Interpreter Services

The Marjorie Clere Interpreter Referral Service

The Majorie Clere Interpreter Referral Service (MCIRS) provides organizations and business entities with skilled Sign Language interpreters. Our highly qualified interpreters ensure clear and effective communication between your entity and the Deaf individual.

A full range of language preferences are provided by professional interpreters, including American Sign Language (ASL), Signed English, Grassroots (Minimal Language System), oral and tactile (Deaf/Blind) signing. Typical assignment sites include college (all levels of study), medical, seminars, conferences, artistic performances (concerts/plays), legal, and political forums.

MCIRS also provides Deaf Interpreters- an individual whose native language is Sign Language. This individual has extensive knowledge and understanding of deafness, the Deaf Community, and Deaf culture. where they will team with an ASL Interpreter.

MCIRS contracts with over a dozen local Sign Language interpreters for a 13-county area across Central New York.

The MCIRS has been in existence since 1979 and has been a community leader in the promotion of professional standards and advocacy efforts for the provision of interpreter services in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations.

Our highly qualified and nationally certified interpreters are available for any situation. MCIRS is maintained 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The Importance of Interpreters

Did you know that American Sign Language is not English?

American Sign Language (ASL) is a visual language with its own grammar and syntactical structure. There is no written form of ASL. It consists of signs, fingerspelling, gestures, facial expressions and mimes.

Interpreters are the Bridge

  • Interpreters provide interpretation for both the Deaf and hearing persons. They translate the speaker’s words into ASL using their hands, fingers and facial expression. They then voice what the deaf individuals is signing to the hearing individual.

  • Interpreters have gone through years of training to learn the language.

  • Interpreters understand Deaf Culture and provide cultural mediation.