Andrew Warner
Andrew Warner is a writer from Sacramento. He received his B.A. in linguistics and English from UCLA and is currently working toward an M.A. in applied linguistics at Columbia University. His writing has been published in Language Magazine, Sactown Magazine, and The Takeout.
Words of Penitence
Amidst the shadows of Canada's troubling past with residential schools, Pope Francis embarked on a "penitential pilgrimage" in 2022, offering apologies on behalf of the Catholic Church. Interpreter Maggie Putulik, amidst a team of diverse linguistic experts, played a pivotal role in ensuring the Pope's profound message reached hearts across Canada. Andrew Warner delves deep into the behind-the-scenes preparations, the emotions, and the resonance of this historic visit in this month's issue for MultiLingual.
Celebrating Indigenous languages on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
Today marks the 29th International Day of the World's Indigenous People since the United Nations voted to celebrate the day back in the mid-1990s.
Ewandro Magalhães
Ewandro Magalhães has been around the block. Within the field of interpreting, his name pops up a lot — just ask his LinkedIn following of nearly 35,000. Magalhães has created all sorts of content on interpreting — from books and magazine columns to TED talks — in an effort to shine light on a profession that often goes unnoticed. In doing all of this, he says he’s “made an invisible profession slightly more visible” to the outside world, becoming a top voice in the industry.
How AI is changing the way we study languages
On July 25, Columbia professor and New York Times columnist John McWhorter presented readers with an interesting and provocative — perhaps overtly so — question:
“Will translation...
LanguageWire acquires Finland-based language service provider (LSP) becoming the largest Nordic LSP
COPENHAGEN — The Danish tech-enabled language service provider (LSP) LanguageWire has acquired Delingua, a Finland-based LSP delivering translation and interpretation services to predominantly the...
Meta researchers share Llama 2, a safer, open-source large language model
The number of publicly available LLMs has skyrocketed in recent months, as developers rush to get their piece of the pie. PaLM, GPT-4, Claude, and now Llama 2.
The false promise of generative AI detectors
AI detectors claim to be able to identify text that was generated by large language models. But how well do they actually work?
A conversation with Elia’s newly (re-)elected board of directors
MultiLingual caught up with each of the freshly elected (and re-elected) board members, to learn a little bit more about their plans for the coming year and the term ahead of them.
A jar of extra Virgil olive oil, please: Archaeologists discover Virgil quote inside an olive oil-filled amphora
According to a paper recently published int he Journal of Roman Archaeology, it’s likely the first literary quotation to have been carved into an amphora.
Copyright Clash: The British Museum apologizes for plagiarizing a translator’s work
The British Museum is in hot water after a translator has accused the museum of plagiarizing her translations
EY Announces Ludmila Golovine as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 Gulf South Award Winner
Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) has announced that Ludmila Golovine of MasterWord Services, Inc. was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 Gulf...
Inclusion in Every Language
There's a well-noted diversity problem in the language services industry.
Now, to be fair, it’s not just the language services industry. Women, LGBT+ people, and disabled people tend to be underrepresented in leadership across industries — as of the beginning of this year, just around 10% of the companies on the Fortune 500, for example, were led by female-identifying CEOs (despite, of course, making up half of the world’s population)
Anu Carnegie-Brown on Sandberg Translation Partners’ transition to employee ownership
Sandberg Translation Partners just got a few new owners: its employees. We caught up with the company’s managing director, Anu Carnegie-Brown, to learn a little bit more about the process of shifting to employee ownership
Terra Localizations launches brand refresh
Last week, Terra Localizations announced the launch of a brand refresh that can now be seen throughout their website, social media platforms, and marketing...
The Week in Review: May 26, 2023
We might have a month left of spring, but for those of us in the northern hemisphere, summer is in the air. In the...
Celebrating the next generation of language professionals: The MIIS Class of 2023
Around this time of year, it’s not a rare sight to see folks in a cap and gown posing for a photo shoot.
That’s because...
The Week in Review: May 19, 2023
Privacy concerns have plagued large language models (LLMs) and generative AI tools for quite a while now — Apple even banned its employees from using...
Google unveils generative AI tools at developer conference
Since 2016, Google’s been primarily focused on artificial intelligence (AI) research and development. And that R&D appears to be paying off, if Wednesday’s Google...
Bringing 200 languages to ModernMT: A Q&A with Translated’s Marco Trombetti
MultiLingual recently caught up with the company’s CEO, Marco Trombetti, to learn a little bit more about what it took to increase the number of languages offered on ModernMT by nearly four times what it previously was.
AI Act makes headway in European Parliament
The act has generated quite a bit of buzz over the past few months; now that a provisional deal has been reached, a key committee vote is scheduled for May 11, with a plenary vote expected about a month later.
MotionPoint Releases Adaptive Translation™: Proprietary AI to Reduce the Cost of Quality Translation
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — MotionPoint introduces Adaptive Translation™ technology to reduce human translation costs without sacrificing quality. Adaptive Translation™ helps businesses do more with...
Researchers launch Grambank, shed light on language loss
You’ve likely heard the oft-cited statistic that one language dies every 40 days — a study published earlier this month aims to shed some...
Language access law passes in New Jersey state senate
Demand for language services could be on the rise in the state of New Jersey, thanks to a bill that was recently passed in the state senate.
School districts, businesses, and now countries: The push to ban ChatGPT
On Friday, Italy’s Data Protection Authority placed a temporary ban on OpenAI’s popular chatbot, citing a range of concerns over privacy, age verification, and the tool’s potential to spread unverified or false information.