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30 September, 2016
Today, 30 September, is an important day for translators and interpreters all over the world. Today, we celebrate International Translation Day.
Why on 30 September? Because it is the feast of St. Jerome, the first translator of the Bible. If you want to...
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4 September, 2014
You just arrived from your idyllic holidays. You enjoyed great weather, fantastic food and visited interesting cultural spots.
However, there is a bitter taste in what seemed to be a perfect holiday. You had serious trouble finding out what the chef's...
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25 September, 2009
The United Nations uses simultaneous interpretation, which means translating on the fly without breaks (as opposed to consecutive interpretation, in which the speaker and translator alternate). At any given moment, the U.N. Interpretation Service has a dozen...
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5 August, 2009
When Maythe Ramirez went to Superior Court in Contra Costa, California, for a child custody hearing in 2006, she wanted to tell the judge that her husband beat her and should not be allowed broad visitation rights. The court did not provide an interpreter for...
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21 July, 2009
The English Language Learner (ELL) program has become a huge part of the Federal Way School District.
In 1984, ELL students accounted for 0.62 percent of the school district's population. Twenty years later, that number had jumped to 10.29 percent. Now...