South Tyrone Empowerment Programme
Unit T7, 2 Coalisland Rd,
Dungannon Enterprise Centre
Dungannon, BT71 6JT

Tel:028 8775 0211
Email: info@stepni.org

Interpreting & Translation Services Overview

INTERPRETING OVERVIEW

STEP Training and Learning provides interpreting and translation services throughout Northern Ireland, with currently 250 interpreters available across the region, our interpreting service covers 30 languages. Languages range from Russian to Tetum, Lithuanian to Polish.

All provision is co-ordinated and quality-controlled by the interpreting and translation team. All registered interpreters have undergone accredited training before acceptance onto the project. Most are recruited from the multi-lingual migrant population.

SInce 2004 STEP, initially as part of the NIMEITS partnership and subsequently through its social enterprise, STL, has been the sole provider of face-to-face interpreting for the Department of Employment and Learning and the Social Security Agency. STL has continued to build on this initial success by securing contracts with HSC BSO as provider of face-to-face Interpreting within the NIHSC and previously with the NEELB providing face-to-face Interpreting to all five NI education library boards and their affiliated schools.

We also provide interpreting services to some of Northern Ireland's best known businesses in an non-contractual capacity.

Some of the areas in which we specialise include:

• Education
• Immigration
• Health
• Housing
• Social services
• Legal matters
• Police

The Race Relations (NI) Order 1997 and The Northern Ireland Act 1998 cite that public bodies have a statutory duty to provide language support where required, and failure to comply would be open to challenge as “indirect discrimination”.

To book an interpreter contact us on 028 87750 213. Alternatively, you can book an interpreter by completing a booking form online by clicking here.

TRANSLATION OVERVIEW

STL maintain a register of experienced translators qualified at degree level. We offer translations in over 30 languages from Bulgarian to Tetum, Russian to Creole. We also retain the services of one of the world's leading translation agencies as back up provision to our own service to ensure that we can meet your every translation need.

To request a translation or to enquire about translation costs, call 028 87750 213.