Government Interpretation Services
CETRA provides high-level conference interpreters and equipment (soundproof booths and wireless transmitters, headsets, and microphones) for international events. CETRA coordinates all of the logistics of bringing interpreters and equipment to the conference location.
Key past performance includes the 2009 and 2010 US Pacific Command (PACOM) Chiefs of Defense conference (held in Hawaii and Seoul, Korea, respectively), the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
CETRA has been pre-qualified to work with U.S. government agencies through the GSA Federal Supply Schedule, so you can be sure that you will receive quality service at a fair price (see below). When contacting CETRA, let us know that you are a government customer so that you can take advantage of the GSA schedule rates.
Government:
CETRA has been working with the US government at all levels since 2001, including:
• Department of Justice, Regime Crimes Liaison Office (US Embassy in Baghdad) Iraq.
• Social Security Administration
• Internal Revenue Service
• Department of the Navy
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Defense
• Department of Homeland Security
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• World Bank
• Import- Export Bank
• United Nations
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Some examples of our interpretation projects include:
• General Assembly of International Chapters of Major Non-Profit (One week of Meetings with European Report, US Report, Technology Report, Treasury Report, Budget Review, and Board Elections) SI interpreters in Spanish, French and English
• Negotiations for International Financial Institution’s board meeting with Italian executives
• The Chiefs of Defense Conference in Hawaii in 2009 and Korea in 2010, sponsored by the US Pacific Command. The following countries were represented: Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua-NG, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, France, Laos, New Zealand, and Vietnam.
Educational Institutions:
CETRA provides language services to local, regional and federal entities, for-profit and non-profit organizations, and educational institutions from K-12 to higher learning including:
• National Foreign Language Center (NFLC)
• University of Maryland
• Temple University
• La Salle University
• University of Pennsylvania
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
• Anne Arundel School District
• CA Department of Education
Some examples of our interpretation projects include:
• Conference and Annual Meeting of principal administrators of international catholic universities (Spanish, French)
• Conference on indigenous cultural heritage policies for university museums (Spanish)
CETRA is ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 13485:2003 certified.
