Language translation is a growing and essential necessity in the both the public and the private sector, in the world of business as well as for those involved in non-profit work.Here’s our final installment of this three-part post — the ten mos…

Nataly Kelly helps to dispel these misconceptions: Being bilingual is enough to make you a translator or an interpreter, interpreters and language translators do the same thing, or such language professionals are usually multilingual. Picking up where …

The translation of language impacts nearly every aspect of society, politics and economics. But you may be surprised to learn that the translation market is highly diverse and complex – and much larger than you might imagine.In this three-part post, …

The translation service is part of the telecom carrier’s strategy to make its network more “intelligent” allowing it to effectively target firms that cater to foreign customers.Last month we reported that NTT Docomo was preparing to conduct a second …

The one day (eight-hour) non-language-specific workshop will provide an in-depth review of basic medical terminology for medical interpreters and translators.The Northern California Translators Association (NCTA) and the International Medical Interpret…

Hospitals in the United States are mandated to provide interpretation services free of charge to non-English speaking patientsAccording to the New York Daily News, a Korean-speaking man was busted at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens after he was caug…

Microsoft Bing Translate service offers features, such as Text Translator, Webpage Translator and Website WidgetThere was a time, back before Google Translate, that Yahoo!’s Babel Fish translator could arguably have been called the best translati…

Machine translation, allowing people to communicate globally via hand-held devices like iPads and smartphones, will soon replace English as the world’s most dominant language according to Nicolas Ostler, a leading linguist.All ‘lingua francas&r…

The Swedish furniture giant’s translations for some of its product names have caused quite a stir for Thai customers, sounding just a bit too close to sexual slang.Last March we reported on the top ten language translation errors made by major compan…

The number of Filipinos living in Nevada more than doubled from 2000 to 2010, making them the fastest growing population of Filipinos in the United States.Seeking to improve political awareness and voter participation, and in acknowledging the growth o…