Translation Support (Farsi to English and English to Farsi)

Opportunity Title: Translation Support (Farsi to English and English to Farsi)

Opportunity Description: We are looking for translation assistance of personal documents from a client to be included in an upcoming filing on their behalf. The translation from Farsi to English will need to include a certificate of translation and will be included in the asylum filing with US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). USCIS does not require you to be a certified translator, but you do have to be fluent in both languages and competent to translate the document.

Department/Individuals Assisting: Ayuda Legal Department –Maryland Immigration team

# of Volunteers Requesting: We are looking for a 1 volunteer to assist with this opportunity

Responsibilities:

• Translating multiple letters of support from Farsi to English
• Sending completed translations to our MD-IMM team for final review before being provided to clients/included in application

Opportunity Qualifications:

Required:

• Aged 18+ or older
• Bilingual abilities/English – Farsi fluency
• Computer Literacy/Experience with Microsoft Word
• Polite, courteous, and a positive disposition
• Ability to communicate well with others
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Organized, timely, and able to meet deadlines

Preferred:

• Some experience in translation work
• Previous experience working to assist low-income individuals, immigrants, refugees, or survivors of domestic abuse/sexual assault/trauma
• Passionate about serving asylum seekers

Commitment: Documents requesting translation of will be shared via email with volunteer who can then complete them on their own time and remotely. It is multiple short letters of only a few pages, although hand-written. We expect to have translation needs in this language up until the hearing in early December.

Technology Needed: The following technology will be needed for this opportunity and not provided by Ayuda

• Computer/Laptop with access to Microsoft Word
• If you would like to do this entirely remotely, you will need to either print, sign, and scan the certificate of translation, or take a photo of your wet ink signature and add it to the certificate of translation using a pdf editor.

Sign Up/Application: To help with this opportunity and completion of translation for our MD-IMM team, please sign up for our opportunity here!

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please don’t hesitate to reach out to him at volunteers@ayuda.com.