Company Profile
Language Resources was founded in 1984 as an English as a Second Language (ESL) institute by Kathleen Quinby. Foreign language training, interpreting and translation services evolved from this core business as the needs of the local community grew. Language Resources, Inc. currently provides translation and interpreting services in more than 55 languages. We are a full corporate member of the American Translators Association.

Above Photo: Silver Anniversary Party, December 2009
Kathleen
Quinby, President and Director of Language Resources, Inc., has
worked her entire career in the field of ESOL and foreign language
learning. In 1976, she joined the Peace Corps and volunteered in South
Korea for two and a half years teaching University level English classes
and conducting teacher training programs. After working as an academic
director for two years in an intensive academic English language program
in Indiana, Ms. Quinby went to work for the United Nations helping
to set up language training for Southeast Asians in a Refugee Camp
in Bataan, Philippines. In 1982, she received her Master's Degree in
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from the School for
International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont. She has also set up
language programs for Citibank in Turkey, for a computer programming
company in Japan and for World Learning in Winchester, Virginia. For an article about Kathleen's work, click here.
****** Rachel Endsley is now our Interpreting Coordinator. Raised on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, she graduated in 2009 from UNC- Greensboro with degrees in English and French. Rachel has found creative ways to spend time in a variety of other cultures and environments. In 2006 she spent a month in Angers, France in an intensive language program while studying Loire Valley history and culture. From May to August of 2007 she went to British Columbia through WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) to work on an organic blueberry farm. In 2008, through a UNCG honors program, Rachel was able to spend six months in Northern Ireland studying film and poetry and researching economic revitalization. She has taught French and English as a Second Language as well as assisted in the UNCG Writing Center as a writing consultant.

