Options


(518) 245-9502 (Voice)

(518) 348-8009 (VP)

Welcome to Options:
An Interpreting Co-Operative

Providing services to New York's greater Capital Region and bordering New England states

By utilizing Options you will receive competent and professional American Sign Language and English interpreting services.
With Options you will see the benefits of direct service providers in more ways than one. At Options, you can rely on:
  • All interpreters are NYS vendors via Statewide Financial System
  • Reliable professional ethics.
  • Clear and fair business policies by each practitioner.
  • Professional liability insurance held by each interpreter.
  • Flexibility and delicate understanding of each request’s confidentiality and nuances.
  • Diverse expertise in all facets of interpreting.
  • Available booking 24/7.
  • Requests readily made on line.

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Options Mission


Options standards:

  1. Clear and fair practices for all individuals who are a party to our services.
  2. Vetted, competent and accountable interpreters are working each and every assignment.
  3. Working within the frame of upholding the linguistic and human rights of the individuals we serve.
  4. Fostering and nurturing the development of interpreters by ways of education and mentorship.

Options priorities:

  1. Raise the bar on interpreting standards and expectations of customer service.
  2. Shift the paradigm of procurement of interpreter services.
  3. Being available and accessible to the communities we serve.

All Options: An Interpreting Cooperative practitioners;

  • Are RID certified or RID certification ready (i.e. passed the RID written examination and are committed to taking the RID performance evaluation)
  • Engages in regular professional dialogue and has an ethical support community.
  • Supports the Deaf community by ways of giving back such as pro bono work, community engagement and involvement, volunteerism, and activism.
  • Maintains and exceeds national expectations of professional development and growth.
  • Upholds the linguistic rights of the Deaf community by practicing within a rights based frame of ethical decision making.
  • Advocates for the direct procurement of optimal and culturally competent interpreting services.

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