Interpreting

You’re sitting in a courtroom at a war tribunal. You hear “I had to watch them being slaughtered,” “I can still hear them scream.” You’re standing at the hospital bed of someone who tried to kill himself. You hear, “My life is not worth living anymore, I just want it to be over.”     […]

According to the Nimdzi 100 annual report, the language services industry will reach USD 53.6 billion in 2019 and is projected to reach USD 70 billion by 2023. While conducting the research for the Nimdzi 100, we reached out to the national statistics bodies of 80 countries with the largest GDP. 39 offices responded with […]

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.”                                      […]