Facebook to be translated into Jersey’s native language

World’s largest social network site will soon be translated into Jersey’s native language JèrriaisJèrriais is the traditional language spoken on the Channel Island of Jersey, a crown dependency located off the French coast of Normandy. A va…

An Olympic Translator for the 2012 Summer Games

BYU professor develops translation app for use this year during the London Olympic GamesYou may have heard that London will host the 2012 Olympic Games this summer, and as such it will become the temporary home of ambassadors, athletes and spectators f…

Europe’s Best Young Translators Feted in Brussels

The 27 winners of the EU’s annual translation competition receive awards for their language skillsTwenty-seven youngsters – one from every country of the European Union – were rewarded for producing the best translation in their country in the …

Medical translation training provides low-income women with the means to overcome poverty

Innovative program offers economically disadvantaged multilingual women a way out of homelessness and poverty through the use of their language skillsWith the need for bilingual translators on the rise, a new nonprofit called Found in Translation is of…

Top Ten Global Translation Errors Made by Major Companies – Part 2

While some errors in translation may be funny and/or costly, experience shows that some errors have the potential to be deadly – making them no laughing matter at allWe now continue with the rest of the top ten list of translation errors we started yes…

Top Ten Global Translation Errors Made by Major Companies – Part 1

While some of these flubs are rather humorous, errors in translation can also be embarrassing and costly for your business…Continuing with the theme of translation errors, we’d like to present the first part of a top ten list that caught our ey…

Translation error impacts general municipal election in Arcadia

City election officials seek to minimize confusion caused by Chinese language ballot errorHere’s an example of how an error in translation can have an impact on our daily lives, in this case in the democratic process of voting. Arcadia, Californi…

Translation error impacts general municipal election in Arcadia

City election officials seek to minimize confusion caused by Chinese language ballot errorHere’s an example of how an error in translation can have an impact on our daily lives, in this case in the democratic process of voting. Arcadia, Californi…

Scientists show that being bilingual makes you smarter

Research indicates that bilingualism can improve cognitive skills not related to language and shield against dementia in old ageRecent scientific studies suggest that being bilingual actually makes you a smarter person. Well, being bilingual myself (En…

What’s hot? How about Transfire, the appropriately named iPhone App that’s burning up the language barrier

Introducing the world’s first real-time translation app for instant messaging and chatHave you ever wanted to chat or send an instant message and have it automatically translated into a foreign language on the other end? Well, now you can thanks to T…