Sign Language Interpretation Contract Awarded to Affordable Language Services for a Second Year

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CINCINNATI—Affordable Language Services has been awarded a contract to deliver interpretation services to Hamilton County Job and Family Services consumers for a second year.

The contract is retroactive to January 1, 2010 and runs through 12/31/2010.

“We are happy to again have the trust of the county in our quality services. We stand ready to serve our deaf and hard of hearing customers,” said Lynn Elfers, owner.

Translation and interpretation services in more than 100 languages are offered through Affordable Language Services’ staff of more than 350 trained translators and interpreters. Cincinnati and the entire Ohio Valley have access to this value-rich service thanks in part to translations offered via email and on-location interpreters. All staff go through a mandatory orientation and specialized training in addition to special medical and legal training.

“We look forward to providing sign language services to the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services for a second year. Communicating between the deaf and hearing-abled is something Affordable Languages can seamlessly facilitate,” said Lynn Elfers. “Our interpreters work in a variety of situations and have extensive knowledge of legal and medical terminology.”

Affordable Languages, based in Blue Ash, a suburb of Cincinnati, was established in late 1999 by Lynn Elfers and two of her bilingual friends.

“I was a missionary in Costa Rica for over three years with my husband. We moved back to the US to start our family and when I returned, I had fluency in Spanish and I didn’t want that to go to waste. Affordable Language Services was formed as a result, and we have tripled our business since then,” said Elfers, “and we always stress what we are; and that’s high quality at an affordable price.”

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For more on this story, or to contact Lynn Elfers of Affordable Language Services, please email Lynn at Lelfers@affordablelanguages.com or visit www.affordablelanguages.com.

For more information about Affordable Language Services’ interpretation and American Sign Language interpreters, please visit http://affordablelanguages.com/2009/01/american-si...

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