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Spanish translation in New York City

spanish translation in nyc

Last updated on November 30th, 2017 at 01:38 pm

spanish translation in new york city

New York City comprises 5 boroughs sitting where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean and is called home by more than 8,537,673 people. According to the latest census records, only 51% speak English as their only language at home. Hispanics represent 28.6% of the city’s Spanish speaking population. The best estimates make that staggering 1.87 million people! To serve that growing population, Spanish Translation Services in New York City are a critical Service.

Considering the need of documents in every-day transactions like tourism, purchasing automobiles, forms and instructions, filing marriage and divorce documents, translation services in NYC could focus on Spanish alone.

But that would probably be shortsighted. When looking at the next 3 largest groups of the non-English speaking population, Chinese accounts for 419,000, Russian – 186,000 and French Creole – 106,000.

This rich cultural diversity is one of the reasons translation services in NYC are challenged to remain flexible.

Consumer needs including grocery shopping, dining out, faith-based activities, school attendance as well as communicating with non-English speaking parents account for a huge call for services. A translation agency in NYC must remain available and responsive to properly respond to the needs of their customers. That is the reason why Translation and Interpretation services are in large demand, predominantly in Spanish but in an increasing demand for a variety of languages in the New York City area.

Aside from consumer needs, common commercial needs such as transfer of ownership, buy-sell agreements, contracts, special events or special use permits for construction, must often be translated in order to conduct business. And though English documents are filed with the appropriate local agency, document translation services in NYC are often called upon to provide that same contract to the user in their native language for review.

Due to its core configuration, New York City requires Language Translation Services from Certified Translation, Financial Translation to Medical Translation. Spanish translation is in high demand in the language sector, but other languages like Chinese, Russian and French Creole demand attention as well in order to serve the linguistically diverse population of NYC.

 

Flora Yu
Flora Yu
Flora was born and raised in New York to parents from Hong Kong and Taiwan. She has a degree in Accounting. She is fluent in Mandarin, and contributes a unique perspective as someone who was raised in 2 different cultures. She finds humor and opportunities to learn as she constantly searches for the balance between the East and West.