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Thank you to all our veterans for your service to our country. 🇺🇸
And a very Happy 250th Birthday to the U.S. Marine Corps! 🎉
#VeteransDay #SemperFi

🚓 Officers in East TN leveled up their language skills!
Our Spanish for Law Enforcement class at UT LEIC in Oak Ridge gave officers hands-on Spanish training for traffic stops, emergencies & more — even VR practice!

#LanguageAccess #PublicSafety #Tennessee

TLC Interpreter Efat Welson shared insights on Arabic culture in a new TIPQC podcast episode—part of their work to improve perinatal care across Tennessee. 🎧 Listen here:
https://ow.ly/zzQU50XlTPy

TLC's Dr. C. Brian Barnett participated in a career fair at Bolivar Central High School in West Tennessee last week with colleagues from the Municipal Technical Advisory Service. They were helping to promote careers in public service to high school student. #WeServeTN

Remote interpreting = whole new skill set.
Learn how to master RSI—tech, teamwork, & timing—with expert Paula Ianelli.
Nov 8 | 9 a.m.–12 p.m. CT | Live online | $75
CEUs available!
tiny.utk.edu/RSIwebinar

Congratulations to our English student Mina. After five cycles of ESL classes at TLC between February and September, she let us know that she recently passed her U.S. Citizenship interview. Great job!

TLC’s Amanda Shappard and Rebecca Todd Garvin attended UT’s 8th Annual Engagement & Outreach Conference to connect, collaborate, and cultivate new ways to serve Tennessee communities. Excited to see how our work in language and culture can enhance UT’s engagement mission!

TLC’s Richard Ponce-de-Leon & Genna Linton attended the annual TAPIT Conference—connecting with interpreters & translators statewide to share insights and strengthen language access across TN!

TLC hosted 21 test takers for the Kanji Test on Oct. 19 — and we’re the only authorized test site in the Southeastern U.S.! Thanks to the Japanese Consulate for helping spread the word. Some participants even traveled from out of state to take part!

#KanjiTest #JapaneseLanguage #LanguageLearning

TLC’s Amanda Shappard, Jenny Rish & Erin Keafer joined fellow CPM alumni at the Naifeh Center’s Homecoming in Goodlettsville! Highlights: “Mastering Meaningful Meetings” w/ Dr. Emalee Buttrey, bluegrass at lunch, & inspiring Capstone updates.
#NaifehCenter #NCELHomecoming

Representatives from the University of Tennessee attending the 2025 Southeast U.S. Japan Conference in Tokyo Oct. 28-29 took a one-hour, online Japanese class last week about introductions and basic travel phrases in Japanese from TLC Japanese Instructor Tomi Kawamura.

In healthcare, communication saves lives. 💬
Learn essential Spanish for patient care with TLC’s Spanish for Medical Personnel course—no prior Spanish needed!
🗓 Starts Jan. 19 | 💻 Online | 📜 Certificate included
👉 https://tlc.tennessee.edu/language-training/spanish-for-medical-personnel

We love hearing from our students. We are in the midst of Fall Term right now, but registration for our Winter Term will open Dec. 2. Stay tuned!

Turn your bilingual skills into a rewarding career! ⚖️
Become a certified court interpreter with training approved by the TN Administrative Office of the Courts.

Next course starts Nov. 3 — enroll now:
👉 https://tlc.tennessee.edu/language-training/court-interpreter-workshop/

It's #FunFactFriday. Today's factoid is about the shortest and longest alphabets in the world!

Instructor Johana Marcela Pinilla led the opening session last week of our first-ever Simultaneous Interpretation Boot Camp with 10 students ready to build speed, accuracy, and confidence in this advanced interpreting skill.

#InterpreterTraining #SimultaneousInterpretation #LanguageProfessionals