Translation Services

Hospital Translation/Interpretation Services Website Main number: 723-6940. The translation coordinator is Claudia Soronella: 724-8735 (definitely a good person to call for any questions you might have). Journal articles can be translated for a fee. Although rates vary per language and technical complexity, typically it's 15 cents per word (includes proof-reading and editing).

Interpreter Services also translates patient information (foreign language patient records, MRIs, path reports), manuals, handbooks, slide presentations, research consents (e.g., patient consents for clinical trials). Spanish, Russian, Chinese (tradtional and simplified), Vietnamese, and more. Some languages get out-sourced if there's no in-house expertise (e.g., German). Communications between clinicans and patients are translated at no charge.

Language Center Website
About 40 languages a quarter are taught via the Language Center, so the pool of potential translators is significant. LC offers the commonly taught languages plus languages of Africa, India, Eastern Europe, Persian, etc.

The customer usually works out fees with the student translating the document according to length, urgency etc.

Contact...
Pat De Castries
patricia@stanford.edu
725-5378

Bechtel International Center Website

The center offers a bulletin board where individuals can post their translation requests.

Online Translation Services links from Los Alamos National Labs

Various websites and software that translate text from one language to another. Includes sites like AltaVista's Babel Fish.

cstave, November 27, 2007