About Us

Let Our Language Specialists Help You Communicate More Effectively

About the Company

Clear communication is the core of an efficient and successful business.  When you work with clients, partners, peers, or the general public who primarily speak another language, it’s critical that the information which is being shared is accurate and clear.  Proper translation ensures that all parties involved in the business deal, case, or project are exactly aligned on the details, no matter which languages are involved.

A-List Communication has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies, small and medium-sized businesses, and attorneys who require precise interpretation, translation, and transcription services. A-List Communication offers services in over 70 languages, from Chinese to Spanish, to exotic languages such as Tamil, Igbo, and Hmong.  We perform all of our language services with bespoke customer service and a fine-grained attention to detail that you will not find anywhere else.

A-List Communication has been a member of the Northern California Translators Association, a Chapter of American Translators Association (ATA), since 2010.

About Our Projects

Our Project Highlight:

Each year, A-List Communication performs countless multi-lingual certified transcription and translation of discovery evidence, and provides interpreting services during legal proceedings for attorneys, law firms, government entities, and litigants in Northern California and beyond. A-List plays an integral role in the judicial system.

In 2023 and 2024, A-List provided multilingual interpreting and translation services to Santa Clara Open Space Authority (OSA) in a multi-year science-based and community-informed project to plan how the newly conserved Coyote Valley, 1,500 acres of vital land for wildlife, sustainable agriculture, flood protection and public access of nature will be used and managed.  We also interpreted for many local grassroot advocacy organizations such as Urban Strategies Council and TransForm to address housing and transit needs, poverty and immigration issues.

In 2022, A-List was chosen to provide translation, transcription and interpretation services for the first Chinese couturier Guo Pei during her first major exhibit and other related events such as the Virtual Wednesdays and On the Edge Night events at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, CA.

In 2021, A-List joined forces with Crossings TV, WADOH (Washington Department of Health), CDPH (California Department of Public Health) and UC Davis Health on California’s COVID-19 vaccine efforts by reporting on vaccine related stats and hosting Q&A sessions for the various Chinese speaking communities in the U.S.   In the same year, A-List translated the Environmental Impact Report, a proposal on City of San Francisco Housing Plan 2023-2031 in both the audio and visual presentation. This proposal was adopted in 2022 by San Francisco resulting in funding of $117 million to build 82,000 affordable housing units in the city from 2022 to 2030.  A-List also translated and trans-created various collateral materials for Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program (DDTP) to satisfy the need of their large multilingual subscriber base to learn the latest smart phone technology.

In 2020, A-List prepared educational materials about COVID-19 for California Department of Public Health (CDPH) who worked closely with CDC in 20 languages.  We also translated large-volume PG&E bankruptcy order documents expeditiously to allow the timely vote of the Spanish-speaking fire victims on the bankruptcy plan.

From 2013 to 2020, A-List translated quarterly reports and other pertinent documents in many global languages for Tetra Tech DPK to promote access, transparency and efficiency of judicial systems in developing countries.

In 2018 and 2019, A-List assisted City of Santa Clara in disseminating a new ordinance regarding massage establishments and the communications surrounding the regulations to the ethnic communities at issue.

In 2017, A-List translated shopping guides to increase awareness of health foods and choices for low income residents in San Francisco, translated quit smoking campaigns for Department of Public Health, and interpreted for Senator Ted Cruz during a convention in San Francisco.  We provided interpretation services on the “Ghost Ship” fire case in Oakland, CA.

In 2015 and 2016, A-List worked closely with various San Francisco Bay Area cities to prepare a multi-lingual communication roll-out to workers and the general public for the new minimum wage labor law standard.

About the Founder

Amanda Peters, FounderA-List Communication was founded by Amanda Peeters, a court certified interpreter with 23 years of experience as a linguist. A Chinese native fluent in three major dialects of her native country (Mandarin, Cantonese, and Shanghainese), Ms. Peeters has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 30 years and holds a California court interpreter certification. She is very active in federal and state courts throughout Northern California.

Ms. Peeters has extensive professional expertise in high-profile white-collar criminal and antitrust intellectual property matters in the areas of financial offenses, securities fraud, grand jury investigations of corporate officers and employees, foreign corruption practices, and environmental, antitrust, and immigration law violations. She has held expert translator positions for both the U.S. Attorneys and the defense counsels on high-profile federal criminal cases. Her legal expertise makes her a valuable asset to attorney clients who are looking for impeccable interpretation and translation services.

Ms. Peeters holds a Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) with a focus in Marketing. Prior to founding A-List Communication, she worked in Paris as a marketing specialist for a financial consulting company and was a product manager for two prominent telecommunications companies in the U.S.  She also worked as a marketing consultant for Electronic Arts in the U.S. and China.

Ms. Peeters studied Western fine art, Chinese calligraphy and ink painting in China.  She continues to pursue her hobby in drawing and painting.  Traveling is her passion. She has traveled far and wide globally to learn about the local culture and tradition.  She is most interested in Chinese history and classical Chinese literature.

About Our Philosophy

Technology is quickly transforming the methods and ease with which we can communicate with one another in our personal and business interactions. The advent of automated online language services is one example of this changing landscape. However, while these types of services may work in some cases, our clients are professionals who demand 100% accuracy and sometimes require a personal touch with projects that are vital to their business.

A-List prides itself on providing our clients with efficient yet accurate and affordable language services. Due to our vast network of highly-skilled linguists, we offer some of the fastest turn-around times in the industry for projects and events, even with short notice. We can be your dedicated language services partner for many years to come.

Featured Clients

Government

Legal

Other

Technology, Health and Medicine

Our Language Specialties

Asian Languages

  • Chinese
    • Cantonese
    • Mandarin
    • Shanghainese
    • Toysanese
    • Fukianese/Taiwanese
    • Hakkanese
  • Indian
    • Hindi
    • Punjabi
    • Gujarati
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Urdu
  • Pashto
  • Mongolian

Southeast Asian

  • Burmese
  • Cambodian
  • Hmong
  • Laotian
  • Malay
  • Mien
  • Indonesian
  • Philipino
    • Tagalog
    • Ceboano
    • Ilocano
  • Thai
  • Vietnamese
  • Tongan

Other Languages

  • Albanian
  • Amharic
  • Arabic
  • Armenian
  • Assyrian
  • Bosnian
  • Bulgarian
  • Creole
  • Croatian
  • Dari
  • Eritrean
  • Farsi
  • Finnish
  • Guosa
  • Hebrew
  • Samoan
  • Swahili
  • Igbo
  • Tigrinian
  • Turkish

European Languages

  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hungarian
  • Italian
  • Latin
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Serbian
  • Slovak
  • Spanish
  • Swedish