Language Line Services Announces Plans to Double Size of Two Interpretation Centers in Costa Rica

Language Line Services, the company has been operating in Costa Rica for over 10 years, providing simultaneous interpretation services in English and Spanish for legal processes, among others will be hiring 260 new employees in the following six months, employing over 500 people in their operations in Costa Rica.

The company said it plans to more than double the size of its two language centers in Cartago and Heredia, from where they provide interpretation services for 911 calls, legal services, and health services for the United States.

Currently each centre employs 120 interpreters.

The new jobs are entry-level positions and will involve extensive cultural and industry-specific training. Language Line Services, which handles more than 20 million interpretation calls worldwide each year, specialize in providing interpretations for critical services such as healthcare, the courts and emergency services.

“Our interpreters help people around the world – often in life-threatening law enforcement or medical situations. It is rewarding like few other jobs since they see immediately how they save lives and how much the assistance is appreciated,” said Juan Diego Villegas Solera, general manager at Language Line Services for both centers in Costa Rica.

“There also is a real career path at Language Line Services. A job here opens doors similar to an academic degree thanks to our training in cultural awareness about the United States, as well as industry-specific training for healthcare, law enforcement, the court systems and other sectors.”

According to Gabriela Llobet, CINDE´s Director General, “Language Line is a pioneer company in the Services Sector in Costa Rica. It is the first interpretation center to establish operations in our country in 2002. The advanced knowledge of English, the information retention capacity, the accuracy of the ideas translated by the interpreters, as well as the trainings sessions in health issues, legal and emergency technicalities that its personnel receives makes the interpreters´ profile a very specialized one”.

Worldwide, Language Line Services provides translation and interpretation services in more than 170 languages, and handles the majority of the over-the-phone interpretations for 911 emergency calls and most major hospitals in the United States.

“Interpreters make a difference and help people in a wide variety of situations and industries,” said Louis F. Provenzano, Jr., President and CEO of Language Line Services. “Thanks to our rigorous training program, there also is no prior experience necessary. If you’re a multilingual native speaker or have near-native proficiency, we may have an opportunity for you.”