Richard Smith was editor of the British Medical Journal for 13 years until 2004. He recently wrote about the fundamental importance of language translation and interpretation to global businesses and other enterprises. If you’ve read the book Fou…

Increasing state and federal requirements for communicating with limited English speakers have challenged hospital administrators to find cost-effective solutions for this problem.??There are an estimated 47 million residents in the United States w…

While federal regulations requiring the use of certified hospital language interpreters are clear, the data on their benefit is more or less mixed.Last April we reported on a study conducted at two pediatric ERs which revealed that mistakes with potent…

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…

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…

Attendees to focus on improving language access and patient safety National and international leaders, advocates and other stakeholders in the medical interpreting industry will gather on Monday, April 30, 2012, in Tulsa, Oklahoma for the 6th Annual Na…

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 …

We continue to take a look back at 2011 with a review of favorite posts from our “Medical Translation and Interpretation” blog.Our medical language services blog stream covers the most specific subject matter of our three blog channels. The posts a…

Actually, these are just my favorites…You may not have noticed that our Language Translation Inc. blog contains three distinct streams, or channels: one about language translation and interpretation; another one dealing with medical language services…

Language interpreters, especially those who interpret less-spoken languages, often have fascinating life histories.Local newspapers have been publishing plenty of articles the past few years about medical interpreters and how they started their careers…