1903
Geneva Employment Agency opens its 6th Avenue office and provides work assignments for skilled laborers in a variety of industries and roles ranging from artisans to craftsmen, chefs, and everything in between.
How did we get here - A Timeline
Timeline
1903
1920
1920
Geneva Employment becomes a leader in local job placement and adds new service opportunties for NYC’s diverse community.
1930
1930
Geneva Employment Agency is instrumental in providing jobs to NYC workers during the Great Depression.
1930
Geneva Employment Agency moves to Warren Street, expanding the number of office staff and services provided.
1932
1932
1950
1950
Geneva Employment Agency begins providing administrative jobs as well as blue collar employment to government agencies.
1950
1960
1960
Geneva Franchise Systems opens with remote office locations in Long Island, New Jersey and other locations in the five boroughs for the next ten years.
1969
1969
1974
1974
1986
1986
Geneva Temps, Inc. is established by the Buckstein family and provides interpreting and translation services to private clients and government agencies as well as staffing services.
1990
1990
Geneva Temps, Inc. moves to 22nd street and shifts primarily to providing interpreting and translation services
1996
1996
Geneva Worldwide, Inc. is formed to meet the multilingual communication needs of private and government clients internationally.
1999
1999
2004
2004
Geneva Worldwide, Inc. moves to 35th street to provide space for translation project managers, interpreting coordinators and video remote interpreting studio space.
2011
2011
Geneva Worldwide, Inc. is listed as one of the fastest growing companies in the United States by Inc. 5000 for the third time.
2012
2012
2012
Geneva Worldwide, Inc. is listed as one of the fastest growing companies in the United States by Inc. 5000 for the fourth time.
2012
2012
2012
Geneva Worldwide, Inc. is named one of the top 100 language services companies in the world, and listed in the top 20 language services company nationwide.
2013
2013
2013
Geneva Worldwide, Inc. joins INC 5000’s Honor Roll after recognition as one of the fastest growing companies in the United States for the fifth consecutive year.
2013
2013
Geneva Worldwide, Inc., representing the Hundred Year Association of New York, presents Ms. Jesse Baum the 2013 E. Virgil Conway College Scholar Award.
2014
2014
In recgonition for decades of quality service, Geneva Worlwide is awarded a contract to provide all language services for the City of New York in it’s first master service contract!
2014
2015
2015
Geneva Worldwide, Inc., representing the Hundred Year Association of New York, presents Molly Baum the 2015 E. Virgil Conway College Scholar Award.
2015
Geneva Worldwide is honored by the 100 Year Association and CEO Craig Buckstein is voted on to the Board of Governors.
2016
2016
Geneva Worldwide joins our national lobbyists (JNCL-NCLIS) to campaign on Capital Hill for language access and government funding.
2016
2016
The US Department of Homeland Security awards Geneva Worldwide and it’s partners a contract to provide nationwide language services across the US.
2016
Geneva Worldwide CEO, Craig Buckstein, is honored for serving 10 years on the Board of the Association of Language Companies (ALC)
2016
Geneva Worldwide is ranked #20 on the The Top Language Service Providers in North America by Common Sense Advisory. We are listed #75 worldwide!
2016
We are thrilled and honored to announce that Geneva Worldwide is listed #5 in the The Top 20 On-Site Interpreting Companies in the US by Common Sense Advisory. We are listed #8 worldwide!
2019
2019
2020
2020
2020
Geneva deemed an essential business by New York State to help provide language services through the height of the pandemic
2020
Geneva provide frontline interpretation and contract tracing services in 200 languages to help identify and ease the spread of Covid 19
2021
2021
Geneva help aid Afghanistan refugees resettled in the New York area across various agencies and non profit orgniazation.
2022
2022
Geneva re-awrded State of Connectricut contract to provide various language services across every agency.
2023
2023
Geneva re-awarded New York State contract to provide language service and support in 200 languages and transcription services.
Awards and Recognition
Geneva Worldwide, Inc. joins INC 5000’s Honor Roll after recognition as one of the fastest growing companies in the United States for the fifth consecutive year.
Geneva Worldwide is listed #5 in the The Top 20 On-Site Interpreting Companies in the US by Common Sense Advisory. We are listed #8 worldwide!
Geneva ranked among the Nimdzi 100 Top Global Language Companies.
Geneva deemed an essential business by New York State to help provide language services through the height of the pandemic.
Geneva by the Numbers
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Languages serviced
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clients serviced
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Over 1 million
face to face interpretation requests serviced
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Over 10 million
minutes of telephonic interpretation performed
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20 million +
words translated
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A million hours of audio transcribed
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120 years
Servicing clients
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A rotating cast of linguists
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2012
ISO certified
Testimonials
“I wanted to thank you again for your wonderful help to get this meeting with our employee accomplished today. [The interpreter] was a pleasure – as you have been throughout this, our first exposure to requiring an interpreter for an employee. I thank you again and please know that if we should ever have need of an interpreter – we will come back to you and Geneva.”
Sarah J.
“Thank you again to your team for their work on Tuesday. It was wonderful! We really appreciate that the folks translating are so adaptable to our content and artists and it is just such a pleasure working with you all.”
James C.
“Thank you so much for your help interpreting French today. I very much appreciate it. You made the appointment go much more smoothly. I know I will be reaching out to Geneva Worldwide again for French translation services because the participant will need one or more follow-up appointments.”
Patrick D.
Our Vision for the next 120 years
Geneva Worldwide has been delivering superior interpretation, translation, and transcription services for the past 120 years. Naturally, the world changed a lot in that time, and it’s only going to change even more over the next 120 years. The one thing that won’t change, however, is our commitment to our clients.
With our ability to adapt to the ever-evolving language industry, we plan on remaining a fixture in the field for centuries. In recent years, for example, we’ve had to make room for AI-powered tools like machine translation. While these apps are great for holding simple conversations, though, we know they’re not going to replace human interpreters. At best, the accuracy of machine translation ranges from 60% to 90%, which means the content these tools generate still needs editing by a professional linguist.
Of course, that doesn’t mean we can’t harness the power of AI to expand our own offerings, and in the coming years, we plan on adding services like event management and coordination. By incorporating the latest technology into our operations, we can spend the next 120 years making our services better, faster, and more accessible.
The world may be getting smaller, but expert interpreters will never become obsolete. In fact, they’re going to be needed more than ever for things like transcreation as more brands aim to reach a global audience. And as long as there’s a need for facilitating communication, Geneva Worldwide will be there.
With over a century of experience, Geneva Worldwide’s VRI services have you covered!
