Los Angeles interpreters for every setting

Los Angeles County is one of the most linguistically diverse places in the world, and the languages change from one neighborhood to the next: Spanish across East and South Los Angeles, Korean in Koreatown, Armenian in Glendale and Little Armenia, Farsi on the Westside, Tagalog in Historic Filipinotown and Carson, and Mandarin and Cantonese from Chinatown to the San Gabriel Valley. Serving this county well means having the right interpreter close to where the work is, not just somewhere in Southern California.

Focus Interpreting has served Los Angeles from our Alhambra office and Victorville headquarters since 2010, and the County of Los Angeles is among our clients. Our interpreters staff Superior Court locations, federal courts, and immigration hearings; academic medical centers, county hospitals, and community clinics; and school districts, colleges, and social service agencies. Every on-site interpreter is certified in accordance with national standards, HIPAA-trained, and expected on site 15 minutes early.

The county's entertainment and media industry adds work most agencies never see: interpreting for productions, press days, and premieres, translating scripts and subtitles, and transcribing interviews and footage. Disney is among the companies we have worked with, and our media transcription and video voiceover teams handle the written and recorded side of the same projects.

For phone and video interpreting, geography stops mattering: a hospital in Torrance, a law firm in Century City, and a clinic in Lancaster all reach the same 24/7 line and the same Focus VRI app. On-site coverage runs from the San Fernando Valley to the South Bay and Long Beach, and out to the Antelope Valley, with travel arrangements confirmed before the assignment.