About Us

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Welcome

Language is our passion.
Facilitating communication is our mission.
Serving our clients is our motivation.

With Words.Work, you receive the best quality services possible for your language needs.


Let us break the barriers that languages can impose and offer your assistance to uncomplicate things when you get lost in translation!


For any type of job you have, either it be translations, transcriptions, or an interpreter on-site, we are here to serve you.

Words.Work will come to you in settings such as medical facilities, courts, lawyers' offices, immigration interviews (Asylum / Residency), small business meetings, or a small event. We will be by your side providing you the needed assistance wether you need to hear or to be heard.


Contact us today for a free quote and let us do the talking for you!


We have the following services readly available to you:

- Spanish Translator

- Spanish Interpreter

- Portuguese (Brazilian) Translator

- Portuguese (Brazilian) Interpreter


In case you need services in a language other than the listed above, please contact us by phone / text at (504) 662-8682 or via email at info@words.work. 


Our goal is to be able to offer you the service in the language you are looking for, so please provide the type of project and the language needed ahead of time so we can be prepared and advise if we'll be able to help you.


We are a growing company in the language solutions field in the New Orleans, Louisiana metro areas and surroundings.

Hello! ¡Hola! Olá! Ciau!

Greetings from the CEO

  

Greetings!


My name is Denise Franco Grimsley. 

I am the proud founder and CEO of Words.Work, LLC. 

I'm a native of São Paulo, Brazil, but I moved to New Orleans, Louisiana in September of 2003, and I am still in love with this vibrant and unique city that will make you laugh, dance, and let's not forget, EAT!


At a very early age, I knew I was passionate about two things: helping others and speaking languages. 

Each time I was able to help someone accomplish a task, even minimal ones, it would give me an incredible rush of happiness that motivated me to keep going. 

When it comes to languages, I was always pretty eloquent, even as a child, enunciating words correctly and make good use of grammar. As I grew up, I constinuously excelled in the Portuguese language and the proper use of such complexed and romantic language.


When I first came to United States, I was an international student, eager to finally fulfill a lifetime dream of mine: Learn how to speak, read, and write the English language! I was so excited about it that I could not wait for school to start! I started self-teaching and developing myself very quickly into having conversations with people on my own. That’s when I realized I had a God given gift - languages!

At the small school I was attending, I met several Spanish speaking people, and I fell in love with the Spanish language right away! Again, I could not wait and immediately started to learn Spanish from fellow students. I even proposed to the school principal, a native of Mexico, that I would teach him a little Portuguese if he taught me some Spanish.

As time went on, I wanted to strengthen my abilities in the English language. So, I enrolled at the IELP program at UNO, placing myself straight into the highest level offered, which was successfully completed and, as a result,  I passed the Michigan test. Nursing school was the next step for me. Therefore, I enrolled at Delgado Community College and completed all pre-requisite classes, including English 102 before being accepted into Charity School of Nursing in the fall of 2008. 

Even though I was a semester shy from graduating as an RN, Nursing School taught me a great deal in the medical field and the healthcare system here in the U.S. 

Throughout the years, I performed interpreting jobs that came my way sporadically; however, since 2017, I’ve dedicated myself solely as a trilingual interpreter and translator. I’ve acquired a great amount of technical vocabulary and experience in the medical and legal fields.

Currently, I am enrolled in the Certification Program for Medical and Legal Interpreter and Translator course at UNO (University of New Orleans) and I truly believe that this course will elevate my career to the highest standards of professionalism and accuracy.

 

I want to express my gratitude to you for considering Words.Work your go to language solutions company!