Language Access for New Americans (LANA) aims to improve access to services for refugees and immigrants with limited English skills by improving the quality and increasing the number of interpreting and translation services in Maine.

 

What's New:

We have a job opening!

Language Access for New Americans is seeking to contract with an instructor to co-teach 100-hour Medical Interpreter Training in Lewiston, starting in June. Click here for more information.

Basic Skills of Interpreting training on June 20 and June 21 in Machias

This two-day training introduces bilingual individuals and beginning interpreters to the roles of the interpreter, interpreter’s code of ethics, interpretation techniques, and other essential aspects of interpretation.  To register and to learn about other training dates, click here.

New England Translators Association's Conference on May 31 in Boston

This year's outsanding program includes topics such as Medical Translation and Localization, Professional Protocols for Interpreters, Current and Future Trends in Machine Translation, and much more.

National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators 29th Annual Conference - May 16-18, Pittsburgh, PA