Posts by Found in Translation

Join us at lunchtime on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 noon – 12:30 p.m. ET via Zoom to celebrate Found in Translation, which has been honored with the Essential Agents of Change Award from MA Essentials for Childhood for our work in building the protective factor of Parental Resilience.  Part presentation, part question & answer discussion,…

1. Currently, our staff is 100% women and a majority speak two or more languages, including Farsi, Haitian Creole, Nepali, Spanish and Chăvash.  2. While our office is now in the Fields Corner neighborhood of Dorchester, Found in Translation was based out of Central Square, Cambridge until 2017. 3. Remote and simultaneous interpreting are standard…

On June 23rd, Found in Translation was honored to win the Excellence in Innovation Award from the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network. This award recognizes a nonprofit organization in Massachusetts that has utilized new models or strategies to solve long standing problems or to adapt to a changing environment. This year, Found in Translation was chosen out…

Presenting – The Class of 2021! On June 12th, Found in Translation held the program celebration for our first ever online class – the Class of 2021! Having completed the certificate training, the women of the Class of 2021 are now ready to take the next step in their careers and begin working as professional…

We are excited to share that after a very selective application process, Found in Translation is one of the four organizations receiving 2021 grants through Womenade Boston. Womenade Boston “is a 501(c)(3) charitable women’s collective giving circle – a group of like-minded women committed to improving the lives of underserved women and teen girls in…

On June 12th, Found in Translation held the program celebration for our first ever online class – the Class of 2021! Having completed the certificate training, the women of the Class of 2021 are now ready to take the next step in their careers and begin working as professional interpreters. Held for the first time…

On Friday, June 4th, retired MD and current Found in Translation board member Dr. Eric Hardt was awarded the Tony Windsor Award at the 2021 MassAHEC Paving The Way to Healthcare Access Conference.  This award honors the legacy of Tony Windsor, a Massachusetts attorney who led efforts to pass the Massachusetts Emergency Room Bill in…

Found in Translation is one of 140 local nonprofits to receive grants of $100,000 to $500,000 each through Cummings Foundation’s $25 Million Grant Program. Our organization was chosen from a total of 590 applicants during a competitive review process, and will receive $400,000 over 10 years. Found in Translation’s innovative Language Access Fellowship Medical Interpreter…

Found in Translation is currently in the midst of many exciting changes – most notably delivering our programming online for the first time. As a result of these ongoing adaptations, we will not be holding an open application process for our fall 2021 programming. We will be using this time to build our capacity to…

Thank you so much to Tiny Spark and The Nonprofit Quarterly for featuring Found in Translation in their latest podcast! This 30 min episode includes interviews of three of our alumnae as well as our founder, Maria Vertkin, and covers a wide range of important topics related to our work – language justice, the treatment…