Trained Interpreters Available for Assignments
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The following interpreters have taken at least two or three courses through the University of Minnesota's Program in Translation and Interpreting (TrIn 3101 Introduction to Interpreting, TrIn 3102 Consecutive Interpreting and/or TrIn 3001 Introduction to Translation). The listings also identify those who have completed the whole six-course Certificate in Interpreting with a specialization in either Health Care or Legal Interpreting. These interpreters have given us permission to release their names and contact information.
French Interpreters
Gabrielle Riener
home: 612-220-3995
e-mail: griemer@osii.com
Kiswahili Interpreters
Feisal Osman
daytime: 612-348-9941
evening: 612-659-7719
Completed: TrIn 3101 and TrIn 3102
Lao Interpreters
Sunny Changhthanouvong
work: 612-987-2642
fax: 612-576-8738
Russian Interpreters
Irina Paley
home: 612-871-2340
Completed: Certificate in Health Care Interpreting and Legal Interpreting
Elena Wilsey
home: 952-473-1819
work: 952-417-2114
Completed: TrIn 3101 and TrIn 3102
Somali Interpreters
Ali Ali
daytime: 612-227-0345
evening: 651-739-0345
Completed: TrIn 3101 and TrIn 3102
Mohamud Aden
home: 612-339-3216
c
ell: 612-205-6451
Completed: Certificate in Health Care Interpreting
Mohamoud Egal
daytime: 612-348-2484
evening: 612-343-3279
Completed: Certificate in Health Care Interpreting
Mukhtar Gaaddasaar
612-227-9985
kass0068@umn.edu
Completed: Certificate in Health Care Interpreting
Mohamed A. Hassan
daytime: 612-278-6590
evening: 612-879-5035
Abubakar M. Kassim
home: 612-331-4931
Jama Y. Mohamod
home: 612-729-6520
work: 612-387-0327
cell: 612-386-0327
pager: 612-386-0327
e-mail: mahamod@aol.com
Sidow Abdi Shariff Mohammed
daytime: 247-4092
evening: 612-379-2371
Completed: Certificate in Health Care Interpreting
Hassan Yusuf
daytime: 612-630-5185
cell: 612-203-1549
Completed: Certificate in Health Care Interpreting
Spanish Interpreters
Elena Achaval
P.O. Box 14010
Minneapolis, MN 55414
daytime: 612-229-8803
Completed: Certificate in Health Care Interpreting
Jennifer Adair
daytime: 612-298-8470
e-mail: jenadair@earthlink.net
Completed: TrIn 3001, TrIn 3101, and TrIn 3102
Angela Alberio
daytime: 596-7468
evening: 703-8240
Completed: TrIn 3101 and TrIn 3102
William Alvarado
home: 952-922-5699
e-mail: chatico@juno.com
Completed: TrIn 3101 and TrIn 3102
Vickie Baker
e-mail: svcbaker@hotmail.com
Completed: Certificate in Health Care Interpreting
Tanya Battista
e-mail: tbattists@hotmail.com
Completed: TrIn 3001, TrIn 3101, and TrIn 3102
Donelle Patricia Buchsbaum
home: 612-724-5183
Completed: TrIn 3101 and TrIn 3102
Kathy Carey
e-mail: zam
otrans@hotmail.com
Ingrid B. Christensen
P.O. Box 40383
St. Paul, MN 55104
daytime: 612-819-1314
fax: 651-917-2705
e-mail: ingridc@ingci.com
Completed: TrIn 3001, TrIn 3101, and TrIn 3102
Carol Garcia
e-mail: thepilgrim123@yahoo.com
Completed: TrIn 3001, TrIn 3101, TrIn 3102
Elisa Gustafson
daytime: 612-273-2102
evening: 952-926-0421
Completed: TrIn 3001, TrIn 3101, and TrIn 3102
Roxana B. Hedberg
(Only translation jobs)
address: 202 Exeter Place
St. Paul, MN 55104
cell: 651-295-3219
Completed: Certificate in Health Care Interpreting
Nitaya Jandragholica
address: 1802 - 5th Avenue N.E.
Austin, MN 55912
cell: 507-219-1518
e-mail: nitaya@co.mower.mn.us OR
gleua@yahoo.com
Completed: Certificate in Health Care Interpreting and Legal Interpreting
Mariam Kelen
work, home: 612-377-6812
fax: 612-377-3764
e-mail: ekelen@tc.umn.edu
Completed: TrIn 3101 and TrIn 3102
Jessica Kullander
(Only translation jobs)
daytime: 612-521-9787
Completed: TrIn 3001, TrIn 3101, and TrIn 3102
Harmony Kuller
address: 15 South 1st Street, #A 1414
Minneapolis, MN 55401
home: 612-340-1793
e-mail: kull0029@umn.edu
Completed: Certificate in Legal Interpreting
Lois Leinius
work, home: 612-721-3608
e-mail: lenuis@yahoo.com
Jennifer Leino
home: 612-721-0771
cell: 612-298-8470
e-mail: jenleino@yahoo.com
Maria Jose Martin
home: 651-696-8982
cell: 612-839-8548
pager: 612-654-3724
e-mail: mjmartinorejana@hotmail.com
Completed: Certificate in Health Care Interpreting
Cindy Mauleon
pager: 651-740-1677
evening: 651-224-6392
Completed: TrIn 3001, TrIn 3101, and TrIn 3102
Lorena Petersen
pager: 612-207-3017
e-mail: NicaChick@aol.com
Completed: TrIn 3101 and TrIn 3102
Mayra S. Rivera
daytime: 651-603-5119
e-mail: mrivera@porticohealthnet.org
Completed: TrIn 3001, TrIn 3101, and TrIn 3102
Rosi Safris
1101 Welcome Circle
Golden Valley, MN 55422
day/evening: 612-599-0952
fax: 763-544-5095
Completed: Certificate in Health Care Interpreting
Norma Schmitt
e-mail: germacano@bevcomm.net
Completed: Certificate in Health Care Interpreting and Legal Interpreting
Melissa Schroeck
address: 5829 - 11th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55417
daytime: 612-721-9762
evening: 612-201-8304
e-mail: melissaschroeck@hotmail.com
Completed: Certificate in Health Care Interpreting and Legal Interpreting
Corleen Smith
home: 651-696-8934
e-mail: csmith@iimn.org
Completed: Certificate in Legal Interpreting
Amanda Tallen
194 Summit Avenue #311
St. Paul, MN 55102
daytime: 651-442-8447
e-mail: a_tallen@hotmail.com
Completed: TrIn 3001, TrIn 3101, and TrIn 3102
Maria Thelma Thunstrom
work
: 612-624-0509
e-mail: thuns002@tc.umn.edu
Completed: TrIn 3001, TrIn 3101, and TrIn 3102
Erin Truhler
(Only translation jobs)
e-mail: nicoya.services@yahoo.com
Completed: Certificate in Health Care Interpreting

