Case Studies
From head-of-state summits to same-day emergency response, here’s what turnkey language services look like in practice.
Diplomacy
APEC Stanford Summit — U.S. Department of State
2 heads of state · exclusive provider · high-security protocols
Japanese and Korean simultaneous interpreting with full equipment for the November 2023 dialogue between Japan’s PM Kishida Fumio and Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, moderated by Secretary Condoleezza Rice at Stanford’s Shorenstein Center.
Diplomacy
APEC Leaders’ Week — President of Vietnam Roundtable
Vietnamese conference interpreting for President Vo Van Thuong’s business roundtable, requested by the U.S. Department of State (Nov 2023, San Francisco). Bilateral agreements signed in education, clean energy, microchips, and AI.
Government
U.S. State Department Environmental Summit (OES)
Week-long Spanish simultaneous and consecutive interpreting across conference sessions, roundtables, and field visits in the Bay Area (2024) — the versatility complex multi-day government events demand.
Government
City & County of San Francisco — Citywide Language Partner
90% of departments · 130+ languages · 8+ years
Language vendor to CCSF since 2018 — SFPD, SFMTA, SFPUC, Planning, HSH, and more. The San Francisco Public Library has trusted Bilingva as its main translation vendor since 2013.
Recent stories: SFPD Police Chief search · Disability & Aging Services · SFPUC · County of Santa Clara
Emergency
Emergency Language Response — San Francisco
Same-day deployment · 4 languages · 24/7 response
Spanish, Filipino, Russian, and Cantonese interpreters deployed on short notice during the December 2025 power outage (130,000 customers), and emergency Spanish interpreters supporting HSA after the Tenderloin fire displaced 70 residents.
Enterprise
Guidewire Connections 2025 — Enterprise Conference
Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese simultaneous interpreting at the largest event in Guidewire’s history — interpreters, soundproof booths, wireless receivers, and on-site technicians as one package.
Events
NWSL Championship 2025 — Broadcast Scale
5 languages · 18,000 fans · international media
Multilingual interpreting in five languages for the 2025 NWSL Championship in San Jose, supporting 18,000 fans and international media coverage.
Education
Summit Public Schools — District Language Portal
A dedicated 24/7 interpreter-request portal for school meetings, including IEP settings — requests confirmed by email around the clock. The template for how Bilingva partners with districts.
Government
City of San José — Citywide Language Partner
250,000+ words/yr · ASL & CDI · translation, interpreting & localization
The Bay Area’s largest city runs its own language program on Bilingva’s portal — a quarter-million words a year across Transportation, Environmental Services, the Library, and the Mayor’s Office, plus the region’s deepest ASL bench for community meetings.
Government
San Francisco Department of Public Health — Language Access
6 core languages · onsite & remote · standing workgroups + on-call
Interpreting for DPH’s standing community workgroups and Office of Health Equity survey translation — consecutive and simultaneous, onsite and remote, with on-call coverage for out-of-cadence requests.
Enterprise
Netflix — Executive Briefing Interpreting
Japanese & Mandarin · whisper simultaneous · repeat engagement
Two interpreters and full equipment for a series of high-stakes executive negotiations with Chinese and Japanese media leaders at Netflix’s Los Gatos HQ — discreet, protocol-aware whisper interpreting the team booked meeting after meeting.
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