Mar 22 2013 in bilingual, french translation, language translating, Latest News, official language, state language by admin
The president of Quebec’s language office, Louise Marchand, has resigned following a slew of embarrassing international headlines generated by a French-language inspection controversy.Quebec’s French Language Minister Diane De Courcy has announced the …
Mar 20 2013 in African language translation, English to Swahili translator, language translation for elections, Latest News, regional language translation, Swahili translating by admin
Earlier this month, Translators without Borders led a translation team in partnership with Ushahidi as part of the Uchaguzi Kenya 2013 deployment to ensure free, fair and peaceful elections in Kenya.The Kenyan elections were held on March 4, 2013 and T…
Mar 14 2013 in internationalization, language interpretation, Latest News, medical interpreting, medical language interpreter, medical translation by admin
Richard Smith was editor of the British Medical Journal for 13 years until 2004. He recently wrote about the fundamental importance of language translation and interpretation to global businesses and other enterprises. If you’ve read the book Fou…
Mar 13 2013 in humorous translation errors, Latest News, localization, Spanish to English translating, spanish translation by admin
A discussion about the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI while fixing dinner at home serves as a backdrop for this humorous little story about the Spanish language translation of the word potato“No hay papa,” which translated from Spanish in…
Mar 9 2013 in Cambodian interpreters, Cambodian language interpretation, Cambodian translators, interpreting Cambodian, language translation, Latest News by admin
Cambodian interpreters angry that they have gone without pay for three months have stopped working at the genocide trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.In a setback for international justice, 30 Cambodian translation staff member…
Mar 7 2013 in French interpreting, german interpreter, Italian interpretation, Latest News, medical interpreting, phone interpretation, telephone interpreting by admin
The Swiss National Telephone Interpreting Service has conducted a well-received pilot project demonstrating its ability to provide practical and helpful emergency interventions that are not limited to those in hospitals.The service provides telephone l…
Feb 28 2013 in African language translation, language translators, Latest News, medical language translation, medical translating, spoken language interpreting by admin
The Indigo Trust has awarded Translators Without Borders a grant of $14,500 towards making Wikipedia medical articles available in Africa in as many languages as possible.We last reported on Translators Without Borders (TWB) in September of last year. …
Feb 28 2013 in African language translation, language translators, Latest News, medical language translation, medical translating, spoken language interpreting by admin
The Indigo Trust has awarded Translators Without Borders a grant of $14,500 towards making Wikipedia medical articles available in Africa in as many languages as possible.We last reported on Translators Without Borders (TWB) in September of last year. …
Feb 27 2013 in Japanese interpretation, Japanese to English interpreting, Korean language interpreter, language interpreting, Latest News by admin
The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force were assisted by language interpreters during Iron Fist 2013, a bilateral training exercise designed to increase interoperability between the two services."Trans…
Feb 27 2013 in Japanese interpretation, Japanese to English interpreting, Korean language interpreter, language interpreting, Latest News by admin
The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force were assisted by language interpreters during Iron Fist 2013, a bilateral training exercise designed to increase interoperability between the two services."Trans…
