Interpreting

New Study Underscores Importance of Emergency Room Interpreters

by Alison Kroulek April 20, 2012 Interpreting
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Clear communication between patients and doctors is one of the most important components of quality medical care.  A medical emergency is neither an ideal time nor an ideal place to “practice” speaking in a language that you haven’t yet learned to fluently communicate in. A new study from the United States illustrates just how true [...]

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Cost of NHS Translation

by Alison Kroulek February 17, 2012 Interpreting
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The National Health Service is currently catching some flak for the costs of its interpreting and translation services. As the BBC reports, a group called 2020Health made a Freedom of Information request to determine the cost of these services to the NHS, and found that last year’s bill came to over £23m. Speaking to the [...]

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Universal Translator

by Richard Kazandjian December 8, 2011 Interpreting

“Universal translators” have fuelled science fiction plots for decades, and building such a device has long been the Holy Grail for tech-oriented linguists. However, the prototypes that have appeared so far have used machine translation. Over the past few years, machine translation has  improved by leaps and bounds, but it’s still not precise enough to [...]

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Deaf Jail

by Richard Kazandjian November 30, 2011 Interpreting

Can you imagine being held prisoner by people you cannot communicate with, with no idea why you are there or when you will be released? That’s what happened to Timothy Siaki, an American man imprisoned in a Colorado jail for 25 days without an interpreter. That’s almost a month! How did this Kafkaesque situation come [...]

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Star Wars + Vikings = Awesome!

by Tanguy June 15, 2011 Entertainment

If there were an award given out for the geekiest translation project ever, I think I might just have found a contender: Tattúínárdœla Saga, the “Star Wars” story rewritten in the style of the Old Norse Sagas and translated into Old Norse as well. The saga is the brainchild of Jackson Crawford, a grad student [...]

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Automatic Sign Language

by Tanguy June 14, 2011 Interpreting

We’ve all seen TV shows and movies make use of subtitles for the hearing impaired. However, for many deaf people, it takes more effort to decode the English words used in the subtitles than it would to understand the material if it were presented in their native tongue: sign language. In an attempt to address [...]

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UK Border Agency Crashes Wedding

by Caroline Mikolajczyk February 11, 2011 Interpreting

They say love transcends language, but when you have to have an interpreter to exchange your wedding vows, something’s not quite right…Read this amazing story!

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Getting Married in the Maldives? Get an Interpreter!

by Caroline Mikolajczyk November 5, 2010 Interpreting

The Maldives are an idyllic island chain in the Indian Ocean, blessed with white sands and surrounded by intensely blue waters. Sounds like the perfect place for a wedding, doesn’t it? Or maybe not… Check this story out!

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Disneyland Now Provides More Sign Language Interpreters and Audio Description Devices

by Charlie Jolly June 23, 2010 Entertainment

Disneyland just announced two new services to accommodate disabled guests. First, the park will now offer sign language interpreters at many of its top shows and attractions on a regular basis.

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Medical Interpreting Services Help Bridge Language Gaps In Some US Hospitals

by Charlie Jolly March 9, 2010 Interpreting

Hospitals naturally encounter patients who speak a cornucopia of different languages-far too many for them to have an interpreter on staff for each one. However, language barriers make it extremely difficult to treat patients.

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