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3 September, 2009
Visitacion Valley resident Marlene Tran teaches English as a second language at City College, but she also works — independently and for free — on the city's behalf. She translates bulletins and missives from agencies like the San Francisco Police...
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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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3 August, 2009
A dearth of qualified translators and interpreters is a major hurdle to the implementation of the National Language Policy with a pressing need for them in courts, provincial councils and local authorities.
This was revealed at a workshop held on the “...
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21 July, 2009
English is no more a barrier in learning computer and internet technology as National Language Authority (NLA) on Saturday released and Urdu software carrying computing and processing systems, developed by its Centre of Excellence for Urdu Informatics....
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7 July, 2009
By Leila Razmjou
BA in English Translation, MA in Applied Linguistics(TEFL), Iran.
In addition to being a member of our country, we are members of the world community, and this gives us a global identity. Therefore, it is quite natural for us to think...