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HITS awarded Nuffield Trophy for best DPSI examination centre

HITS to deliver all language services for NHS within Milton Keynes

 

 

 

HITS to work with Cumbria County Council to establish County-wide interpreting service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERPRETER RESOURCES

AN ADMISSION

We have to admit that the photos featured on this site are not stock images of beaming anonymous models supplied by a photographic agency. They are in fact photos of people directly involved with our organisation. We apologise for this touch of authenticity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NEWS

Founded in 2001, Herts Interpreting & Translation Service (HITS) is one of the largest and most successful independent, non-commercial services in the UK. We provide language support services (telephone and face-to-face interpreting, translation, audio recordings, language assessments) for Health Trusts, Local Authorities, non-statutory sector organisations, commercial and private clients throughout Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire and beyond. 

As a training and examination centre for the internationally renowned Chartered Institute of Linguists, we provide interpreters trained to the standard of the Diploma in Public Service Interpreting (DPSI) - the accepted nationwide standard for public service interpreting.

This means that interpreters provided by our Service are fluent and literate in both target languages, conversant with the specialist terminology across a wide range of public services and committed to the proprieties of public service interpreting (e.g. confidentiality and impartiality).

As a not-for-profit organisation we are able to offer a highly professional, reliable, accessible and friendly service at an extremely competitive price.

We have our own highly trained interpreters available in the following languages:

Albanian * Amharic * Arabic * Bengali * Bulgarian * Cantonese * Czech * Dari * Dutch * Farsi * French * German * Greek * Gujarati * Hindi * Hungarian * Italian * Japanese * Kiswahili * Korean * Kurdish Sorani * Latvian * Mandarin * Pahari * Pashto * Polish * Portuguese * Punjabi *   Romanian * Russian *  Slovak * Spanish * Sylheti * Tagalog * Tamil * Turkish * Twi  * Urdu

We regularly add new languages. If the language you require is not on the above list, please contact us.

 

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES

  • EXCELLENCE OF INTERPRETING & TRANSLATION

  • INVESTMENT IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES

  • COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICES

  • COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC INFORMATION & EDUCATION

  • PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC PURSE & OVERALL VALUE FOR MONEY

  • ETHICAL BUSINESS CONDUCT

 

 

What Service Providers say about our Interpreters

 

 

Course dates announced for September 2009. If you wish to sit for the DPSI in June 2010, please contact us on 01442 867212.

TRAINING COURSES FOR 2009

 

Herts Interpreting & Translation Service is managed by Community Action Dacorum (Registered Charity 288080).

 

Site Launched: 01 08 06

Last Updated: 16 06 09

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