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...]
Language interpreter services see demand soar | By Hugo Martín | Los Angeles Times | May 5, 2012
Growth in U.S. immigration and a recent boom in international business transactions create more need for interpreters and translators. Over-the-phone language services are thriving. A Chinese customer visited the Fox Hills branch of Wells Fargo Bank in Culver City recently to ask about several transactions on his checking account that didn't make sense to him. But he spoke … [Read more...]
MASTER OF CONFERENCE INTERPRETING (MCI) at Glendon Campus, York University
THE NEW MASTER OF CONFERENCE INTERPRETING (MCI) at Glendon seeks to prepare a new generation of skilled and knowledgeable professionals for a rewarding career in this dynamic, fast-paced field. The demand for qualified conference interpreters is at an all-time high, and is only expected to grow. It is a discipline that can take you from the boardrooms on Toronto’s Bay … [Read more...]
Helping the courts find interpreters | By the Partnership for Public Service
Helping the courts find interpreters | By the Partnership for Public Service Every day, criminal defendants who speak a language other than English appear in federal courts throughout the United States, and have a right to an interpreter to ensure that they are afforded due process under the law. It is William Moran’s job to help the courts fulfill this responsibility, … [Read more...]