Who We Are

YOUR TRUSTED PARTNER IN A WORLD OF COMPLEX COMMUNICATION NEEDS


DS-Interpretation, Inc. provides professional conference interpretation, language services and new technology solutions for On-Site, Hybrid & Remote meetings and events.


 

WHAT Sets us apart

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  • Proven Expertise – Over 25 years of experience with Remote Interpreting, including patents and numerous industry firsts.

  • Global network of technology partners – we partner with the leading new language and meeting technology companies to provide a wide variety of innovative new technology solutions for a best-fit approach. We are a founding member of the Conference Rental Alliance featuring Televic Conference Equipment.

  • Global network of top talent – we work only with qualified, professional linguists, technical experts and client service specialists who meet our rigorous standards.

  • Service, support and results that keep our clients coming back.


Our vision is to help our clients create inclusive meetings and events

through language ACCESS and technology.


 

Our Leadership & TEAM

DS-Interpretation, Inc. is a small business C-Corporation, based in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Washington, DC Metro area, with a global reach. CEO Naomi Bowman is renowned for her knowledge of new technology effects on the language industry and is a public speaker. She earned her M.A. degree in International Relations in the U.K., and has lived in 5 different countries. The company is overseen by a board of directors and advisors comprised of top language industry leaders. Working with innovative startups focused on meeting true market needs successfully and effectively, DS-Interpretation, Inc. leverages its strategic partnerships to help clients grow by connecting them with their global audience. Our team of employees and freelance interpreters and linguists around the world view us as the best company in the industry to work for.

 

Our history

 
Bill Wood, Founder and former Chairman of the Board and Naomi Bowman, President & CEO.

Bill Wood, Founder and former Chairman of the Board and Naomi Bowman, President & CEO.

Bill Wood (deceased 2019) founded the Company in 1972 after helping patent an early version of an FM receiver designed for educational and language lab use. Bill was known as an audio pioneer and held what may be the first patent in the RSI field for key switching technology and implementation of remote simultaneous in hospital settings in 1995. The New England Journal of Medicine Published an article he co-authored on the topic in 1996. Read the article here. He was awarded the prestigious Interpret America Lifetime Service Award for outstanding contributions to the field of interpretation in 2012.

Interpreters will not be replaced by technology - they will be replaced by interpreters who use technology.
— Bill Wood, Company Founder
 

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