Interpreting

GALA is the Globalization and Localization Association’s annual conference. The global, non-profit trade association aims to support the language industry by creating communities, championing standards, sharing knowledge, and advancing technology.                                           Conference Report: GALA 2019 […]

The 1st Africa International Translation Conference was held at the Azure Hotel, in Nairobi, Kenya on February 8th and 9th. Nearly 100 language services professionals and students from 19 countries around the globe all gathered, shared resources, expertise, and offered collaboration.                              […]

Lenguas is a biennial conference held in Mexico City hosted jointly by InterpretAmerica and The Italia Morayta Foundation to share knowledge and best practices amongst interpreting professionals from all backgrounds. The second and most recent event in 2019 took place between January 24th and January 26th. This is a relatively new conference, with around 200 […]

Canada has had a long history with regard to its laws governing language access. This history continues to evolve and now includes standardization practices within the interpreting profession.                                                        […]

Some say that interpreting is the second oldest profession dating back to Ancient Egypt. In modern times, interpreting became used in a more established manner with the introduction of interpreting education programs – and with that, came the establishment of interpreting certifications.                           […]

Linguistic fillers are the utterances we use during speech that do not have a particular meaning. They are often perceived as not serving any purpose, and as a sign of distractedness, or nervousness. However, there are many reasons for using these seemingly useless phrases and utterances.                   […]

With a wealth of knowledge and expertise, Dr. ET de V Souza offers 10 tips to healthcare practitioners, medical interpreters, and language services providers in order to strengthen language access and narrow the gap on miscommunication                                        […]

“Qualified medical interpreters play a role in reducing health care costs… Patients with limited English proficiency who communicate through interpreters have a 1.5-day shorter length of stay in the hospital, on average, than patients who do not.”                                      […]

In April of this year, the California Supreme Court abandoned its longstanding common law test used to determine independent contractor (IC) status and instead, adopted the strict ABC test. Several states have also adopted the ABC test, but some states are more relaxed in their application, requiring that only the “A” or the “B” sections […]

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