Multilingua Devon was founded by Anil Lee in 2007 to meet the language needs of Devon's BME community and public services, expanding to Torbay and Plymouth. As a local, not-for-profit business, we’re deeply connected to the community and work closely with public and voluntary organisations.
We offer a personal approach, building strong relationships with our interpreters through in-person interviews and training workshops. To address the shortage of trained interpreters in the South West, we partnered with WEA SW to provide accredited Level 3 Community Interpreting Courses. Many of our interpreters were trained by Anil Lee, allowing us to match each job with the best-suited candidate based on their strengths and expertise.
We adhere to a strict Code of Practice and Ethics at Multilingua, ensuring professionalism, confidentiality, and integrity in all our interpreting and translation services. You can read more about this here.

Our Services
- Offering interpretation and translation in 100+ languages.
- 300+ loc al freelance interpreters and translators in our database.
- Dedicated to matching the right interpreter for each case.
Our Interpreters
- Trained professionals with DBS checks.
- 99% are native speakers with a BA or higher from their home country.
- We consider qualifications, experience, age, gender, and location to ensure the best match.
Language Availability
- Our language offerings constantly evolve—contact us to check availability.
Who We Serve
- Providing community interpreting and translation for Public Services in Devon, Torbay, Plymouth, and sometimes Somerset & Cornwall.
- Helping bridge language and cultural gaps between service providers and users.
Supporting Bilingual Professionals
- Creating job opportunities for highly qualified bilingual speakers.
- Helping local BME interpreters gain work experience and industry contacts.
- Many of our interpreters have gone on to become bilingual support workers, teaching assistants, and teachers.
- We’re happy to provide references for our interpreters.