Newsletter of the Translation Center | 2018-2020
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Project Manager Update Immediate Response to the Pandemic
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The Translation Center has been fortunate to continue working through the pandemic with no lapse in service. When University buildings were closed in March, project managers, along with the rest of the Translation Center team, moved to remote operation. While requests for translation of personal documents slowed, we continued providing translation for our regular corporate partners. Since March, the focus of a significant number of requested translations has been on spreading information about Covid-19 best practices. The Translation Center worked closely with UMass Human Resources to translate protocols, signage and fact sheets about Covid-19, and the various governmental relief programs so that international staff and students could be wellinformed.
translations during the months of March and April. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our translators and project management team, most of these translations were delivered within 24 hours. We were also pleased to partner with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to provide additional translations related to Covid-19 procedures in five school districts. This extra service allowed the districts to communicate with and develop remote learning plans for their students.
In order to help support the need to quickly respond to the pandemic, the Translation Center waived rush fees for Covid-19-related
Shawn Lindholm
In Fall 2020, the Translation Center office was staffed on Tuesdays to assist students with the translation of their personal documents. We also welcomed back two work-study students to help support our work.
Senior Project Manger
