Our Origins
Our Origins
Our Origins
Volentia Translation began with a simple idea: that better communication can bring people together.
Volentia Translation began with a simple idea: that better communication can bring people together.
Volentia Translation began with a simple idea: that better communication can bring people together.
Volentia was founded by Lynda Li and Riya Virdi, who met in a UBC undergraduate statistics course and became close friends. As children of immigrants, they shared a keen motivation to improve healthcare access among minority, marginalized, and underserved communities. Initially focused on providing healthcare translation, the demand for Volentia's language services quickly expanded in its scope and geographical coverage. This growth paved the way for our expansion into research and legal language services, as well as our establishment of Volentia branches across Canada.
Volentia was founded by Lynda Li and Riya Virdi, who met in a UBC undergraduate statistics course and became close friends. As children of immigrants, they shared a keen motivation to improve healthcare access among minority, marginalized, and underserved communities. Initially focused on providing healthcare translation, the demand for Volentia's language services quickly expanded in its scope and geographical coverage. This growth paved the way for our expansion into research and legal language services, as well as our establishment of Volentia branches across Canada.
Volentia was founded by Lynda Li and Riya Virdi, who met in a UBC undergraduate statistics course and became close friends. As children of immigrants, they shared a keen motivation to improve healthcare access among minority, marginalized, and underserved communities. Initially focused on providing healthcare translation, the demand for Volentia's language services quickly expanded in its scope and geographical coverage. This growth paved the way for our expansion into research and legal language services, as well as our establishment of Volentia branches across Canada.
Current Openings
Current Openings
Current Openings
Healthcare Interpreter & Translator
Healthcare Interpreter & Translator
As a volunteer, you will be responsible for facilitating patient-physician communication. You will also have the opportunity to take on research-related tasks such as written translation and transcription. Volunteers must be proficient in English and a secondary language.
As a volunteer, you will be responsible for facilitating patient-physician communication. You will also have the opportunity to take on research-related tasks such as written translation and transcription. Volunteers must be proficient in English and a secondary language.
What is the meaning behind our name?
What is the meaning behind
our name?
What is the meaning behind our name?
Our name, Volentia, is derived from the Latin word “benevolentia”, meaning good will. At Volentia Translation, we believe that good will is about how we treat other people. Kindness towards others begins with empathy, which is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person. By fostering greater understanding, we can begin to empower the voices of underrepresented communities.
Our name, Volentia, is derived from the Latin word “benevolentia”, meaning good will. At Volentia Translation, we believe that good will is about how we treat other people. Kindness towards others begins with empathy, which is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person. By fostering greater understanding, we can begin to empower the voices of underrepresented communities.
What is it like working
with us?
What is it like working
with us?
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What is it like working with us?
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Volentia Translation provides low-barrier language translation and interpretation services to enhance equitable access to healthcare services, legal support, and research representation.
Volentia Translation operates on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh people, on whose unceded traditional territories we work, learn, and live.
VOLENTIA TRANSLATION
Volentia Translation provides low-barrier language translation and interpretation services to enhance equitable access to healthcare services, legal support, and research representation.
Volentia Translation operates on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh people, on whose unceded traditional territories we work, learn, and live.
VOLENTIA TRANSLATION
Volentia Translation provides low-barrier language translation and interpretation services to enhance equitable access to healthcare services, legal support, and research representation.
Volentia Translation operates on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh people, on whose unceded traditional territories we work, learn, and live.
VOLENTIA TRANSLATION
Volentia Translation provides low-barrier language translation and interpretation services to enhance equitable access to healthcare services, legal support, and research representation.
Volentia Translation operates on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh people, on whose unceded traditional territories we work, learn, and live.
VOLENTIA TRANSLATION