What is the National Register of Public Service Interpreters?

NRPSI Ltd is as its title suggests a National Register of Public Service Interpreters for the use of Public Service Organisations and agencies that they work through to obtain professional, qualified and quality assured interpreters.

Like other professional registers, it comprises individuals who have satisfied selection criteria in terms of qualifications and experience, agreed to abide by a Code of Conduct (PDF, 95kb) and are subject to Disciplinary Procedures (PDF, 35kb) where there are allegations that the code has been breached.

Public Service Interpreters, as the name implies, are interpreters who work in the context of public services, such as the legal profession, health services and local government related services, which include housing, education, welfare, environmental health and social services.

Public Service Organisations and agencies that they work through can obtain access to the National Register via a subscription service which is available through this website via the secure On-line Register. If you are not a subscribing organisation, please click here.

The Register is administered by NRPSI Ltd, a wholly owned and not for profit subsidiary of the Institute of Linguists. The Institute of Linguists is the UK's largest language professional body and was established in 1910.

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