Despite being the fifth most spoken language globally, with some 280 million native speakers, Arabic translation lags well behind most of the lesser-spoken languages, including Russian, Greek, Polish and Czech.According to the UNESCO Index Translation,…

The BTBA is one of several nonprofit programs supported by Amazon.com that are focused on bringing more great works from around the world to English-language readers.The winners of this year’s Best Translated Book Awards (BTBA) for fiction and po…

The need for interpreters and translators is on the rise and over-the-phone language services are thriving, this thanks to a recent boom in international business transactions and a steady growth in U.S. immigration.The last few years have seen a growi…

The Translators without Borders Healthcare Translation Training Center opens in NairobiWe recently reported that Translators without Borders, the U.S.-based charitable organization that facilitates the transfer of knowledge to those in need, had receiv…

The technology giant is rolling out a new feature to all Gmail users over the next days that will make email communication with those who speak a different language much easier. Using the new feature, when a Gmail user receives an email in a foreign la…

Voci’s Language Identification Technologies to Enhance Automated Speech-to-Speech Language Translation.Voci™ Technologies Inc. has announced that it has been selected by the United States Army to develop a prototype system to perform language ide…

A 911 dispatcher in Orlando, Florida is under investigation for not transferring a Spanish-speaking caller to a language translator in a local food truck slaying Mireya Maria Averado, 65, was shot and killed during a robbery of her food truck early Sun…

Google has announced that its popular language translator service Google Translate now boasts 200 million monthly users, many of whom are accessing it outside the U.S. and via mobile devices.Six years ago Google first announced their approach to statis…

LA City Council members seek to add the Armenian language to the city’s election materials and ballots, which are already provided in six languages besides English.The Los Angeles area is home to the largest population of Armenians living in the United…

A Polish man from Lancashire in the United Kingdom dies in custody due to critical “failings” by police, medical staff and a language interpreter.Bogdan Wilk, a 54-year-old resident of Preston, was being detained at a police station following his a…