Among other brain-related benefits, learning foreign languages appears to improve your memory.Bilinguals see things differently… Bilinguals learn foreign languages more easily than monolinguals… And now, a study suggests that learning foreign lan…

Minimum requirements to work as a health care interpreter vary from state to state, but the necessary skills don’t.Few educational institutions offer training courses in health care interpreting, and a national certification process is just getting u…

Minimum requirements to work as a health care interpreter vary from state to state, but the necessary skills don’t.Few educational institutions offer training courses in health care interpreting, and a national certification process is just getting u…

Language translators have reaped great benefits from the Internet revolution.Some occupations lend themselves easily to working remotely, and language translation is one of them. Through the Internet, freelance translators can contract with language s…

The American Translators Association’s divisions showcase a wide range of translation specialties.The American Translators Association, or ATA, boasts 11,000 members in over 90 countries. Membership privileges are extended not only to translators, bu…

The American Translators Association’s divisions showcase a wide range of translation specialties.The American Translators Association, or ATA, boasts 11,000 members in over 90 countries. Membership privileges are extended not only to translators, bu…

In the final post of our three-part series on evaluating language skills, we’ll take a look at assessing language interpretation competence.In the US, one of the most recognized language skill evaluation tools is the ILR, or Interagency Language Roun…

Breaking down language barriers is one thing; working through cultural differences is another.Sharing a language doesn’t necessarily mean sharing a culture. For example, a French citizen may speak the same language as a French-speaking Canadian, …

Breaking down language barriers is one thing; working through cultural differences is another.Sharing a language doesn’t necessarily mean sharing a culture. For example, a French citizen may speak the same language as a French-speaking Canadian, …