ISL is excited and extremely proud to announce that our Level 3 Certificate in Community Interpreting qualification has been nominated and shortlisted for not just one, but two E-Learning Awards! In August, we were notified that our Level 3 qualification is a finalist in the Training Journal Awards 2016 in the category ‘Best Private/Commercial Programme’ If that wasn’t…
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You might have read in the news that the CCS framework has recently been awarded. This is big news for interpreters working in the Public Sector because it can have an impact on the type of work opportunities that you will receive and the diversity of the work that you can fulfil. Because of this…
16 AUGUST, 2016 ISL were delighted to learn that their Innovative Level 3 Certificate in Community Interpreting has been shortlisted for the Best private/commercial programme category at the Training Journal’s 11th TJ Awards. Established in 2006, the purpose of the Training Journal Awards is to promote excellence, best practice and innovation in Training and Learning & Development,…
19 AUGUST, 2016 Global language services company thebigword has today signed the biggest interpreting contract in Europe – a deal worth up to £120m to provide face-to-face, telephone interpreting and translations to the Ministry of Justice in the UK.The international business, which employs more than 550 people from 11 offices around the world and already…
Issue no 7, 13/08/16 Welcome to this issue of the ISL Newsletter. We hope that you find the content useful and enjoyable. If you would like to get involved or have some ideas about what we can feature, please email the team on in**@*********ts.com. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ISL would like to congratulate the following students for their…
05 August 2016 Volunteers fluent in a second language are being sought by the interpreting and translation service at Nottingham’s hospitals. Every day patients with a wide range of language needs are treated at the Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital – and assistance is often needed to help them communicate with healthcare professionals. The…
Issue no 6, 22/07/16 Welcome to this issue of the ISL Newsletter. We hope that you find the content useful and enjoyable. If you would like to get involved or have some ideas about what we can feature, please email the team on in**@*********ts.com. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ISL recently held a competition via our Facebook page. We wanted…
ISL are very pleased to announce that we are now a corporate member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI). Who are ITI? The Institute of Translation & Interpreting (ITI) is the UK’s only dedicated association for practising translation and interpreting professionals. ITI has over 3000 interpreter and translator members who specialise in…
At ISL, we are always seeking to expand our team of specialists so if you think your skills would be useful to us, please email your CV to in**@*********ts.com. The vacancies we currently have available are: – ISL Slovak Language Specialist ISL are seeking a small number of Language Specialists to help facilitate the delivery…
We are pleased to announce that we are working closely with The Language Shop on an exciting new Ministry of Justice (MoJ) contract. The Language Shop are an experienced supplier of language services to the public sector and have recently been selected by the MoJ as the preferred bidder for an innovative quality assurance role.…
Issue no 5, 12/06/16 Welcome to this issue of the ISL Newsletter. We hope that you find the content useful and enjoyable. If you would like to get involved or have some ideas about what we can feature, please email the team on in**@*********ts.com. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Alan Ng, one of our Level 3 Certificate in Community Interpreting students, proudly…
