Projects for Intercultural Society

Sapporo Community Interpreters

Sapporo Community Interpreters

This system dispatches trained volunteer interpreters to schools, childcare facilities, ward offices, etc. to eliminate the "language barrier". In principle, they are dispatched to Sapporo City-related facilities free of charge. This system is operated as a Sapporo City-subsidized project, and the Sapporo International Communication  Plaza Foundation pays the interpreters' transportation expenses and honorarium. There is no cost to facilities or users.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

  Available date and time       

        Monday to Friday 9: 00-17: 30                                   

Available languages                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

       English/Chinese/Thai/Russian/Vietnamese/Nepali/Korean/Indonesian/Mongolian ⇔ Japanese

       * Interpreters are not currently available for other languages, but we are working to find volunteers for more languages.

This service is available for

  • Parent-teacher meetings at schools, childcare facilities, etc.
  • Orientation and procedures before admission to schools or daycare centers
  • Public nurse home visits (infant check-ups)
  • Infant health examinations
  • Application for entering nursery school, preliminary visits to childcare centers before applying
  • Procedures for pregnancy and childbirth etc. at ward offices

This service is NOT available for:

  • Events, seminars, briefing sessions, etc.

  • Medical interpretation at hospitals and other institutions

  • Judicial interpretation at police stations, courts, and lawyers' offices

  • Exams at school, learning support, use as a chaperone, non-interpretation related requests

  • When communication can be sufficiently handled using phone interpretation, machine translation, or interpretation tools and so on

How to Use /Flyer/Forms

Please refer to the following link for the procedure and request form.

How to Use/Forms

Contact/Apply

After checking the "How to Use" and "Forms", please contact the Sapporo International Communication Plaza Foundation (SICPF)

TEL 011-211-2105
FAX 011-211-3673
E-mail by mail, please use this form

Recruiting Volunteer Interpreters

We are currently looking for interpreters for Chinese, Urdu, Nepali and Russian.

Basically,  must meet all of the following requirements:

  • Should have experience interpreting between Japanese and the above language
  • Those who can work during the day on weekdays
  • Those who can communicate via email

All departments will be within Sapporo City.
If you are interested, please contact the Sapporo International Communication Plaza Foundation (SICPF).