Medical translation and interpretation topics will be well-represented at the major industry event.The 51st annual ATA (American Translators Association Conference) will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Denver from October 27th to 30th, 2010. Participan…

Medical translation and interpretation topics will be well-represented at the major industry event.The 51st annual ATA (American Translators Association Conference) will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Denver from October 27th to 30th, 2010. Participan…

Forget chocolates and flowers, guys. If you want to make a big impression on the opposite sex, try adding red to your daily wardrobe. Lots of red.
The color apparently makes a man more attractive, more powerful and more sexually desirable to women, according to a study appearing in the Journal of Experimental Psychology. The research […]

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Do the languages we speak shape the way we think? Do they merely express thoughts, or do the structures in languages (without our knowledge or consent) shape the very thoughts we wish to express?
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Helping with media coverage is all in a day’s work for baseball interpreters.English is a second language for a number of major league baseball players. So naturally, interpreters have come to play an important role in helping players with limited En…

Much is written about the need for skilled medical interpreters, but translators of medical documents are also in demand.In the medical field, document translation is highly complex. As with any type of translation, translators must be excellent writer…

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