The Grand Island Fire Department is the first in the State of Nebraska to invest in the Enabling Language Service Anywhere (ELSA) language translation tool.It’s a new language interpreting tool that could potentially save hundreds of lives. The d…

Major League Baseball is trying to bridge the language gap, adopting a new rule that permits language interpreters to join mound conferences when pitchers aren’t fluent in English."The manager or coach would tell me something and I didn’t understa…

The State of Maine employs 54 qualified court interpreters to help residents with limited English proficiency comprehend criminal, civil, juvenile and family proceedings in the state’s 38 courthouses.“I feel like I am very much helping the comm…

The Los Angeles City Clerk’s office has launched an ambitious voter outreach initiative in L.A. County’s nine most commonly spoken languages in addition to English. It’s called “L.A. City Votes!” and it’s a campaign aimed at exp…

The Los Angeles City Clerk’s office has launched an ambitious voter outreach initiative in L.A. County’s nine most commonly spoken languages in addition to English. It’s called “L.A. City Votes!” and it’s a campaign aimed at exp…

County Executive Bellone Signs Executive Order Ensuring Language Access for All Suffolk County Residents; Advocates Praise Executive Order that Aligns Suffolk County with Policies Implemented by Governor Cuomo.Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has…

Students from Morris Innovative High School in Dalton, Georgia are providing voluntary language interpretation services at parent-teacher conferences in local elementary schoolsA language gap looms especially large in this northwest Georgia county, hom…

A new study suggests that having professional language translators for non-English speaking patients in hospital emergency rooms can help limit potentially dangerous miscommunication, the consequences of which could even be life threateningThe study, c…