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.
Translators without Borders Partners with Memsource
Translators without Borders announced last week that it will be using Memsource, a new translation tool and management system, in order to improve the...
Fujitsu Launches Hands-Free Translation System
The Japanese information technology (IT) and communications company Fujitsu recently launched a new speech translation system, notable for the fact that it’s a hands-free...
Bill to Improve Language Access in Mortgage Servicing
Last week, the United States House Committee on Financial Services passed a bill that would improve language access services during the mortgage lending process....
NHeLP’s Fight for Language Access During the Pandemic
The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) has recently filed a civil rights complaint arguing that numerous agencies at all levels within the United States...
Google Launches App for Language Preservation
Google’s Arts & Culture team has recently launched Woolaroo, a new tool for learning and preserving Indigenous and vulnerable languages. Woolaroo is available as...
Addressing Language Barriers in the Healthcare System
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has certainly shed light on the language gap in the United States’ healthcare system — all too often, individuals with...
When Doctors Double as Medical Interpreters
An anthropological study published earlier this year in Sage Journals suggests that hospitals in the United States may be asking a bit extra of...
New York Senate Passes Bill to Increase Language Access
A bill requiring New York state agency websites to be translated into the 12 most widely spoken languages in the state has recently been...
TRANSLIT Announces Expansion into Russia
The Ireland-based language services provider (LSP) TRANSLIT has announced that the company will be expanding its reach to Russia, a move which has been...
Researchers Use AI to Translate Whale Communication
A team of researchers at Texas A&M University is currently taking advantage of recent advancements in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) in order...
TAUS and Intento Announce New Partnership
TAUS and Intento, two companies specializing in language data and machine translation, have teamed up to form an international partnership focused on training more...
Study Explores Areas of Improvement in Machine Translation
As machine translation (MT) has become more and more prevalent in our day-to-day lives, it seems that so too have comical, and sometimes harmful,...
Zoo Digital Revenues Grow to $39.5 Million
Sheffield-based Zoo Digital, a company that provides localization and distribution services in the entertainment industry, has recently announced that its EBITDA is expected to...
WikiAfrica Expands Africa’s Access to COVID-19 Information
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, it has become especially critical that everyone has access to public health information in their native...
Lingoda Announces $68 Million Growth Equity Investment
After a major spike in usership during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Berlin-based language learning platform Lingoda has announced that it’s recently raised $68 million...
Firefox In-Browser Translation Now Available for Testing
Firefox users have long lamented the browser’s lack of a native translation function — unlike Google Chrome and other browsers, Firefox currently requires its...
Addressing the Gender Bias in Machine Translation
Google Translate has once again sparked a bit of controversy with users noticing a sexist gender bias in its translations. After a group of...
Ten LSPs form translate5 Consortium
Ten European language services providers (LSPs) have recently come together to form the translate5 Consortium, a group that’s investing in the open-source translation management...
NEC and Sumitomo Develop App for Multilingual Workplaces
Sumitomo Mitsui Construction and the Japanese IT and electronics company NEC have partnered up to create a translation app that should allow for smoother...
Hawaii to Expand Medical Interpretation Services
A new state bill could require Hawaii island hospitals to provide medical interpretation services for speakers of Micronesian languages such as Chuukese and Marshallese....
Keywords Studios Saw Major Revenue Growth in 2020
Keywords Studios announced in a blog post on March 24 that the company’s revenue increased 14.4% during 2020 — up to €373.5 million (around...
Planet Word Founder Ann B. Friedman Discusses What Makes the Museum So Special
"Where Language Comes to Life" is the motto at Planet Word, a museum in Washington, D.C., that opened in October. Nominated for USA Today's...