Our most requested languages are listed in the clickable tabs below; interpreters for other languages are available upon request.
In-state interpreters are subject to a two-hour minimum per day unless additional hours are requested and reserved.
Out-of-state interpreters are subject to an eight-hour minimum per day.
Please submit all interpretation requests as early as possible, in advance of assignment start date.
University Translators Services will provide a certified and/or Grade AA interpreter for your assignment.
If the requested language is not one which the State of Michigan certifies, we will provide you with a Grade AA interpreter.
Grade AA signifies an interpreter with at least 10 years of experience who is skilled in both the consecutive and simultaneous interpreting modes.
Click On The Appropriate Tab Below for Pricing
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Non-technical/Non-legal Consecutive Interpreting |
$130.00/hour |
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Technical/Legal Consecutive Interpreting (specialized interpreter required) |
$160.00/hour |
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Simultaneous Interpreting (SI) |
Request quotation |
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Premium Hours / Rush Requests Weekday Hours 8 p.m. – 7 a.m. Weekend Hours (Saturday/Sunday) & Holidays Rush Request (request submitted two business days or less prior to assignment service date) |
50% Surcharge |
Languages:
| Albanian Amharic (Ethiopia) Arabic Armenian Assamese Bengali (Bangladesh) Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese Byelorussian Chaldean Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese) Croatian Czech Danish Dari (Afghani) Dutch Estonian Farsi (Persian) Finnish Greek Gujarati |
Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian Indonesian (Bahasa) Ivo (Ibo) (Nigeria) Japanese Kannada Kazakh Korean Lao Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Malay Malayalam Mandingo Mandinka Marathi Moldavian Nepali Norwegian |
Oriya Polish Punjabi Romanian Russian Serbian Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Swedish Tagalog Tamil Telugu Thai Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek Vietnamese Wolof |
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Non-technical/Non-Legal Consecutive Interpreting |
$130.00/hour |
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Technical/Legal Consecutive Interpreting (specialized interpreter required) |
$160.00/hour |
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Simultaneous Interpreting (SI) |
Request quotation |
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Premium Hours / Rush Requests Weekday Hours 8 p.m. – 7 a.m. Weekend Hours (Saturday/Sunday) & Holidays Rush Request (request submitted two business days or less prior to assignment service date) |
50% Surcharge |
Languages:
French (France & Canada)
Portuguese (Brazil & Portugal)
German
Italian
Spanish
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Non-technical/Non-Legal |
$130.00/hour |
| Technical/Legal (specialized interpreter required) |
$160.00/hour |
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Premium Hours / Rush Requests Weekday Hours 8 p.m. – 7 a.m. Weekend Hours (Saturday/Sunday) & Holidays Rush Request (request submitted two business days or less prior to assignment service date) |
50% Surcharge |
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Mileage |
Current IRS rate |
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Travel time for in-state interpreter |
50% of Quoted hourly rate |
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Travel day for out-of-state interpreter |
Quoted hourly rate (4 Hr. minimum) |
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Stand-by day for out-of-state interpreter (Saturday/Sunday) |
Quoted hourly rate (4 Hr. minimum) |
What is consecutive interpreting?
What is simultaneous interpreting?
Consecutive Interpreting
In consecutive interpreting, the interpreter waits until the speaker has finished before rendering speech into another language.
Consecutive interpreting is a true and accurate interpretation of one language to another, spoken in brief sound bites successively, without omissions or embellishments, so that the parties can understand each other slowly and deliberately.
Simultaneous Interpreting
Simultaneous interpreting is the rendering of one spoken language into another when running renditions are needed at the same time as the English language communication.
The interpreter speaks virtually at the same time as the LEP (Limited English Proficient) person.
When done properly, it is a true and accurate interpretation of one language to another, done without omissions or embellishments, so that the parties can understand one another quickly.