Jimmy Carter and the power of language translation Part 2

In her book, Found in Translation, Nataly Kelly argues that translation can influence the world, including even the presidency of the United States. She discovered many interesting links between language translation and President Jimmy Carter.Here&rsqu…

EU Seeks Interpreters

EPSO which is the European Personnel Selection Office has launched the 2011 linguist selection procedures that will help to set out a clear set of guidelines that will help member states of the EU to find capable translators and interpreters to work in top jobs across Europe. The move continues to reinforce the clear message […]

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Online interpreters help Burmese patients

A new online translation system called V-See is helping Burmese patients to talk to their practitioners during medical appointments. The programme, which can be compared to the online communication system Skype, allows interpreters to assist the conversation between patient and Doctor without requiring their immediate presence in the consultation room.
The programme is a collaboration between […]

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Interpreters “Operating” In Hospitals

People often think that UK doctors are the pillars of UK society who you can trust implicitly, however it seems that the Europe is insisting on chipping away at the confidence that we have in our doctors.
This is due to foreign doctors entering the UK to work. According to recent figures not all doctors that […]

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