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Welcome to the official website for the UMass Translation Center, located in Amherst, Massachusetts. Please feel free to have a look around our new website. If you are a student or prospective student, you will likely find what you are looking for in the Academics section. If you are seeking translation or interpreting services, you will find the information you need in the Services section.

Also, you will find a new weblog from the Director of the UMass Translation Center, Doctor Edwin Gentzler, in the News section.

If you do not find what you need right away, you can take a look at our new Academics FAQ and Services FAQ pages.

About

The Translation Center at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst is a unique enterprise that combines business services with academics. By keeping up with the latest in training and research, we find that we can offer higher quality translations to our clients.

In sum, the Translation Center blends academics and service in a dynamic fashion that keeps the Center on the cutting edge of the field. Research influences training, which in turn impacts service, and vice versa. All combine to improve the skills of our translators, who then can better serve our clients and meet your communication needs.

News

New Translation Law in California

September 2, 2008 – 9:17 am

In January 2009 a new translation law for Health Care Providers in California goes into effect. HealthLeaders InterStudy, a managed-care news service, reports that many providers have already submitted plans for conforming with the new law.
The law, known as Senate Bill 853, requires health plans to translate vital documents into the top spoken language among [...]

By Edwin | Posted in Edwin's Translation Blog, Translation News in the USA | Comments (0)