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Increasing Translation and Interpretation Capacity for our Community
This winter, Somerville Public Schools sponsored 27 staff members in an intensive interpretation and translation workshop through the University of Massachusetts Translation Center. “The workshop provided us the opportunity to increase language capacity across the district with multilingual staff from different departments,” states

Well Represented at 2024 NETA Conference
Thursday, August 15, 2024
This spring, two staff members from the UMass Translation Center—Assistant Director Lara Matta and Senior Project Manager Shawn Lindholm—along with the center’s director, professor Regina Galasso,...

UMass Translation Center Offering Two Workshop Series in Spring 2024
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
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The Translation Center Continues to Help Public Schools Improve Language Access Services
Friday, February 24, 2023
This winter, more than 100 bilingual public-school employees successfully completed either the Interpreter and Translator in Education Workshop Series or the Interpreting for Special Education...

Ukrainian War Poem Poster Project Supports Language Services for Newcomers | UMass Amherst
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Regina Galasso, director of the Translation Center and associate professor in the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Program, partnered with John Hennessy, senior lecturer in English, to create a...

Trailblazing Efforts to Improve Language Access
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
In early May, the Translation Center’s assistant director Lara Matta hosted celebrations to honor 75 bilingual school staff who completed two different workshop series to improve language access...

Translation for Freedom
Monday, December 13, 2021
“Translation is a gateway to countless experiences: artistic, educational, political, and more,” says Aviva Palencia ’22....