Freelance Interpreters for On-Site and Remote Assignments in State of Washington

Piedmont Global Language Solutions (PGLS) offers language services consisting of interpretation, translation, transcription, language instruction, cultural sensitivity training, and localization. Our network of language professionals provides expertise in more than 200 languages, including regional dialects.

PGLS is looking for freelance Interpreters to provide on-site (OSI) and remote (VRI-OPI) language interpretation services in Spokane, Spokane Valley, Colville, Colbert, TriCities (Pasco, Richland, and Kennewick) in Washington, as well as Idaho cities along the WA border (Post Falls, Coeur d'Alene, Moscow, Lewiston) and cities North of Spokane, WA (Chewelah, Deer Park, Newport, Kettle Falls), as well as Wenatchee, Ephrata, Quincy, Yakima, Ellensburg, Moses Lake, Ritzville, and Othello.

Languages needed include: Marshallese, Spanish, Russian, Karen, Burmese, Pashto, Dari, Kinyarwanda, Swahili, Vietnamese, Arabic, Ukrainian, Tigrinya, Turkish, Mandarin, Chuukese, Punjabi, Bosnian, Amharic, Albanian, Thai, Laotian, Punjabi, Turkish, Tagalog and Portuguese.

If you are proficient in other languages (even if the language is not included in the list) we encourage you to apply as well.

These are “1099” (Independent Contractor) positions.

Interpreter Functions: 

• Serve as an Interpreter between a wide range of people with diverse voices, accents, speaking tempos and personalities.
  
• Provide parties with clear interpretations of verbal communication with no additions or omissions.
  
• Provide interpretations of questions, answers, statements, arguments, explanations, and other forms of verbal communication.
  
• Impart thought, purpose, spirit, emotions, and tone of speaker from source language into target language, and vice-versa.
  
• Inform relevant parties of any factor that may hinder your performance.
  
• Comply with applicable ethics and standards.
  
  

Requirements

• Fluent in speaking/listening, reading/writing in both English and foreign language.
  
• Hold a valid driver’s license, or any government-issued valid form of identification.
  
• Ability to commute to assigned location.
  
• Preferably based in the above mentioned area.
  
• Access to a mobile phone.
  
• Certified Interpreter preferred, but not required.
  

• Interpreting experience, paid or as a volunteer

• Two (2) relevant professional references that can vouch for the candidate’s work as an interpreter OR one (1) relevant professional reference and one (1) relevant professional letter of recommendation

• Proficiency in English and target language.

•  University degree in Interpretation
  
  

Benefits