Boston University in Boston offers a certificate program in community interpreting. This program is especially fitting for multilingual professionals who can speak, write and read fluently in both English and another language, such as Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese. Courses in the program include interpreter testing, introduction to communication/written translation and community/public service interpreting. Students specifically learn social service interpreting vocabulary and the proper way to work with government representatives and other individuals. Through the program, students can work for entities such as state agencies, neighborhood clinics, the news media, attorneys or even police departments. Founded in 1839, the private Boston University is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, according to Education-Portal.com.
Boston University
Center for Professional Education
1010 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
866-633-9370
professional.bu.edu/cpe/interpreter-translator-comm.asp
The Harvard University Extension School in Cambridge offers extension courses of translation for Spanish and French. Students studying Spanish read Spanish texts from the media, the humanities and the social sciences, according to 7brands.com, a professional translation company headquartered in New York. They also translate a critical document or story into English and review Spanish grammar. Students studying French also translate moderately difficult French works into English. The private Harvard University Extension School was founded in 1910 and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, according to the Harvard Gazette.
Harvard University
Harvard Extension School
51 Brattle St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-4024
extension.harvard.edu/default.jsp
The University of Massachusetts Translation Center at Amherst offers a master's degree program in translation studies, interpreting certificate programs and both graduate and undergraduate classes in interpreting and translation. The master's program includes an exam as well as a thesis. The exam tests students on their translation skills and includes texts based on the student's area of specialty such as business, literature or technical areas. For the thesis, students can translate business-related texts or literary works or compare several translations of a text. In addition, certificate programs teach students how to interpret for health care providers and patients in a medical setting or the skills needed to work as interpreters in a variety of other settings. The University of Massachusetts Translation Center was founded in 1980, according to "UMass Amherst Magazine." The university is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
University of Massachusetts
The Translation Center
19 Herter Hall
Amherst, MA 01003
413-545-2203
umasstranslation.com/academics