Interpretation: English/Spanish—Spanish/English Certificate

What You’ll learn

The curriculum for the Certificate in Interpretation (CII) is designed to address three of the principal environments where interpretation (English-Spanish and Spanish-English) is currently needed and will be more intensely needed in the future: legal, healthcare, and business environments. In addition, governing interpretation principles are also studied for application to language environments covered and not covered by the program.

Why Study English/Spanish Interpretation at La Salle?

Spanish is spoken by more than 559 million people worldwide. A major in Spanish will open the worlds of all major industries such as business, healthcare, law, government, and education. Globally, effective written and oral communication with Spanish speakers is critically important as it is spoken in nineteen Latin American Countries, Spain, Equatorial Guinea, Western Sahara, Philippines, Andorra, and Gibraltar. Not only is Spanish one of the six working languages of the United Nations, but according to Pew Research, over 50% of the households in the United States will speak Spanish by 2050.The Hispanic Institute at La Salle University was founded in 2005 by Dr. Luis A. Gómez. The purpose of the Institute is to offer professional academic programs that provide bilingual and bicultural education to all professionals serving the Hispanic communities throughout the region and the nation.

Curriculum, Courses and Requirements

Highlighted Courses

BLS 614 – Legal Interpretation

BLS 615 – Health-care Interpretation

BLS 616 – Business Interpretation

BLS 617: Technology in Translation and Interpretation

Meet the Faculty

Upon graduation, you’ll have honed your written and verbal skills to be able to use them in the workplace. Our faculty members not only train you for your specific field but place you in real-life scenarios to learn collaborative and interpersonal skills, professionalism, and diligence.

Faculty Team

Career Opportunities

The median annual wage for interpreters and translators was $49,110 in May 2021.

Employment of interpreters and translators is projected to grow 20 percent from 2021 to 2031, much faster than the average for all occupations.

About 9,200 openings for interpreters and translators are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.

La Salle University Board Chair Ellen Reilly, '83 (left), and President Daniel J. Allen, Ph.D. (right), present Michael Imms, The Catholic Philopatrian Scholarship Foundation chair, and Sue (Schwab) Hohenleitner, ’92, with jerseys to represent the Lasallian Impact Award and the Lasallian Leadership Award, respectively.

Advancement