Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Washington, has instituted a real-time language interpretation service that can be accessed via television monitors on a 24 hour basis. It’s called MARTTI and it stands for My Accessible Real-Time Trusted…
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The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) has announced that electronic applications for unemployment insurance benefits are now available in Spanish and Polish.Department of Employment Security officials say online applications are prefera…
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Nataly Kelly interviews Sergio Moreno-Denton, Hallmark’s Editorial Director for Spanish-language greeting cards.In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, it may interest you to know that in many parts of Latin America, the holiday is not only for lovers. The…
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Concerns about language interpretation standards and conditions in Australian courts and hospitals prompted a comprehensive two-year review of the previous code.A new code of ethics for language interpreters and translators has been released to the pub…
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Translating Financial Statements from Around the Spanish-Speaking World into EnglishMarian S. Greenfield will present this 60 minute webinar in English on February 20, 2013 at 12 Noon US Eastern Time. This webinar will provide strategies for Spanish to…
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The Anaheim City Council has unanimously approved the addition of Spanish language interpreting services at all future City Council meetings for a one-year trial period.City staff will provide the Spanish language interpreter services during the public…
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Fully automated and simultaneous language translation is within 5 years of being perfected according to a recent article in The Economist.If you follow this blog, you may know that on occasion we’ve made reference to Star Trek and the ‘univ…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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