A bright spot in hurricane Sandy and the biggest unheard of global industry

The language services industry, encompassing interpreting, translation, localization, and related technologies – is worth $33 billion globally, according to the latest market size estimates from Common Sense Advisory.She’s back! In a guest post…

Jimmy Carter and the power of language translation Part 1

Can translation shape a presidency? Nataly Kelly believes that translation affects the oval office in more ways than most people realize. The commander-in-chief has extraordinary power to shape policy related to translation and language in general.Earl…

Innovative high-tech gloves translates sign language into complete spoken words

Prize-winning device may eventually have the potential to help hundreds of millions of hearing-impaired people around the world.Last May we reported on three Cornell University engineering students who had developed a high-tech glove that translated ha…

High-tech glove translates sign language into spoken letters

Cornell University engineering students devote their final project to the development of prototype glove Last March we reported on a breakthrough mobile software application that converts sign language into text, developed by researchers at Aberdeen Un…