Ten reasons why language translation is significant to your life Part 2

You might not think about how language translation affects your everyday life, but according to Nataly Kelly, there is hardly anything in your life that isn’t touched in some way by language translation.We now continue with the second part of this two-…

Social Media for Translators and Interpreters

The words ‘social media’ can sound a bit scary for some; they were for me anyway before I started to look into it all. Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and more! However, rather than being anything scary, it is actually a really useful tool for anyone in business. But especially for new businesses or those who run […]

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Immigration Advisory Service Closes

As the Immigration Advisory Service is no longer in existence (after it went into administration last week) it leaves a question mark over many people’s heads as to what is going to happen to the thousands of people who relied heavily on the services that the charity provided. The Immigration Advisory Service was a charity […]

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China Lacks Interpreters

The Annual International Permanent Conference for University Institutes of Translators and Interpreters (CIUI) took place between 21 May – 22 May in Beijing. It was reported during the conference that China needs to vastly improve on the current number of interpreters and translators that it has in the country. It seems that the Chinese are […]

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London Hospitals Spend £15m on Interpreters

In areas such as London where there is large culturally diversity, it seems that hospitals are running up larger than average bills because they are having to employ interpreters so that patients who do not speak the language can understand the medical staff who are treating them.
Recent numbers indicate that around seven hospital trusts in […]

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Language Translation – Interpreters play crucial role at the old ball game

Helping with media coverage is all in a day’s work for baseball interpreters.English is a second language for a number of major league baseball players. So naturally, interpreters have come to play an important role in helping players with limited En…