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DCF-Authorized Interpreters & Translators

Guidelines For Working With an Interpreter


NOTE:   If you require Sign Language Interpreter Services, contact the Interpreter Services Unit at Life Bridge Sign Language Interpreting Services at 203-368-4291 or 888-676-8554 Toll free and emergencies.

 

ABC Language Services (Office Systems of Connecticut, Inc.)
Accuworld, LLC
Chinese Interpreters and Translators
Interpreters and Translators, Inc.
KNZ Enterprises

Language Link Corp
Life Bridge
Linguistica International
Maria-Jose Pastor 
Option Quest LLC - On-site Interpreter Services and Translation
RDP Agency, LLC
Saul Sibersky Interpretation and Translation Services
Transfluenci

If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs at 860-550-6569

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(Office Systems of Connecticut, Inc.)
1880 Silas Deane Hwy #202
Rocky Hill , CT 06067
Telephone: 860-883-0102  or 860-250-3579
Fax: 860-540-1101

Website: www.abclanguageservices.com  

Contact: Sonia Kaman
Provides oral interpretation and written interpretation in over 120 languages.
Most interpreters are qualified legal interpreters and experienced in DCF matters.
 
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ACCUWORLD  Cross-cultural & Translation Solutions

365 Willard Avenue, Suite 2K
Newington, CT 06111
E-mail service@accuworld.com
Phone: 860-561-3388/312-641-0488
Fax: 888-556-2674
Website: www.accuworld.com
Contact Person: Susan E. Joyce, Executive Director

Oral Interpreters and Written Translations.  Turnaround time on written documents: 10 days.
Will provide oral interpreters and written translations in most languages known to exist in Connecticut.
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Sign Language Interpreting Services)
475 Clinton Ave.
Bridgeport, CT 06605
203-368-4291 TTY/Voice
 
888-676-8554 Toll free and emergency
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Written, Oral, Audio Interpretation and Translation Services

232 Williams Street East
Glastonbury, CT 06033

Website. www.ititranslates.com

Email: inquiry@ititranslates.com

Phone: 860-647-0686

View the Interpreters and Translators Brochure (New 3/19/18)

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Provides In-Person Interpretation and Document Translation Services
420 East Main Street, Suite #7
Branford, CT 06405
Website:  http://www.mylanguagelink.org/
800-905-0896  (Dial extension # 2 for Interpreting Services)

You are cordially invited to stop by for coffee, mate ... or just to say hello and check out the new space. Our doors are open and the best part is....free parking!!
Office hours: Monday thru Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Available Languages: 

  • Afrikaans
  • Albanian
  • Amharic
  • Arabic
  • Armenian
  • Bambara
  • Bemba
  • Bulgarian
  • Burmese
  • Cantonese
  • Chichewa
  • Chin
  • Croatian
  • Dari
  • Dinka (Sudan)
  • Dutch
  • Farsi
  • French
  • Fulani
  • German
  • Greek
  • Guiyo
  • Gujarati
  • Haitian Creole
  • Hausa
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Hmong
  • Hungarian
  • Igbo
  • Italian
  • Jamaican Creole
  • Japanese
  • Kachin
  • Karen
  • Kikongo
  • Kirundi
  • Korean
  • Kpelle
  • Krahn
  • Krio
  • Laotian
  • Liberian Vernacular
  • Lingala
  • Luganda
  • Malay
  • Malayalam
  • Mandarin
  • Mandingo
  • Mende
  • Nepali
  • Nyanja
  • Pashto
  • Persian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Somali
  • Soninke
  • Soussou/Susu
  • Spanish
  • Swahili
  • Swedish
  • Tagalog
  • Telugu
  • Tigrigna
  • Turkish
  • Twi
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Vai
  • Vietnamese
  • Wolof
  • Yoruba
  • Zulu 
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Linguistica International
24/7 Telephonic Interpreter Service Only
Over 170 Languages 
You will need to provide the screener with your Unit/Site Access Number
1-866-908-5744
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Transfluenci (formerly Global Link)
71 Spruceland Road
Enfield, CT  06082
Oral interpreters and written translations
Contact Person: Jessica Ridley
Phone: 413-737-1888
Fax:  413-737-0188
 
List of Languages:
  • French (Not Haitian Creole)
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Vietnamese
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Contact Person: Nzogu Kulya
50 Anita Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Tel.  203-586-9528
Fax.  203-562-3944
 
African Languages:
  • Afrikaans (South Africa)
  • Amharic (Ethiopia)
  • Bambara (Mali, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea)
  • Bassa (Liberia)
  • Bemba (Zambia)
  • Dinka (Sudan)
  • Fulani (Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal)
  • Guiyo (Liberia)
  • Hausa (Nigeria, Niger, Tchad, Benin)
  • Igbo (Nigeria)
  • Kikongo (Congo-Brazzaville, Dem. Republic of the Congo, Angola)
  • Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)
  • Kirundi (Burundi)
  • Krahn (Liberia)
  • Krio (Sierra Leone)
  • Kpelle (Liberia)
  • Lingala (Congo-Brazzaville, Dem. Republic of the Congo)
  • Luganda (Uganda)
  • Mandingo (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Sierra Leone)
  • Mende (Sierra Leone)
  • Nyanja (Malawi, Zambia)
  • Somali (Somalia)
  • Soninke (Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Senegal)
  • Sotho (Lesotho, South Africa)
  • Soussou (Guinea, Sierra Leone)
  • Swahili (Dem. Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania)
  • Tigrinya (Ethiopia, Eritrea)
  • Twi (Ghana), Vai (Liberia)
  • Wolof (Senegal)
  • Yoruba (Nigeria, Benin) 
  • Zulu (South Africa)
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Spanish oral interpretation and written translations only!
72 B Heritage Hill Road
New Canaan , CT 06840
Telephone: 203-216-2680
Fax: 203-594-7641
Contact: Saul Sibersky, Ph.D.
 
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Spanish Interpreter and Translation Services 
Fairfield, Litchfield, New Haven, and Harford Counties.
13 Winding Trail
Middlebury , CT 06762
Cell Phone:  203-722-9429
Telephone: 203-758-1836
Fax: 203-758-1837
Contact: Maria Pastor

 

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Specializing in Chinese languages and dialects
93 Vista Way
Bloomfield CT 06002
Contact: Feng Zhou
Phone: 860-614-1428
Fax: 860-519-1238
 
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Option Quest Language Services LLC – On-site Interpreter Services and Translation

111 Old Farms Road

Southington, CT 06489

Language Queen Contact Information

Phone: 855-299-5551

Fax: 855-299-5551

E-Mail: Jamila@language-queen.com

Live interpreters and translators for all languages

 

Available Languages: 

Western Europe

  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Icelandic
  • Italian
  • Norwegian
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Swedish

Eastern Europe

  • Czech
  • Estonian
  • Hungarian
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Polish
  • Romanian
  • Russian translations
  • Slovakian
  • Slovenian
  • Ukrainian
Asia / Middle East
  • Arabic
  • Farsi
  • Hebrew
  • Indonesian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Turkish
  • Urdu

 

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PO Box 340188
Hartford, CT 06134 
Tel.  860-881-8181
Fax.  860-331-8535
E-mail: rpacheco@rdptranslation.com
Website: www.rdptranslation.com

Available Languages:
  • Albanian
  • Arabic
  • Armenian
  • Bosnian
  • Cambodian
  • Cantonese (Chinese)
  • Chinese
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Dutch
  • French
  • Fujianese
  • Fukian
  • German
  • Greek
  • Gujarati
  • Haitian-Creole
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Laotian
  • Lithuanian
  • Macedonian
  • Mandarin
  • Marathi
  • Punjabi
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Serbian
  • Spanish
  • Taiwanese
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Vietnamese
  • Yiddish    
 
Special Notes:
*Turn around times vary depending on language, subject matter and length of document.
*Rates according to terms of existing state contract for interpretation and translation services