Limited English Proficiency
In accordance with the prohibition against discrimination on the basis of national origin under Title VI, Indiana University (IU) is committed to the accessibility of our programs and activities to those with Limited English Proficiency (LEP). To that end, IU will make available appropriate alternative language formats to those with LEP, upon request.
Read IU's Limited English Proficiency Plan
International students should contact the Office of International Affairs at 317-274-7000 or oia@iu.edu for assistance. All others may request an alternative language format by contacting the IU Indianapolis Office of Institutional Equity at oieindy@iu.edu or 317-274-2306.
IU Indianapolis Office of Institutional Equity
Bryce Building / 986 Indiana Avenue, Suite B310
Indianapolis, IN 46202
LEP Resources
- “I Speak Cards”: Download “I Speak Cards” to help those with limited proficiency in English identify the language they speak.
Free Online Translation Tools
- Free Translation and Professional Translation Services from SDL: Translation available between English and 42 other languages including Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Chinese.
- Free Online Translation Service: Translation available between English and French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, and Korean. This site also offers a text to speech option.
- Babel Fish Text Translation: Translation available between English and Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
- ASL Dictionary: Translation and dictionary between English and American Sign Language.
- Word2Word: Directory of translation services.
- imTranslator: Translation of text in 60 different languages.
- Google Translate: Text or document translation in 80 different languages.
- Babylon: Translation of text in 30 different languages.
Fee-Based Phone Interpreting Services
- Translation Cloud
- AT&T Traveler Support
- Allsprachendienst Esperanto GmbH
- DT Interpreting
- Insync Interpreting Service
- Purple: ASL interpreters available online with an iPhone/iPad app.
- Language Line Solutions: ASL interpreters over the phone, on demand video remote, and on-site interpretation, and document, website, and multimedia translation in over 200 languages.
Multilingual Glossaries
- Spanish Language Style Guide and Glossaries: A resource on language use and terminology for Web managers dealing with websites in Spanish and/or Spanish language contractors.
- UNESCO Thesaurus: A resource for terminology in a number of fields including education, refugee work, and science.