We’re sponsoring a campus recruiting session next week (Wednesday September 24th) by Ad Astra, a Washington DC-based company that provides translation and interpretation services to both public and private sectors. They are looking to recruit interns for upcoming projects and are hoping to build a relationship with U of I departments for the long-term.
A student recruiting/informational session will be held from 1:30 to 3 in Lucy Ellis, the attached flyer has information on this session. This session will provide information on opportunities available in the translation/interpretation fields as well as specifics about their internships.
Ad Astra Internship information session
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Additional Information about Ad Astra
Ad Astra Inc. is a woman-owned and operated language services provider located in the Washington, DC metro area. Ad Astra is a one of the few language companies in the U.S. that supports over 200 spoken languages/dialects and American Sign Language, as well Tactile, Oral, Close Vision, Signed English, Pidgin Signed English, Cued Speech and other Signed Languages in French, Spanish, British, and Portuguese.
We offer a wide variety of language resources in one place – including face-to-face and telephonic interpreting, transcription, translation, language instruction, terminology testing and assistive technology.
Ad Astra also provides a full range of technical support services; clients may submit any visual media type for closed captioning, or to be relayed by video technology in the language of the client’s choice.
Ad Astra is currently seeking internship candidates for winter/spring/summer 2015. Candidates should speak one language in addition to English at a native level fluency, have an interest in community interpretation and translation and be interested in learning about the language industry. This is an opportunity to be a part of a leading growth industry and have an immediate impact on day-to-day operations of a mid-size business.
Representative Client List
• U.S. Department of State
• Johns Hopkins Medicine International
• National Institutes of Health
• U.S. Geological Survey
• U.S. Department of the Interior
• INOVA Health System
• VA Department of Rehabilitative Services
• MedStar Health
• Berlitz
• George Mason University
• State of Maryland
Services Offered
• Interpretation
• D(d)eaf and Hard of Hearing Services
• Translation
• Transcription
• Localization
• Video Interpreting
• Custom In-house training and workshops
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