Interpretation Services

The vendor is required to provide interpretation services in hard-to-find spoken languages (also known as languages with lesser diffusion) and regional variants of sign language. 
- Languages may be considered hard-to-find for interpretation services if they are less commonly spoken, have a low number of speakers or are endangered.
- Speak a language other than english at home, 2.5 million don’t speak, write, or understand english very well (also called limited english proficiency or LEP).
- Agency capable of supporting interpretation services for hard-to-find spoken languages and regional variants of sign language.
- Regional variants of sign language
•    American sign language
•    Bamako sign language
•    Bangla sign language
•    British sign language
•    Cambodian sign language
•    Chinese sign language
•    Dominican sign language
•    Ethiopian sign language
•    French sign language
•    Indian sign language
•    Irish sign language
•    Japanese sign language
•    Mexican sign language
•    Nepali sign language
•    Polish sign language
•    Russian sign language
•    Salvadoran sign language
•    Senegalese sign language
•    Sudanese sign language
•    Syrian sign language
•    Trinidad and Tobago sign language
•    Ukrainian sign language
•    Venezuelan sign language
•    Yemeni sign language
•    Zambian sign language
•    Any other variants of central and south american countries’ sign languages
- Niger-Congo language family
•    Akan
•    Bamanankan
•    Ewe
•    Fula
•    Kirundi
•    Mandinka
•    Maninka
•    Soninke
•    Swahili
•    Twi
•    Wolof
- Afro-Asiatic language family
•    Afar
•    Egyptian Arabic
•    Somali
•    Tigrigna (Tigrinya)
- Uto-Aztecan language family
•    Nahuatl
- Indo-European language family
•    Bosnian
•    Farsi (Persian)
•    Hungarian
•    Latvian
•    Rohingya
•    Romanian
•    Serbian
•    Slovak
•    Sylheti
- Sino-Tibetan language family
•    Cantonese
•    Fujianese
•    Fuzhounese
•    Karen
•    Taishanese
•    Tibetan
•    Wenzhounese
- Dravidian language family
•    Malayalam
•    Tamil
- Turkic language family
•    Turkish
•    Uzbek
- Tai-Kadai language family
•    Lao.

- Questions/Inquires Deadline: August 29, 2025