The rapid development of ICTs has led to profound changes in the working environment of many professions. Companies now offer employees the possibility of working at home, and video and web conferencing are increasingly common. Today interpreters need to weigh the pros and cons of remote interpreting – and need more information to do so. By Private Market Sector Standing … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2012
Court: Interpretation and translation different | The Seattle Times | May 21, 2012
The Supreme Court says interpretation and translation are not the same thing when it comes to paying fees associated with federal civil lawsuits. The Associated Press | Washington The Supreme Court says interpretation and translation are not the same thing when it comes to paying fees associated with federal civil lawsuits. The high court ruled Monday that Kan Pacific … [Read more...]
G8 interpreters: the art of many different dinner party conversations | By John Henley | The Guardian | 21 May 2012
Their mother tongues are English, French, Dutch, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Russian. So how do the heads of the G8 group of leading economies actually converse? Enter the interpreters (not, please, the translators, who deal in the written word). Simultaneous, multilingual interpretation is a complex business, with a vocabulary all its own. Interpreters have … [Read more...]
Israeli scholars set out to compile the ultimate Hebrew dictionary | By Nir Hasson | Haaretz
One morning last week Dorit Kedari-Davidov, an employee of the Academy of the Hebrew Language, found the word "hamsin" in the writings of Yosef Haim Brenner. In his 1911 novel "From Here and There," Brenner wrote (as loosely translated into English ): "It was a Saturday at the end of the month of Tammuz with an unbearably harsh, hot air current known as hamsin." A quick … [Read more...]
Jefferson hosts court demonstration | W.Va. has cost-effective way to provide long-distance interpreters | By Edward Marshall – Staff Writer | The Journal
CHARLES TOWN -Jefferson County welcomed state court officials and language program managers from eight states and Washington, D.C., Thursday to a court technology demonstration that showcased West Virginia's cost-effective way to provide long-distance federally required foreign language interpreters. The multi-cast videoconferencing demonstration was part of the 2012 … [Read more...]