Year 1
LING102 ZLL1020
LING133 ZXW1330
Year 2
LING233 ZXW2330
LING321 ZXL3210
This will improve your ability to translate messages between English and your native/home language. You'll explore the real-world methods professional translators use and learn the fascinating basics of linguistics—the science of language itself! Finish the course and earn: 6.0 college credits plus 2.0 high school credits.
This class is an incredible opportunity to learn your language and other peoples languages, if you are bilingual. This class teaches you how to be a successful translator and how to become more fluent in your language!” -Elisa Childers
Attend Court Interpreter Training
Take Classes online with Professors
Go on field trips to University of Hawai'i, Hilo
Apply for paid internships!
Students may take a series of 4 dual high school/college credit classes:
Year 1: LING102 + LING133
Year 2: LING233 + LING321
Student translations are used out in the world to make our community more welcoming to people who speak many different languages. We welcome students who speak any language to join the class, but here some of the languages we have had in the class:
Spanish
'Olelo Hawai'i
Samoan
Marshallese
Chinese
Tagalog
Ilocano
Thai
Japanese