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…

Expats often underestimate the challenges of culture shock, and even those who’ve mastered adaptation are often unprepared for the adjustment the expat bubble itself demands.

A glazed stare, withdrawal, excessive sleep, overeating, under-eating – these aren’t side effects of some ill-fated psychosis, but believe it or not, symptoms of culture shock.
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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,…

A “dialogue of the deaf”, that is the way that the Public Defender of Honchian Lin described the quality of translators provided to his client in Haifa, Israel.
During the initial questioning, trial and appeal of Lin for the brutal murder of his girlfriend, the Haifa police encountered difficulties in providing an adequate simultaneous translator for […]

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Neil Payne, the managing director of UK-based intercultural communication company Kwintessential, knows how important it is for businesses today to develop a solid understanding of foreign cultures and markets in order to boost their competitiveness on the global stage. What kinds of challenges should European companies heading to China be on the lookout for?
Kwintessenial was […]

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Different cultures and religions deal with the concept of death differently.  The use of medicine and health care varies across different cultures because of the beliefs of their people. Due to varying beliefs across cultures, there is a need for cultural understanding or cultural competence in medicine, especially in palliative care. ‘In medicine, cultural competence […]

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Beware of mysterious anonymous blogs that are too well-written….In a curious blog dedicated, apparently, to the theme of “training,” I ran into an extremely pertinent list of “The 10 Benefits of Cross-Cultural Training.” I say…

Nestle has announced that it will open a research and development centre in India as part of a wider plan to harness the growing economy and young population of the country. This move reveals the current trend within larger Western companies to focus on India as a gateway to the emerging economies of the East.
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