A Display of Incompetence: Residents of Manatee County, Florida anxiously watched the news to find out if an evacuation of their homes was to be issued due to Hurricane Irma heading straight for their communities. Officials held a news conference because of the natural disaster to tell the residents there was in fact a mandatory…
Pairing the Best Translator for the Job: Every language is formed by the people, environment and culture where it was developed. Each language is unique and has it’s own set of nuances, ambiguities and distinctions. Language never seamlessly translates from one into another, there are too many individual aspects to factor in. In order for…
Machine Translation and Interpretation Software: In April of 2006, Google took the world by storm when they launched Google Translate, a machine translation software that now serves over 500 million users and translates more than 100 billion words per day. The popularity of machine translators has skyrocketed, there are even pocket translators that allow you…
Localization is a Necessity, Research Backs Up the Investment: When a business decides to purchase localization services the main goal is to gain a targeted consumer base and increase overall sales. It’s important to understand the need for localization as well as what can be gained from the investment in the language service. Common Sense…
Spanish is Spoken All Over the World: Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the world, there are 400 million native speakers and the language is spoken in 31 countries spanning in across Africa, Europe, South, Central and North America. Spanish is the third most studied language and there are 37 million people…
America, Home of the Diverse: If there is anything we know to be true in life, it’s the fact that change is constant, nothing ever stays the same or stands still for too long. The demographic in America has significantly shifted and is continuing to evolve day by day, the Pew Research Center says by…
What Does the Future of Interpreting Services Look Like? Many in the language service industry would say, the future direction of interpreting services is uncertain. Life as we know it has drastically changed over the past decade; advancements in technology have globalized our multilingual world and connected nations far and wide. The growth of technology…
Regulations for Federally Funded Health Care Providers in Regards to Language Access: There’re at least 350 languages spoken in homes spanning across the United States. People from all over the world pour into this country everyday with hopes and dreams of establishing a life for themselves in the land of opportunity. With such an influx…
Using a Court Interpreter Ensures Equal Access to Justice: The rapidly changing demographic in America has left court systems and legal professionals faced with overcoming language barriers, preventing limited English proficient (LEP) individuals from understanding and communicating in legal settings. Clear understanding is needed in order for lawyers to do their jobs and judges and…
Sign Language is Not Universal: The Ethnologue Languages of the World, lists that there are 142 sign languages in use, however this number is hard to accurately pin down due to new sign languages frequently being created at schools in village communities with high levels of congenital deafness. Sign language is a complex form of…