Empire Interpreting Service

Empire Interpreting is happy to announce that our growth has given us the opportunity to expand our Syracuse office. While we will remain in the State Tower Building, our satellite office will be moved into a larger suite to accommodate our increased staff and growing business demands. Despite moving our offices, we will maintain our current Syracuse mailing address and Suite number. Our new office space will open May 1st. Thanks to everyone who has made this expansion possible! 

 EIS President, Theresa Slater, will be presented with the ‘Ann Michel’ entrepreneur award on April 1st at this year’s annual WISE Conference. The ceremony will take place in the Nicholas J. Moffa Convention Center at the Syracuse Oncenter. This award is given annually to a business woman whos entreprenueurial spirit is shown in both her attitude, actions and growth of her business . If you would like to read more about Theresa’s award please click on the WISE website here. We at EIS would like to congratulate Theresa and wish her continued success!!

-Empire Interpreting Service will be presenting at the Syracuse Chamber Business Show on March 20th. This years’ business show will be held at the NYS Fairgrounds from 9AM to 6 PM.  Please come meet our representatives at booth 452 to learn about the services EIS has to offer. For more information about the Show, including directions and parking info, please visit the Chamber Business Show website. We look forward to seeing you!

      In response to feedback from the Deaf community Empire Interpreting has created business cards specifically designed for our Deaf consumers. This business card gives EIS’s contact information on the front and a brief summary about the card holder on the back.                                            

     To view the card, please click on the link at the top of the blog labeled as “Business Cards” If you would like a supply of these cards, please email your name and address to: jslater@empireinterpreting.com 

The EIS informational video is now available in its’ entirety on our homepage. Please visit our website and choose the format which will best allow you to view the video. It will not only provide you with insight into the services which EIS offers but will also allow you to see our professional interpreters in a variety of settings.  You will have an opportunity to learn more about our spoken language, sign language and document translation services. The video details both the scope of EIS services and geographic reach that Empire has expanded to.  A special thanks goes out to everyone who has made the video possible. Enjoy!-  

On Sunday, February 3rd, one of EIS’s Interpreters wrote into the Syracuse Post-Standard concerning the inclusion of Theresa Slater into the bi-weekly column “Ask the Entrepreneur”. Below is the letter as it appeared in the paper and the response from The Post-Standard Editor. 

NEW ENTREPRENEUR COLUMNIST A GREAT FIND

-To the Editor:

What a  coup for The Post-Standard to have enlisted the invaluable input of Theresa Slater, founder of Empire Interpreting Service (EIS), as a columnist for “Ask the Entrepreneurs” in 2008.

I am fortunate enough to be sub-contracted through EIS and have firsthand knowledge of Theresa’s business acumen. She has the uncanny ability to recognize and focus on one’s strengths while at the same time inspiring, motivating and encouraging continued professional development.

But her  expertise goes beyond the typical vested interest in others that a business owner has. Theresa also has a genuine concern for and is devoted to the individual success and accomplishments of her associates, whether they be staff, subcontractors or consumers. 

Your readers would do well to heed her advice and follow her counsel.

-Tom DeFrancisco, ASL Interpreter, Syracuse

-Editor Note:

 Thanks for the testimonial; obviously, we agree. Slater and a couple of other candidates were suggested by a member of the “Ask the Entrepreneur” panel. Editors on our business desk chose Slater because she brings another dimension to the column: Her business is expanding geographically, most of her employees are subcontractors and her line of work is unique. 

During the commercials that run just prior to the beginning of the Super Bowl, PepsiCo will be airing a commercial that is performed completely in Sign Language by Deaf performers. The two characters featured in the commercial are not professional actors but instead Deaf PepsiCo employees.

       Bobbie Scoggins, President of the NAD had the following thoughts about the ad: “The NAD applauds PepsiCo for its strong commitment to diversity and empowerment through the creation of this exciting ad in ASL with its employees. This ground-breaking ad creatively uses humor to provide a glimpse of deaf culture and heightened awareness to millions of Super Bowl Sunday viewers”.  

            To view the commercial before the Super Bowl, click on the link here    

Here at EIS, our thoughts and prayers go out to Ginger Williams and her family. Ginger’s husband, Shawn, is headed to Fort Bragg for two months of training beforebeing deployed to Afghanistan.-                                                                                                  - Shawn and other members of the Army National Guard’s 27th Brigade Combat Team were honored in a send off Ceremony Wednesday night. To See full news coverage of the Ceremony, including an interview with Shawn and Ginger, click here.                                          -We are all grateful to Shawn and his fellow soldiers who serve their country so well. Special thanks go out to Ginger, Shawn and their entire family during this difficult time.                        

In an effort to keep the EIS community more in touch with our rapidly changing business, Empire has recently added a new Photo Gallery to our Homepage.  Whenever major events (our recent Holiday Party) or significant additions to EIS occur we will document them with photos and place them in our gallery. Please visit our home page or click on the “Photo Gallery” link above to check out our first entry!