Representing non-English-speaking clients can offer a number of challenges for Realtors®. You may face communication issues as well as cultural differences. You may want to consider working with an interpreter for non-English speaking clients and clients with physical communication challenges.
Below is a list of translation and interpreting services located around the state. PAR does not endorse nor recommend any specific service.
- 360 Translations International, Inc., Collingswood, NJ, (856) 356-2922
- ABS Translation and Interpreting Services, Wyndmoor, PA, (213) 233-3000
- All Hands Interpreting Services, Lititz, PA, (717) 627-0222
- ASAP Language Services, Bala Cynwyd, PA, (215) 436-8177
- Avante Language Services, Inc., Glenside, PA, (215) 885-3575
- Berks Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, Reading, PA, (610) 685-4520
- Bilingual Conexion, York, PA, (717) 521-1551
- Communication Connection, Inc., Norristown, PA, (610) 277-9003
- Deaf Hearing Communication Centre, Swarthmore, PA, (610) 604-0450
- Deaf Hearing Interface, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (215) 771-6061
- DT Interpreting, Carnegie, PA, (877) 229-8119
- Global Arena, Philadelphia, PA, (215) 735-1055
- GLOBO, Wyncote, PA, (800) 555-3010
- Heron Language Services, Drexel Hill, PA, (610) 259-9702
- Language Services Associates, Horsham, PA, (800) 305-9673
- Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Harrisburg, PA, (717) 236-9486
- Philadelphia Translators and Interpreters, Philadelphia, PA, (215) 600-1283
- Quantum, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, (215) 627-2251
- Sign Language Interpreting Professionals, Allison Park, PA, (412) 400-2021
- Sign Language Specialists of Western PA, Johnstown, PA, (814) 659-3575
- Steel City Interpreters, Pittsburgh, PA, (412) 596-4640
Spanish Standard Forms
The Standard Forms Translation Task Force recommended translating the Seller’s Property Disclosure Statement (Form SPD) into Spanish as a reference copy only for Spanish-speaking sellers. The task force believes that the Seller’s Property Disclosure Statement is a unique form in that it is one that sellers are left to complete on their own. This is also a form that creates liability for sellers and generates many mediation requests. Translation of this form into a reference copy, in conjunction with a Consumer Guide, will allow sellers to better understand the questions being asked on the form and properly answer them.
Members can download the Consumer Notice, Consumer Guide to the Agreement of Sale and a Spanish reference copy of the Seller’s Property Disclosure from the Standard Forms library.
