Feb 3 2012 in language interpretation, language interpreter, language translation, Latest News, medical interpreter, medical translation, over the phone interpreter, phone interpreting, phone translator, translation, translation and interpreting services by admin
A grant will provide medical interpretation training for 6 women who speak indigenous Mexican languages.The Natividad Medical Foundation has received a $25,000 grant from the Community Foundation for Monterey County’s Women’s Fund in order …
Feb 3 2012 in cross cultral, Intercultural & Cross-Cultural News, Latest News, localization by admin
The South African Chamber of Mines needed to address health and safety issues for their employees. Most were illiterate, so the decision was taken to give instructions pictorially. One such image was that below; the purpose of which was to keep tracks clear. Henry Dreyfuss’ “Symbol Sourcebook” The tracks were not kept clear and in […]
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Feb 3 2012 in Latest News, translation, Translation News by admin
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Jan 31 2012 in interpretation, interpreting, interpreting services, language translation, language translator, Latest News, localisation, localization, translation, translation business, translation services by admin
Volunteers for the Twitter Translation Center are working to get the social network site ready for Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and Urdu.In another example of crowd-sourced translation efforts, Twitter is opening up to languages that read right-to-left. Volun…
Jan 31 2012 in america, english, Etiquette, Customs and Travel Abroad, language, Latest News, twitter, usa by admin
Leigh Van Bryan and his friend Emily Banting are not the first people to fall afoul of the linguistic differences between us Brits and our cousins over in the USA. Although we both speak English, we don’t always share the same English, especially when it comes to vocabulary. The tourists were booted out of the […]
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Jan 29 2012 in interpretation, interpreting, interpreting services, language translation, language translator, Latest News, localisation, localization, translation, translation business, translation services by admin
Deciding on one binding language for international business contracts is essential.In international business, companies typically sign their contracts in one language only. When a language is set as the contractual language, the version of the contract…
Jan 26 2012 in football, intercultural, Intercultural & Cross-Cultural News, Latest News by admin
Ian McGarry and Mark Chapman, hosts of the Culture Club programme on 5 live Sport, were recently tackling the issue of cultural differences and foreign players settling into life in the UK. At one point in the show ex-footballer Vincent Pericard was sharing his own personal experiences which included a comment that if he had […]
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Jan 25 2012 in culture, culture shock, football, Intercultural & Cross-Cultural News, Latest News by admin
Culture is a buzzword in football circles at the moment. The topic was brought to the fore through the comments of Liverpool’s Luis Suarez. Found guilty of racist language against Patrice Evra, Suarez blamed cultural differences and claimed people had misunderstood. Swindon boss Di Canio, who was sent to the stands for overzealous body language […]
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Jan 24 2012 in cross cultral, Intercultural & Cross-Cultural News, Latest News by admin
Swindon Manager Paoloa Di Canio was sent to the stands during their match against Macclesfield on January 21st 2012. His post-match reaction was typically Di Canio. Interestingly though he was very passionate about his right to express his culture. His use of body language and gestures were interpreted as being somewhat overzealous by match officials. […]
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Jan 23 2012 in Latest News, tourism, translation, Translation News by admin
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