This Week’s Highlight: Jill Bishop

I was always fascinated by language and culture, and this fascination led me to get a PhD in Linguistic Anthropology with a focus on efforts in Israel to keep the Ladino language from disappearing. I took a non-traditional path from there, first working in corporate user research and then overseeing language and culture programs for Chipotle.

In 2005, I founded Multilingual Connections, a global translation agency based here in Evanston that I now run with my husband Mark. We work in over 75 languages and are proud of the values-driven company we’ve created and the impact our work has out in the world. We work with tech companies, law firms, government agencies, universities and not for profits – all of which have different types of language needs – but for us, it’s all about helping create connections.

When I’m not in the office, I can be found renovating houses, fostering puppies and spending time with our teen son.


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