Your community interpreter

Communicate in more than 80 languages. Rapidly access a qualified community interpreter, wherever you are.

Why Bhaasha?

  • Qualified community interpreters

    The Bhaasha platform is used by 9 partner services in Switzerland & Germany

  • Found for you, in real time

    for any urgent or planned need in the health, social, education or justice sectors

  • Communicate the way you need

    through in-person, telephone or our secure videoconferencing platform

  • Save time to find an interpreter

    with our intuitive booking platform and end-to-end interpreter management tools

Creating a more equitable and inclusive society through innovative services and technologies

Our Mission

How to book an interpreter?

  • 1. Enter booking details and confirm your request

    Main details are language, date, time, location, the domain and subject of the session. Our algorithms then assign the qualified interpreter for your need.

  • 2. Interpreter conducts the session in-person, by video or telephone

    The session takes place between the allophone person, the professional (e.g. from health, social, education or justice sectors) and the community interpreter.

  • 3. Customer invoicing and payment of interpreter salaries

    The duration of the session is validated, the customer is billed for the session and the interpreter gets their salary paid, including all necessary social insurances.

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  • « We are very satisfied with this service. We note the ease of the platform, in particular the pleasant and intuitive interface, and its ease of use. We also note the efficiency and time savings provided by this service. »

    Psychiatric service

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Our technologies

Powerful interpreter booking interface

Book the right interpreter when and where you need

Professional platform for interpreters

Offer your services and manage your time with powerful tools

Admin dashboard to automate workflows

Manage & automate the entire interpreting workflow

Join our team of interpreters in Vaud and Geneva

  • Better working conditions

  • Flexibility to manage your priorities

  • Access to cutting-edge trainings, qualification programs and supervision

  • Best-in-class technological tools

Interpreter job openings here

Supported by the project AMIF19: AM19-HH5108 of the European Union

Hamburg language mediator pool for those in need of protection - Expansion of a model project - This project is co-financed with funds from the Asylum, Migration, and Integration Fund of the European Union.

  • INTERPRET is the Swiss association for community interpreting and intercultural mediation and fulfills, on behalf of the Confederation, central tasks in the areas of qualification, quality assurance, as well as in conceptual work and public relations.

    Bhaasha is recognized by INTERPRET as a training institution to obtain the INTERPRET certificate.

  • ISO 13611 establishes criteria and recommendations for community interpreting that enables access to services for people who have limited proficiency in the language of such services.

    ISO 18841 specifies basic requirements for the provision of interpreting services. Additionally, it provides recommendations of good practice.

  • eduQua is the Swiss quality label for providers of continuous education. It promotes transparency, comparability and quality of the continuous education offers.

  • Cultural Interpretation Services for Our Communities (CISOC) is a registered charitable organization that was founded in 1993 with the aim of providing the highest standards of interpretation and translation services.

    Bhaasha, in collaboration with CISOC, provides interpreters with basic training adapted to Switzerland: “The protocols and procedures of community interpreting”.

  • Swiss made software label is the nationally and internationally recognized symbol for Swiss quality in software development.

    The Bhaasha platform is also hosted in Switzerland with the highest data protection and security standards.