Courts struggle to find interpreters in U.S.A
Some recent events in the USA illustrate a major challenge to the U.S. judicial system — finding people qualified to translate unfamiliar languages that are showing up more frequently in courts. It is...
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People rely on doctors every day to treat them in emergencies. What would you do, though, if the doctor was unable to help you, simply because you didn't speak the same language? That was the scary...
View ArticleReport: The Standards of Linguistic Competence
The Translating and Interpreting (T&I) Program in the School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning at RMIT University was commissioned in late 2006 by the National Accreditation Authority...
View ArticleGoogletalk translation software
Jonas Lindberg, Google Software Engineer, writes: "OK, I cheated. I don't really speak Chinese. But I know a bot that does, and we're releasing it today together with number of other translation bots....
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British Sign Language Interpreting Service Launched
Were you aware that British Sign Language is the second most widely used language in the UK? Despite this however, British Sign Language still fails to have the same legal recognition afforded to...
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Why Somerset?
"Business needs good people and Somerset attracts very good people who also want to enjoy its quality of life" Deborah Meaden, Dragons’ Den investor and entrepreneur We get a lot of questions as to...
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Interpreter's mistake gets Korea free Siberian tigers!
Russia has agreed to donate three Siberian tigers to Korea, the Environment Ministry announced Monday. Siberian tigers, also known as Manchurian or Korean tigers, once widely inhabited the Korean...
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Live Q&A » Working in Translation and Interpretation
On Friday December 11th 2009, the Guardian Careers website is holding a live Q&A forum based around the topic of "Working in Translation and Interpretation". Recently, the Higher Education Funding...
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Public Service Interpreting
It is easy to believe that interpreting is merely a case of translating one language for another. However, this is a misnomer particularly where public services are concerned. Interpreting is probably...
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London Hospitals Spend £15m on Interpreters
In areas such as London where there is large culturally diversity, it seems that hospitals are running up larger than average bills because they are having to employ interpreters so that patients who...
View ArticleThe Business of Being an Interpreter
When you are a top simultaneous interpreter, you basically deal with world leaders on a daily basis. Three interpreters give a little insight in what it is like to interpret for diplomats and presidents.
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