While our website was overhauled, our three blogs went on a break too. If you have been to the Language Translation Inc. website lately, you may have noticed a new look. And if you have come to this blog lately, you may have noticed a distinct lack of…

English-speaking countries need to get up to snuff on foreign language study, but funding isn’t following.In a global economy, even if English is the predominant language of business, mastery of other languages is an important communication skill. T…

A new index sets out to define the geographical areas and industry sectors where business English is spoken the best.Last week, we posted about the pros and cons of using English as an international business language. I tend to agree with one of the e…

Bootleg DVD covers provide some decidedly creative translations of film descriptions.After writing this blog for over four years, I was starting to think I had covered about every example of mistranslation possible. Mangled menus, incomprehensible sign…

Bootleg DVD covers provide some decidedly creative translations of film descriptions.After writing this blog for over four years, I was starting to think I had covered about every example of mistranslation possible. Mangled menus, incomprehensible sign…

The 1st annual North American Summit on Interpreting was held in Washington, DC in June 2010. One of the feature events of the Summit, organized by InterpAmerica, was a presentation of the results of a comprehensive study of interpreting in North Ameri…