Vietnamese speakers with limited English skills, numbering 282,000 statewide, must make do with nine certified interpreters, including Williams. For the Philippine Tagalog-speaking community, which ...

Anh Ta, a Vietnamese medical interpreter for Jordan Health in Rochester, often finds herself doing more than translating for patients in the examination room. Because she often is their only ...

"They didn't provide an interpreter, and nobody could help them out," said Nguyen, now a Vietnamese interpreter who helps refugees navigate municipal services, courts and other government agencies.