Professional Translation Services

Please note that inclusion on this list does not constitute an endorsement by the LRC or the University of Michigan for services provided. 

If you are hiring services for the UM, please be sure you are following all policies regarding procurement.  Search vendors approved by UM Procurement

Ann Arbor / Detroit Metro area

• Babel Linguistics
• Basma Emam, MA · basma.mos@gmail.com · 734-904-3389
  • Arabic-English and English-Arabic Translation 
• Braziltalk
• Ema Stefanova (Macedonian, Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian)
• Dennis Pollard, PhD · dennisdp@umich.edu 
  • Retired instructor of Spanish language and translation at the U-M.
    
• Eliona Balilaj · elionab@gmail.com · 313-290-1019 
  • Translator of : Albanian, Greek, Italian (specialized in Legal · Literary · Educational · Financial · Medical · Law Enforcement · Civil Society Translations · Etc.)
    

• EPIC Translations
• Forefront International Languages and Translations
• Jeff Clingenpeel · LinkedIn page
  • German-English translator and editor (specializing in Technical Translation • Literary Translation • Chemistry • Biotechnology • Natural Sciences • Arts and Letters)
• Lingua Science
• Lingua Technics
• LRC Language Tutor List (many also do translation, go to "Browse Tutors")
• Marianne Lembfeld, mariannelembfeld@sbcglobal.net · 734-972-3428
  • German, English, and Spanish translator and interpreter
• Martin Hristov · mhristov@umich.edu
  • Bulgarian translation
• Mouna Mana, PhD · mouna.a.mana@gmail.com · 562-810-6525
  • For Arabic-English, English-Arabic translation and review of translations (Scholarly, Literary, Technical, Diplomatic, and Public Health written communication and documents) 
• University Translator Services

University of Michigan Resources

• Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
• Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
• American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreter and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services

U-M Alumni

Allison Claire Fritz
ATA-Certified Translator from Spanish into English
Phone: +54 911 5457 5180
Email: allisonclairefritz@gmail.com
Skype: alclaire

Kelsey Trotta
Translator of Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Italian
Email: kelseytrotta@gmail.com
Phone: +1 847 863 1046

Michigan Agencies

Michigan Translator Resource List

National Agencies

• **Landmark Associates (Translation, Transcription)
• **LingPerfect (Translation, Interpretation. Localization)
• **Rev (Transcription, Captions, Forgeign Subtitles)
• **Scribie (Audio Transcription)

• Language Line Solutions
• GTS Translation Services
• Tomedes  (Translation, Interpretation, Localization)
• Languex (Translation)

**Vendors approved by UM Procurement

For more information on purchasing for UM, see UM Procurement Services 

Know of another area translator that should be on this list? Contact: lrc.langbank@umich.edu