International Medical Interpreters Association and Northern California Translators Association to co-organize Medical Terminology Boot Camp in San Francisco

Jun 14 2012 in Latest News, medical interpreters, medical language interpreting, medical language translation, medical terminology, medical translators by admin

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…

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Korean-speaking fraudster arrested for charging immigrants for his language translation services at a New York City Hospital

Jun 14 2012 in Korean English interpreting, Latest News, medical interpreting, medical language intrepreting, on-site interpreting, over the phone intrepreting by admin

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…

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Yahoo! Babel Fish is no more, but never fear, Bing Translator is here!

Jun 13 2012 in google translation, Latest News, machine translation, Microsoft Bing Translator, Yahoo Babel Fish by admin

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…

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Leading linguist claims English will eventually perish as a world language, as did Sanskrit, Persian, Greek and Latin before it

Jun 12 2012 in future of the English language, history of the English language, Latest News, lingua francas, machine translation, translation technology by admin

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…

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IKEA’s language translations are just too sexual and raunchy for Thailand

Jun 11 2012 in Latest News, Norwegian translation, thai translation, translation errors by admin

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…

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Tagalog language election ballots will accommodate growing Filipino population in Nevada

Jun 11 2012 in Asian language translation, Latest News, Tagalog language translation, Tagalog voting ballot, voting machine by admin

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…

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9th Annual Operations Summit to be hosted by CSOFT at Beijing Headquarters

Jun 8 2012 in language translation, Latest News, machine translation, MT post-editing, multilingual terminology, translation automation, translation memory by admin

Globalization leader brings in industry executives and Asia business experts from Corel, Foton, Halliburton, Microsoft, FORTUNE and more.CSOFT International Ltd., a global communications company, announced today the commencement of its 9th Annual Opera…

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Sign language finds its voice with the help of prototype translation device

Jun 8 2012 in American Sign Language interpretation, communication barriers, hearing impaired, high tech solution, Latest News, machine translation, shape recognition software by admin

MyVoice is a new technology that translates sign language into audible words and may finally eliminate the communication barrier between those who can hear and those who cannot.Last month we reported on a three Cornell University engineering students w…

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Website owners and visitors can now edit Google language translations

Jun 2 2012 in crowd-sourced translation, Latest News, machine translation, web site translation by admin

Google continues breaking language barriers with improvements to its Translate service that lets website owners and visitors amend language translations.Google has just launched a new feature this week that lets website owners customize the language tr…

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Website owners and visitors can now edit Google language translations

Jun 2 2012 in crowd-sourced translation, Latest News, machine translation, web site translation by admin

Google continues breaking language barriers with improvements to its Translate service that lets website owners and visitors amend language translations.Google has just launched a new feature this week that lets website owners customize the language tr…

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