Special Event — An evening with Translators without Borders

Stories from Afar: How Translation and Localization is Making a Difference in the Daily Lives of Those in Need, Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, at the PayPal (Town Hall Building) 2161 N 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95131.Don’t miss thi…

Former Afghan language translators offered resettlement in New Zealand

A former Afghan language interpreter believes the New Zealand Government’s decision to offer resettlement to translators has saved his family’s life.Sometimes risking your life as an interpreter in a warzone can make you eligible for special benefits…

Errors by police, nurse and interpreter result in man’s death

A Polish man from Lancashire in the United Kingdom dies in custody due to critical “failings” by police, medical staff and a language interpreter.Bogdan Wilk, a 54-year-old resident of Preston, was being detained at a police station following his a…

Program to train medical interpreters in indigenous languages

A grant will provide medical interpretation training for 6 women who speak indigenous Mexican languages.The Natividad Medical Foundation has received a $25,000 grant from the Community Foundation for Monterey County’s Women’s Fund in order …

Interpreting Sports

Language interpreters can help athletes play their game. Language interpretation holds down a key role in many sectors: medicine, law, and business, to name a few.  Although we don’t know of any language service providers specialized in t…

Favorite medical translation posts of 2011

We continue to take a look back at 2011 with a review of favorite posts from our “Medical Translation and Interpretation” blog.Our medical language services blog stream covers the most specific subject matter of our three blog channels. The posts a…

Our top 3 translation posts of 2011

Actually, these are just my favorites…You may not have noticed that our Language Translation Inc. blog contains three distinct streams, or channels: one about language translation and interpretation; another one dealing with medical language services…