Mar 23 2012 in language translation, Latest News, multilingual election, state certified translator by admin
City election officials seek to minimize confusion caused by Chinese language ballot errorHere’s an example of how an error in translation can have an impact on our daily lives, in this case in the democratic process of voting. Arcadia, Californi…
Mar 16 2012 in language interpreting, language translation, Latest News, Sign language by admin
Breakthrough software application converts sign language into textWe recently reported on the development of space-age machine translation technology that allows you to talk and translate automatically. Then there was another innovative application tha…
Mar 8 2012 in english, french, german, Italian, language translation, Latest News, machine translation, Portuguese, spanish, Swedish by admin
Machine translation provides access to about 90% of all European patents…The European Patent Office (EPO) in cooperation with Google has launched a new machine translation service in an important step to improve access to patent documents in multiple…
Feb 21 2012 in interpretation, interpreting, interpreting services, language translation, language translator, Latest News, localisation, localization, translation, translation business, translation services by admin
…so just try to understand what they are saying on Twitter by using automatic translation tools.A funny blog post got me playing around with online translation again. In “Facebook and Twitter try to translate — but we still can’t un…
Feb 14 2012 in interpreting, interpreting equipment, interpreting services, language interpretation, language translation, Latest News by admin
…the only state that has given its native language “official language” status.Amidst the debate about the role of Spanish in the US, many people don’t realize that one state already has two official languages. Can you name it? I’ll …
Feb 11 2012 in interpretation, interpreting, interpreting services, language translation, language translator, Latest News, localisation, localization, translation, translation business, translation services by admin
…or the latest example of how two countries can be divided by the same language.Even English-speakers can misinterpret English. According to numerous sources, two young British tourists were prevented entry onto US turf due to a few awkward, but misi…
Feb 3 2012 in language interpretation, language interpreter, language translation, Latest News, medical interpreter, medical translation, over the phone interpreter, phone interpreting, phone translator, translation, translation and interpreting services by admin
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 …
Jan 31 2012 in interpretation, interpreting, interpreting services, language translation, language translator, Latest News, localisation, localization, translation, translation business, translation services by admin
Volunteers for the Twitter Translation Center are working to get the social network site ready for Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and Urdu.In another example of crowd-sourced translation efforts, Twitter is opening up to languages that read right-to-left. Volun…
Jan 29 2012 in interpretation, interpreting, interpreting services, language translation, language translator, Latest News, localisation, localization, translation, translation business, translation services by admin
Deciding on one binding language for international business contracts is essential.In international business, companies typically sign their contracts in one language only. When a language is set as the contractual language, the version of the contract…
Jan 20 2012 in interpreting, interpreting equipment, interpreting services, language interpretation, language translation, Latest News by admin
A story from India shows us how even local elected officials can find themselves in need of language services.India is one of the world’s most complex linguistic patchworks. According to the 2001 census, 30 languages are spoken by more than a mil…