Bravo once again to EU’s young language translators

The names of the 27 winners of the European Commission’s annual EU Young Translators (Juvenes Translatores) contest for secondary school pupils were published on January 28.Last year in March we first reported on the winners of the European Union&rsq…

Ntrepid Corporation Issued Language Translation Technology Patent

The patent covers the technology in Virtus Translator, a natural language processing (NLP) software optimized for structured data in spreadsheets and databases.The U.S. Patent Office has issued Ntrepid Corporation a patent covering its system for trans…

Special Event — An evening with Translators without Borders

Stories from Afar: How Translation and Localization is Making a Difference in the Daily Lives of Those in Need, Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, at the PayPal (Town Hall Building) 2161 N 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95131.Don’t miss thi…

Iraqi sisters who served as language interpreters for U.S. forces in Iraq become American citizens

Lina and Afrah Al Asadi, two Iraqi sisters who risked their lives providing language interpretation services to the U.S. military during the Iraq war have become naturalized American citizens in Great Falls, Montana. Their work was extremely dangerous….

The language interpretation of medicine

As a certified medical interpreter at Logansport Memorial Hospital in Indiana, Mary Carmen Santella-Mercurio helps Spanish-speaking patients understand all aspects of their hospital visits.Mary Carmen Santella-Mercurio is responsible for assisting Span…

Orlando International Airport provides language interpretation assistance to non-English speaking passengers

The customer service ambassador program at Orlando International Airport employs 16 individuals who speak 11 languages other than English and who are ready to assist passengers requiring language interpretation.While they may not be trained language in…

Translators without Borders honors volunteers, donors and non-profit partners with first Access to Knowledge Awards

The global language translation charity, Translators without Borders (TWB) has announced the launch of its annual Translators without Borders Access to Knowledge AwardsThe Translation without Borders Access to Knowledge Awards, honoring six individuals…

Terrorized Mayan community in San Francisco demands language interpretation

Targeted by gangs and thieves, San Francisco’s growing Mayan community has demanded that the police hire a language interpreter to work with the community, which has grown from 15,000 to 20,000 in the last decade.San Francisco community leaders have …

The 13th Annual American Translators Association – Translation Company Division (ATA-TCD) Conference

The 13th Annual ATA-TCD Conference: “A Recipe for Business Growth – 10 Ingredients” will be held in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, January 25 – Sunday, January 27, 2013.The 13th Annual ATA-TCD Conference is for entrepreneurs. Whether you are a translat…

Breaking the Chinese language translation barrier from down under.

Unlocking the information contained in Chinese-language documents is nearly impossible if you don’t speak Chinese, but this may soon change thanks to new language translation technology developed in Australia.As many English speakers know, Chinese ca…