Foreign Language Services
Paul F. DeLosh, Director
(804) 786-6455
Language Administrators
(804) 786-6455
[email protected]
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The mission of the Foreign Language Services Division (FLS) is to assist individuals with limited English proficiency in overcoming language limitations to ensure universal access to Virginia’s Judicial System. FLS provides interpretation and sight translation services, certifies, and hires highly trained interpreters, and sets and maintains the highest professional standards for the provision of language services.
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The Judicial Council of Virginia has developed a process to certify persons serving as foreign language interpreters in court proceedings in the Commonwealth. The purpose of the certification program is to better ensure that language interpreters are competent to perform such services in a court environment.
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The Office of the Executive Secretary has set standards that must be met for a candidate to be granted certification or qualification reciprocity in the state of Virginia.
Certification Reciprocity
If you are seeking certification reciprocity in one of the 18 languages that are certifiable by Virginia (Amharic, Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Levantine), Bosnian Croatian-Serbian, Cantonese, Filipino (Tagalog), French, Haitian Creole, Hmong, Khmer, Korean, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese), click the link below for more information.Qualification Reciprocity
If you are seeking qualification reciprocity in any language other than a certifiable language, mentioned above, click the link below for more information