenzano Jr., CEO of Language Line Services, discusses the multicultural opportunities emerging in the United States thanks to an increasingly linguistically diverse country. Studies show that ethnic groups are four times more likely to purchase a product when presented with buying opportunities [...]
Language Interpretation Services in Health Care Industry Reach Tipping Point in 2010
By Louis Provenzano President of Language Line Services As posted on The Huffington Post More than 24 million U.S. residents speak a language other than English or have trouble communicating clearly without resorting to their native tongues. The new health care plan being debated in Congress promises to bring millions more of these legal immigrants [...]
