Last year the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) assisted 34,154 Triple Zero calls requiring an interpreter. TIS operators answered these calls in 8 seconds on average! Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority (ESTA) in Victoria have used TIS National interpreters for 28 years to enable Triple Zero call-takers to communicate with people who don’t speak English. Listen to Nicole Ashworth, ESTA’s Chief Operating Officer, reflect on how TIS National helps ESTA to save lives

It's #ThrowbackThursday with #TISNational! “The Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) is your link to people who don’t speak your language.” Watch this TIS National promotional video from 1993 that we’ve uncovered from our archives to celebrate 50 years of phone interpreting services. From back then to now, TIS National continues to play a key role in crisis situations, connecting non-English speakers to emergency services. TIS National provides interpreting services not only to em