Top tips for managing language translations: Part 2

Anne Chevalier is a language translation specialist and a contributor to the Spicy Learning Blog, where instructional designers and product managers at Saffron Interactive share their invaluable expertise with the wider learning and development communi…

Top tips for managing language translations: Part 1

Anne Chevalier is a language translation specialist at Saffron Interactive, a London-based online and mobile learning provider. Here are her five top tips to help prevent your e-learning projects from getting lost in translation!As one of the most expe…

Google Translate takes automated language translation offline

Google’s offline languages update allows Android users to download automated language translation packs for 50 languages, including Chinese, Arabic, French, and Spanish. Just make sure your device has enough storage space for your expanded vocabulary…

Cambodian language interpreters for Khmer Rouge trial go on strike due to lack of pay

Cambodian interpreters angry that they have gone without pay for three months have stopped working at the genocide trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.In a setback for international justice, 30 Cambodian translation staff member…

Profiles in language translation and the Spanish language of love and friendship

Nataly Kelly interviews Sergio Moreno-Denton, Hallmark’s Editorial Director for Spanish-language greeting cards.In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, it may interest you to know that in many parts of Latin America, the holiday is not only for lovers. The…

Australian language interpreters and translators are presented with a new code of ethics

Concerns about language interpretation standards and conditions in Australian courts and hospitals prompted a comprehensive two-year review of the previous code.A new code of ethics for language interpreters and translators has been released to the pub…

City of Anaheim, CA, to offer Spanish language interpretation services at council meetings

The Anaheim City Council has unanimously approved the addition of Spanish language interpreting services at all future City Council meetings for a one-year trial period.City staff will provide the Spanish language interpreter services during the public…

Bravo once again to EU’s young language translators

The names of the 27 winners of the European Commission’s annual EU Young Translators (Juvenes Translatores) contest for secondary school pupils were published on January 28.Last year in March we first reported on the winners of the European Union&rsq…

The 13th Annual American Translators Association – Translation Company Division (ATA-TCD) Conference

The 13th Annual ATA-TCD Conference: “A Recipe for Business Growth – 10 Ingredients” will be held in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, January 25 – Sunday, January 27, 2013.The 13th Annual ATA-TCD Conference is for entrepreneurs. Whether you are a translat…

Machine Foreign Language Translation System (MFLTS) RFI

Synopsis for a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT (SSA)–not a solicitation for bid.The Product Director (PD) Machine Foreign Language Translation System (MFLTS), Fort Belvoir, VA, is conducting market research to identify industry experience and state of the…