Creating Bilingual Spaces Together

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Cenzontle

A Language Justice Cooperative
based in Asheville, NC

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Transforming barriers into opportunities.

We are dedicated to ensuring that the voices of the people are not just heard, but are the driving force behind the change in our world.

Who We Are

Our Services

HOW WE CAN HELP

  • Interpretation

    (Spoken Language)

    Simultaneous interpretation services in Spanish & English for both small and large groups

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  • Translation

    (Written Language)

    Written translation services so that all materials are available in both languages.

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  • Consulting

    (Language Justice)

    Consulting with organizations of all sizes that are seeking to integrate Language Justice principles into their work.

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Language Justice Resources

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Bilingual Outreach Matters
Community, Multilingual Spaces
Bilingual Outreach Matters
Community, Multilingual Spaces

Have you ever hosted an event, lined up interpreters, and still found that no Spanish-speaking participants showed up? Read this informative blog to learn about some practices that you have to consider if you wish to create genuine multilingual spaces. 

Community, Multilingual Spaces
Language Justice is community joy
Language Justice, Community, Multilingual Spaces, Working With Us
Language Justice is community joy
Language Justice, Community, Multilingual Spaces, Working With Us

Opportunities like these are essential for the latine and hispanic community. The arts world has to remember that we deserve to be entertained too. We want to be in places where we can laugh and smile and cry and feel all the emotions. It is vital to fund opportunities that ensure everyone, regardless of their language, can fully participate in these shared cultural experiences. Language justice in entertainment is not a luxury; it’s a necessity. 

Language Justice, Community, Multilingual Spaces, Working With Us
Language and Colonization
Working With Us, Community
Language and Colonization
Working With Us, Community

In the end, everyone decides how they want to speak. The suggestion is to consider the person you are talking to and ask how they want to be addressed: TÚ, VOS, or USTED, so that there is no division between people, as, ultimately, we are all equal—a fact the first peoples already knew.

Working With Us, Community
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Kind Words

  • Estoy muy agradecida de poder contar con Cenzontle en espacios que sin su presencia no tendría acceso.

    Gracias a la interpretación he podido conectar con personas que con la barrera del lenguaje me hubiera sido imposible conectar y aprender. Me gustaría que otras personas que no se sientan completamente bilingües puedan tener accesos y oportunidades como yo las he tenido gracias a Cenzontle.

    Colaborativa La Milpa

  • They are reliable, skilled, forward thinkers, great advocates of language justice, and a total pleasure to work with!

    They worked with us on a multilingual webinar with a Kinyarwandan speaker and interpreter. They are reliable, skilled, forward thinkers, great advocates of language justice, and a total pleasure to work with!

    UNC Chapel Hill - Institute for the Study of the Americas

  • Son muy intencionales en crear espacios multilingües.

    Recibo el mejor servicio y la preparación necesaria para mis requisiciones de interpretación o traducción. Son muy intencionales en crear espacios multilingües.

    Chispas/Quetzal Maintenance and Real Estate Cooperative

  • My translations are always so well done and completed in a timely manner.

    OnTrack WNC Financial Education & Counseling

    OnTrack WNC

  • Without Cenzontle, our work would suffer a great deal! The community deserves to be present and have their voice heard!

    PODER Emma

  • Professional, expert interpretation makes facilitating multilingual spaces possible for me as a facilitator.

    Taproot Consulting

  • They are very professional, flexible and responsive to changing dynamics of meetings, and provide accurate interpretation.

    Their commitment to creating an equitable and accessible language justice space for all is essential to the work I do.

    Althea Gonzalez, Consultant

  • Tienen capacidad de interpretar diferentes temas y se entienden las ideas que estamos compartiendo y escuchando.

    Muy buena tanto en los eventos presenciales como en las reuniones por Zoom.

    El Telar: Shared Resources for Home Childcare

  • The interpreters were always adaptable and supportive throughout all of it!

    Cenzontle has worked with us in different formats of events including small breakout groups, large group discussions, and presentations.

    Our Voice

Our Process

Interpretation

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    1. Please submit your request on our Services page. Please provide all of the information you have so we can be as best prepared to respond to you. Attach any agenda or presentations you may have ready (even if they’re under construction a Google link would be helpful!)

    2. There is an option for an estimate if that is your preference before confirming. Please note last minute events that require an estimate may not be filled due to the quick turnaround time.

    3. Please refer to our listed policies at the top of the page, including our Cancellation and Last Minute policies.

    1. It is our goal to respond to you within 24 business hours. You will get an instant automatic confirmation but keep an eye out for your personalized response from our coordinator.

    1. The coordinator will send you a Language Justice Plan tailored to your event.

    2. The Language Justice Plan is the coordination tool we use to keep things tidy and organized. Please fill this out as you start to gather information about the event. Feel free to share with the appropriate people supporting you on this event. There is a spot at the bottom of this sheet where you can place your materials such as an agenda, presentations, videos, etc- anything yall plan to utilize at this event would be very appreciated!

    1. If this is our first time working together, or if you are contacting us about a large project/event, we may require you to schedule a consultation with our Coordinator. A consultation fee may be applied at the discretion of Cenzontle's manager.

    1. Please keep in touch with any updates that arise with your event leading up to. If it needs to be canceled or rescheduled, please make sure that we are aware of that.

    2. Refer to our Cancellation Policy.

    1. Our interpreters will arrive 15 minutes before your event start time to check in with you and go over the assigning process.

    2. If it’s the day of the event, please communicate any important updates directly with your assigned interpreters as the coordinator may be off.

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