Feb 17 2011 in certified medical translation services, healthcare interpreter, healthcare translation, language translation, Latest News, medical interpreter, medical interpreting, medical translation, professional language services, professional translation services, telephone interpreting by admin
A new report by The Joint Commission reveals that many US hospitals face language service compliancy problemsA recently-released white paper entitled "The New Joint Commission Standards for Patient-Centered Care" points out compliance problem…
Feb 16 2011 in business, english, language, Latest News, Learn a Language, Press Releases by admin
A Kwintessential Relationship Manager recently apologised to a client “for any incontinence caused” [rather than inconvenience]. Luckily the client saw the funny side of things as did the rest of our office. In honour of the typo we thought we would search out some of the funniest typos, examples of bad grammar, etc to brighten […]
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Feb 15 2011 in internet, Latest News, localization, translation, website, Website Internationalization by admin
The Egyptian Revolution has brought to the forefront the role of social media in the modern world. Debate continues over the role websites such as Facebook and Twitter played in the movement in Egypt; however to what extent these websites played a role in the revolution is not important. What is important is that they […]
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Feb 14 2011 in certified document translation, certified interpreting, conference interpreting services, language translation, Latest News, profesional language translation services, professional document translation, professional interpreting services, professional language services, professional translation services, telephone interpreting services by admin
Call me a romantic, but something doesn’t ring true about this pitch…I suspect (read: I hope) that myLanguage’s press release entitled “myLanguage Makes Love a Universal Language this Valentine’s Day” was intended to be a bi…
Feb 11 2011 in certified document translation, conference interpreting services, language translation, language translation services, Latest News, professional language services, professional localziation services, professional translation, professional translation services, telephone interpreting services, telephonic interpreting services by admin
Two major language services associations have agreed to join forces to provide more member services.The Association of Language Companies (ALC) and The Globalization and Localization Association (GALA) have announced the beginning of a joint collaborat…
Feb 10 2011 in accurate machine translation, certified document translation, conference interpreting services, language translation, Latest News, machine translation, professional language services, professional language translation, professional translation services, telephone interpreting services, telephonic interpreting services by admin
In the first of a series about fascinating websites for language lovers, we will take a look at the site WordnikBeyond ongoing talk of machine translation, we mustn’t forget that the Internet also boasts a fountain of fun sites for word lovers. …
Feb 9 2011 in certified medical translation, healthcare interpreter, healthcare translation, language translation, Latest News, medical interpreter, medical interpreting, medical telephone interpreter, medical telephone interpreting, medical translation services, professional medical translation by admin
Health problems can be a nightmare for travelers, and finding an on-site interpreter isn’t always a viable option.In this blog, we often focus on language issues involving US healthcare facilities. But what about healthcare options for US citizens tr…
Feb 4 2011 in business translation, certified document translation, certified french translation, document translation, language translation, Latest News, professional french translation, professional interpreting services, professional translation services, telephone interpreting services, telephonic interpreting services by admin
A Waikiki restaurant has stirred controversy by applying a mandatory 15% tip to diners who don’t speak English.A friend of mine has a son who is a waiter in a Parisian restaurant – and he is always delighted to see Americans sit down to eat in …
Feb 2 2011 in certified medical interpreters, language translation, Latest News, medical interpreting, medical translation, professional document translation, professional interpreting services, professional medical translation, professional translation services, telephone interpreting services, telephone medical interpreters by admin
The university’s new Master of Arts in Interpreting and Translation Studies is designed largely to meet the need for health care translators and interpreters. Wake Forest University has just announced the opening of a new Master’s program in la…
Feb 1 2011 in Cultural Diversity, culture, diversity, intercultural, Latest News, uk by admin
Life in Britain is becoming more multi-cultural. We hear this view from the media, the government and experts all the time. But what does this ‘culture’ for which we are diversifying actually mean?
Collins English dictionary outlines culture as “the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge, which constitute the shared bases of social […]
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