Translations at BIC:

Need a document translated?

Don’t want to pay a fortune to get it done?

Want to simultaneously help the Berkshire Immigrant Center (BIC)?

What: BIC and Williams College have teamed together to offer translation support to local residents. This project is mainly for translations of basic documents such as birth, marriage, and death certificates, but please inquire about other translation needs as well.

How: Bring your translation and fee (generally $25 per page) to BIC (88 South Street, Pittsfield) Monday through Thursday between 9:00 am -1:00 pm or call/email to make other arrangements. Please indicate what your translation is for (i.e. school, immigration benefit, etc.) and if a notarization is required. Your translation(s) can be picked up the following week during the same hours!

For more information, please call (413) 445-4881 or email secretary@berkshireic.com.

Limited Translation/Interpretation Resources

Limited Translation/Interpretation Resources

In & Around the Berkshires

Please note: Due to staff time and resources BIC cannot ensure that this list remains accurate and up to date. There are no full time translation/interpretation services in the Berkshires. Translators/Interpreters are independent contractors and set their own prices. Translations in 24 hours or less are often impossible and clients should plan on a 3-5 day turnaround. BIC does not employ these providers and therefore cannot predict your experience with them.

Note that translations should always be typed in English and resemble the document as much as possible in form and verbiage.

Translations required by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services need not be notarized and require the following language at the bottom of the translation with a signature.

(General Translator’s Certification for Agencies to Self-certify a translation.)

I, NAME, hereby certify that I am completely fluent in the languages of __________(fill in with language of the document) and English, and that the above/attached document is a true and accurate translation of the original document presented to me.

Signature: Date:

NAME

ADDRESS

PHONE NUMBER (of Translator)

If notarization is required the translator must print out the English translation and paragraph leaving it unsigned. They must then travel to a notary public and ask them to watch the translator sign their “certification” and notarize their signature (through the demonstration of an identification)to prove that the “self-certifying” translator is indeed the person signing the document.

General Translation/Interpretation Services; Multiple Languages:

UMASS Translation Center: Tel. 413-545-2203 Email: umass.translation@umasstranslation.com http://www.umasstranslation.com/

Language Bridge, LLC: Tel. 413-754-3488 http://www.lbridge.com

Cross Cultural Communications Services Inc: Tel. 1-781-729-3736

Global Link Translation Services Tel.: (877) 451-6655 – Email: info@languagetranslate.com http://www.languagetranslate.com/

For Advice about finding local independent interpreters:

Silvana Kirby, Managing Director, Berkshire Language Management, Inc.

Tel: 413-841-6561, email: skirby@berkshirelm.com, Website: www.berkshirelm.com

*This business handles translation and interpretation of several languages and makes many referrals

Veronica Torres Martin, BMC Patient Relations Email: vtorresmar@bhs1.org

Spanish Translation:

Tom Drury: Tel: 442-4535