Video Bio #11: Meet Linda, Interpreting Project Manager

Video Bio #10: Paul Daley, Interpreting Recruiter

Becoming a B Corp

Gone are the days of for-profits and not-for-profits; a new year is here. And with it comes a new business formation: the B Corp.

So what's a B Corp?  Officially, B Corporations are a new type of corporation which uses the power of business to solve social and environmental problems.  Unofficially, it's a for-profit company that puts people before profits.

And Kentucky now has its first.

Located in Louisville's NuLu District, In Every Language is the latest business to receive B Corp certification and the first in the Commonwealth.  The company is also the first translating and interpreting provider to be added to the B Corp list, joining well-known brands such as Dansko, Seventh Generation, King Arthur Flour, and Numi Organic Tea.

"At our core, we help people."  This is how the In Every Language mission statement begins.  This mission of putting community first is part of why In Every Language was the perfect certification candidate.  In addition, the medical interpreting services In Every Language offers provide limited-English speakers with intrinsic, medical benefits by helping them to better understand their care.  The company also contracts with low-income refugees and immigrants in the area, providing many under-employed individuals with opportunities for economic self-sustainability.  And by contracting with female translators and interpreters originally from more oppressive cultures, the company also gives many of these women their first opportunity to work outside the home.

In order to qualify for certification, businesses must score a total of 80 in the following areas: community leadership, community involvement, employment policies, consumer involvement, & environmental policy.  In Every Language's score was 127.4, one of the higher scores that Hardik Savalia with B Lab, the B Corporation certifying body, says an applicant company has ever had.

For more information on B Corps, please visit bcorporation.net/about.

For more information about In Every Language, please visit ineverylanguage.com.

Audi's Multilingual Windshield

Since I blogged on Audi's "White Power" car (a translation error, folks; it wasn't really a white power car), I thought readers might be interested in knowing about Audi's new multilingual windshield.  That's right, people, a multilingual windshield.

You can read what Common Sense Advisory has to say about it here.

WordFast Group Buy

Well, I told y'all back in August we were working on it and the WordFast group buy is finally here!

Through December 31st, In Every Language translators and interpreters can save 50 euro on WordFast.  It's also important to know that WordFast will be going up 50 euro in January, so this is a 100 euro discount over what the software would be were you to buy it on your own next year.

Of course, you don't have to have WordFast to work with us, but so many of you have mentioned that you'd like to have translation memory software, we thought this might be a way for us to help our contractors out.  We do not receive a kick-back or a commission on the sales; we just want to offer this in order to say thank you for working with In Every Language.

To participate, simply email Brandi Miller (brandi@ineverylanguage.com) and, if you are one of our contractors, she'll send you the link.  If you're not currently contracting with us, email Brandi to apply, attaching your resume and letting her know you'd also like in on the WordFast group buy.

Thanks so much!

Want a T-Shirt?

Translation-themed t-shirts are few and far between.

We had these printed up for our staff (see the lovely Stacey as she models) and had a few left over, so we're selling them pretty much at cost to translators, interpreters, clients, etc who might want them.

Cost is 10 USD, plus shipping if you're unable to come by our office to pick it up. As shown left, the t-shirts are white with short sleeves and have our logo on the front in 4-color.

Want a shirt? Contact Julia at julia@ineverylanguage.com or (502) 213-0317.

Video Bio #8: Meet Elena

Meet Elena, one of the sweetest interpreters you'll ever find.