ATA will have certification opportunities in New York. Here are the details:
Test date: June 10, 2007
Registration Deadline: May 25, 2007
All candidates applying for ATA certification must provide proof that they meet certification program eligibility requirements. For more information regarding general certification information to ATA headquarters at (703) 683-6100.
For more information you can also review the ATA website.
Crain’s New York Business magazine recently published an article featuring President, Joel Buckstein and Chief Operating Officer, Craig Buckstein. The article focused on successful transition planning for a family business. For details please see the article published in the March 12, 2007 edition titled “7 steps for passing it on” by Tina Traster.
Geneva Worldwide recently moved to its new location:
261 West 35th Street
Suite 700
New York, NY 10001
Our new 8,000 square foot facility is centrally located in Manhattan in the Penn Station area of Midtown West. The new office has a 35 person conference room which is available to rent. The office also has a secure language lab for on-site secure translation and transcription work. We have a newly furnished classroom available, as well, for language training, testing and study.
Geneva Worldwide is hiring local New York interpreters and translators to add to its team of freelance talent. All qualified individuals with linguistic fluency and interpreting or translation experience should apply on our website. We currently service over 180 languages to various government agencies and private industries in the State of New York.
Geneva’s Craig Buckstein will lead this year’s industry-wide conference in Providence, RI. The 5th annual ALC conference will be hosted at the Marriott downtown on June 19-23. Craig, along with the conference committee, are responsible for organizing the details of the conference, which brings together approximately 125-150 language company owners each year.
Download a copy of the 2007 ALC Conference Program, or register for the upcoming conference.
Geneva is proud to announce that Chief Operating Officer, Craig Buckstein, was recently re-elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of Language Companies (ALC). He is currently serving his second term and is the Secretary of the Association.
Geneva Worldwide is proud to announce its award of the language services contract with the Office of General Services (OGS) for New York State. Under the OGS contract, Geneva can provide an array of interpretation and translation services to every New York State agency. Geneva is currently the only New York State based agency and one of two vendors who were selected to provide services. We look forward to expanding our services to every agency in the State of New York and the additional work opportunities which will be provided for our team of linguists.
Craig Buckstein recently published an article in the federal procurement buyers guide, MarkeTips, detailing the need for American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters for government agencies. The article focuses on the various issues when ordering an ASL interpreter in an attempt to educate government buyers about acquiring Sign Language services.
Geneva Worldwide joins the nation’s elite language service providers with their award of interpretation and translation GSA Schedules. The GSA schedule allows Federal agencies to use approved GSA schedule holders for various services including any and all language services.
Geneva has been awarded a contract (GS-10f-0109p) for Translation Services (SIN:382-1) and Interpretation Services (SIN:382-2).
