I wanted to personally thank you for all you did in helping me get [our client] set up with an interpreter and the way you went the extra mile to help.

The interpreters that were here at Sealy were wonderful and very professional. The young man especially fit right into the situation. . . you would have thought he was a Sealy employee the way he explained everything--both that I met were just great.

— Linda Wright, Sealy, Inc.

 

 

Current Events

Language Resources has been a member of "Kiva" since 2007.  We have made micro-loans to entrepreneurs in Cambodia, Peru and Croatia - all of which have been paid back in a timely fashion.  We currently are part of two more micro-loans: one in the Philippines for a salt vendor, and one in Bolivia for the purchase of a dairy cow.  These loans are also being paid back per the agreements. To learn more about making micro-loans through Kiva, please visit their website:  www.kiva.org

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 60 languages. We are a full corporate member of the American Translators Association, a N.C. HUB - Certified Woman Owned Business, and an authorized contractor for the Federal Government General Services Agency (GSA) in both interpreting and translating.

Photo:2011 Holiday Dinner Party

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.

 

Michela Maxwell is Administrative Director at Language Resources. Though she spent her formative years in New Orleans, she has also lived in Italy, San Francisco, New York, Birmingham, and Greensboro, where she graduated from Guilford College. Her immediate family now resides in Milan, which gives her ample opportunity to practice her Italian. Occasionally Michela travels without all her earthly possessions in tow. Her two most recent trips have been to Thailand and Sri Lanka respectively, where she developed unfortunate attachments to foods she can’t find in North Carolina.

                                

Kirsten Bauer joined Language Resources as the Interpreting Coordinator in the fall of 2010. Her family is originally from Germany, so she was fortunate enough to spend time traveling Europe & visiting family while growing up. She graduated from Wake Forest University with a BA in both Art History and English in 2006. During this time, she spent a semester abroad in London, and traveled to other parts of Europe she had never been before, like Croatia, Turkey & Greece. After graduating college, she traveled around the United States working for arts programs and museums, and then decided to return to North Carolina in the summer of 2008. She speaks French and a little German, and enjoys working with all the interpreters at Language Resources.

Rachel Endsley has returned to Language Resources as of August 2011 after spending a year on the "left coast" in Seattle, and completing a stint with the NC Governor's school.  We are very happy to have her good services back.  Rachel is fluent in French, and in all things Language Resources related.   She will be coordinating the ESOL classes and assisting with all other aspects of the office as we continue to grow and expand our services.