Please follow these steps to access the Language Line:
click here
Please follow these steps to access American Sign
Language Video Services: click here
All MCBH staff members have access to the Language Line:
1(800)874-9426 to help assess the individuals needs.
Remember that when helping an individual, it is your
responsibility to complete a risk assessment to ensure the
person is not in imminent danger.
INDIGENOUS INTERPRETING
Binational Center for the Development of Oaxacan Indigenous
Communities
Centro Binacional para el Desarollo Indigena Oaxaqueno
CBDIO will provide interpretation services from Mixteco
Bajo/Alto, Triqui Bajo/Alto, Zapoteco Alto, Chatino, Amuzgo,
Purépecha/Tarascan and Tlapaneco to Spanish or English.
Instructions to request Indigenous Interpreters
Before making a request for service, please have the following
information if possible:
Name of staff making the request and agency (Behavioral
Health)
Location (clinical full address and/or Zoom details)
Actual language needs should to be specific, for example
Mixteco Alto or Mixteco Bajo
For scheduling or additional information, please contact Eulogio
Espinoza at (559) 499-1178 or Direct (559) 840-9384 or Email:
eulogio@centrobinacional.org
Avantpage Translations:
Languages available include: Mixteco and Triqui (via
Spanish-English-Triqui relay)
Must be requested 3 days in advance of the appointment by
contacting the Program Manager.
Montzerrat Alva Thompson
montzerrat@avantpage.com
530.750.2040 Ext 20
AllWorld Language Consultants Inc.:
Languages available include: Mixteco
Must be requested 2-3 days in advance of the
appointment
To request services for Mixteco, please complete
the attached form and email it to request@alcinc.com. (Note: Contract Number should remain blank)
To use other languages, follow the instructions
below.
Monterey County Health Department
Dial 1-855-692-8355
Access Code: 10689
Select an Interpreter:
For Spanish, press 1
For all other languages, enter the 2-digit language
code (see chart)
TOP LANGUAGE CODES
CODE
LANGUAGE
CODE
LANGUAGE
CODE
LANGUAGE
47
Albanian
95
Hakha-Chin
74
Persian
39
Amharic
87
Hakka-Chinese
42
Polish
23
Arabic
90
Hebrew
35
Portuguese
59
Armenian
43
Hindi
49
Punjabi
58
Bangla
44
Hmong
19
Quiche
48
Bengali
65
Ibo
16
Rohingya
37
Bosnian
70
Indonesian
52
Romanian
67
Bulgarian
56
Italian
27
Russian
21
Burmese
63
Japanese
79
Samoan
51
Cambodian
34
Karen
62
Serbian
55
Canadian French
60
Karenni
64
Serbo-Croatian
31
Cantonese
94
Kinyarwanda
29
Somali
13
Castellano
53
Kirundi
1
Spanish
32
Chin
98
Kisii
38
Swahili
18
Chuukese
38
Kiswahili
46
Tagalog
92
Croatian
30
Korean
85
Tamil
91
Czech
76
Kurdish
86
Teddim
80
Dari
50
Laotian
57
Thai
84
Dutch
69
Lithuanian
83
Tibetan
33
Farsi
93
Macedonian
45
Tigrinya
73
Filipino
78
Mai Mai
97
Tongan
26
French
75
Malayalam
54
Turkish
36
Fulani
24
Mandarin
66
Twi
20
Fuzhounese
89
Mandingo
71
Ukrainian
82
Georgian
81
Marshallese
41
Urdu
61
German
72
Mongolian
22
Vietnamese
68
Greek
25
Nepali
88
Yoruba
40
Gujarati
96
Oromo
15
Zomi, Zou
28
Haitian Creole
77
Pashto
99
All Other
The live agent will ask for:
Your first and last name
Your department
LEP initials
Third party dial-out
Notify the first person who answers (interpreter or call
coordinator). International calls outside the USA and
Canada are subject to additional fees.
