Background & Introduction

The Office of Language Access (OLA) provides oversight, central coordination, and technical assistance to state and state-funded entities in their implementation of the requirements of the Hawaii’s language access law.

Through Act 217, Session Laws Hawaii 2013, OLA was enabled to establish and administer a statewide language access resource center that shall maintain a publicly available roster of language interpreters and translators, listing their qualifications and credentials.

This brief application will assist in identifying interpreters and translators in Hawaii. Please note that "*" (asterisk) indicates a REQUIRED field. Any fields denoted with two asterisk (**) indicates information that will not be disclosed to the public, but will only be kept on file for administrative purposes – such as contacting you with important updates or information. We appreciate your time and please do not hesitate to send an email to ola@doh.hawaii.gov if you have any questions or need further assistance. You can change your answers even after you complete the application. If you click http://tinyurl.com/olarosterapp to open the application again, you can update your responses.

Mahalo!

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