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F E AT U R E
MasterWord Services, Inc., a leading provider of
industry-specific language solutions headquartered
in Houston, works with 300+ clients in health care,
energy, and social services, including some of the
world’s leading businesses, government entities
and non-profits in more than 200 languages across
four continents.
The company delivers a broad spectrum of solutions
in all languages and offers one of the industry’s
quickest response times with 24 hours a day, 7 days
per week. MasterWord is affiliated with the Greater
Houston Partnership CEO Roundtable, the National
Women’s Business Enterprise, the American
Translators Association, the National Council on
Interpreting in Healthcare, Texas Association of
Healthcare Interpreters and Translators, Houston
Interpreters and Translators Association, and
Metroplex Interpreters and Translators Association.
For further information on MasterWord Services,
contact Global Marketing & Strategic Projects
Manager Adrianne Poyet-Smith, at 281-589-0810.
Mary Esther Diaz is a translator and interpreter trainer
who serves as the Chair of the Advisory Committee on
Qualifications for Translators and Interpreters in Texas;
she was a founding member of the Texas Association
of Healthcare Interpreters and Translators and former
Medical Division Administrator for the American
Translators Association.
Jost Zetzsche is an English-to-German translator,
localization and translation consultant, and a widely
published author on various aspects of translation
including the newly released Found in Translation
published by Penguin. Zetzsche’s computer guide for
translators, A Translator’s Tool Box for the 21st Century ,
is now in its tenth edition; his technical newsletter for
translators goes out to more than 10,000 translators.
Mila Golovine is president and founder of
MasterWord Services, Inc. and a former Russian
interpreter for the state department cultivated by
the University of Houston entrepreneurship program.
Under Golovine’s leadership, MasterWord Services,
Inc. has been recognized as both a Top 100 Women-
Owned Business in Texas and a Top 500 Women-
Owned Business in the United States; in addition, Mila
is a member of the Greater Houston Partnership and
CEO Roundtable.
Edgar Antístenes Vesga-Arias is Director, International
and Signature Services, Memorial Hermann - Texas
Medical Center and Board Member, Greater Houston
Convention and Visitors Bureau; Past Chair, Texas
Medical Center International Affairs Advisory Council;
Director, Public Relations Committee of the International
Affairs Advisory Council; Affiliate Member, American
Academy of Pediatrics; Board Member, United States
- Mexico Chamber of Commerce Gulf Coast Chapter;
and Member, Mayor’s International Trade and
Development Council - The Americas
Ryan Foley is Manager of Training and Assessments
with MasterWord Services, Cl and CT certified with
the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, and is a
member of the Advisory Committee for Qualifications
for Healthcare Translators and Interpreters.
(Left to Right) World-class interpreters and translators Mary
Esther Diaz, Jost Zetzsche, Ph.D., Mila Golovine, Edgar
Antístenes Vesga-Arias and Ryan Foley led Houston’s
First International Language Services Conference at Memorial
Hermann-Texas Medical Center earlier this month. The Hospital
co-sponsored the conference with MasterWord Services, Inc.
Picture by Chris Curry