As more Americans get health insurance coverage, the demand for medical interpreters will likely increase.Health care reform and the aging American population are both factors that will lead to more jobs in the medical field in the very near future. I…

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…

Many languages have carried out, or attempted, spelling reforms, but enforcement can prove difficult.Although it hasn’t gotten a lot of English-speaking press, Spanish has undergone a spelling reform as of 2011. Created by the Real Academia Espa&…

The state’s Office of Multicultural Health & Services has awarded a grant for the development of certification exams in five languagesThe National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters, which launched the first national certification exam i…

If you want to get an exotic tattoo in a foreign tongue, you had best be sure of the translation.We all know tattoos are the rage in the USA, but were you aware that tattoo mistranslation is a recognized problem? Even the rich and the famous have been…

It’s been a busy blogging year at Language Translation, Inc. Here’s a look back at five favorite posts from 2010.Bloggers generally love lists, and I am no exception. As I look forward to another year of blogging for Language Translation, Inc , I w…

Translation and interpretation are among the services that help assure equal treatment in the health care system.Language translation and interpretation services, when correctly provided, help to guarantee equal access to health care for all. They thus…

What’s in store for the language service sector in 2011? Research group Common Sense Advisory has some ideas.Since 2005, the major research group Common Sense Advisory has been publishing predictions about the language service industry. The group&rsq…

A new site called Viki claims it has 100,000 volunteer translators subtitling for free. Subtitling is a highly difficult and painstaking translation task. Comprehension of film dialogue can be difficult even for native speakers; rendering the dialogue …

A video by Wisconsin Technical Colleges shows some of the key lessons learned by a student preparing to become a medical interpreter.As a provider of medical language services, we have often posted on this blog about professional language interpreters,…