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Maldonado named Women in Localization president
Women in Localization has a new president: Argentine translation leader Cecilia Maldonado begins her one-year term today.
Founded in 2008, Women in Localization is a...
ATA Offers Payment Plan to Struggling Members
Can't afford your American Translators Association (ATA) dues? New this year, the organization is allowing members to pay in two installments: 50 percent down...
Weekly Shorts | January 8, 2021
Baltimore Sun profiles medical interpreter
As covid vaccines begin to be distributed across the United States, more non-language professionals are learning to appreciate the role...
Beijing subway to standardize English translations
If you're heading to Beijing you may have to put up with conflicting subway station names — at least for a while. According to...
Belgian Translation Error Could Result in Travel Fines
English-speaking visitors to Belgium may have arrived under a misunderstood set of coronavirus-related travel rules, according to national newspaper The Brussels Times.
"According to the...
FAST teams with GTS Translation in the fight against AS
Angelman syndrome (AS) is a neurogenetic disorder which causes delayed development, challenges with speech, balance, learning, and memory. Most people with AS also experience seizures. The annual FAST Global Summit & Gala features a science summit, educational workshops, AAC carnival and a star-studded gala recognized as Chicago’s largest celebrity fundraiser.
Gender Inclusive or Just Bad Hebrew?
It's traditional for the United States House of Representatives to open each new session with a prayer, but that prayer typically doesn't end with...
Anja Jones Translation Goes Fully Virtual
Anja Jones Translation (AJT), a British language services provider (LSP), has gone completely virtual. Staff's last day in the company's physical Newquay, England office...
ATA Asks CDC Include Interpreters in Vaccine Guidance
The American Translators Association (ATA) has sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), asking it "explicitly include on-site medical...
State of German Industry Report Released
Qualitätssprachendienste Deutschlands (QSD) has released its first report on the state of the German language industry. Compiled from national statistics authority data and the...
A New Translation App from…Hyundai?
There's a new Korean-English translation app out there and it's made by Hyundai. That's right: The automobile manufacturer has gotten in the language business.
According...
Friday Roundup | December 25, 2020
Amazon adds translation to Alexa
Amazon has launched Alexa Live Translation which — according to a blog on the company's site — "allows individuals speaking...
Translated releases a short film about the wonders of language
Translating means allowing everyone to understand the world and to be understood. This is a real gift that people working into the localization industry...
Appalachia en Español
When you live in the Appalachian mountains, Spanish textbooks don't always speak to you. That's the realization that led Harlan County, Kentucky schoolteachers Chris...
Friday Roundup | December 18, 2020
Smartling announces new Adobe integration
Translation management system provider Smartling has announced its latest Adobe tools integration. In the past, the platform has connected to...
New GALA Board Announced
The Globalization and Localization Association (GALA) has announced its 2021-2022 directors. Of the seven person board, four seats were up for grabs with 18...
Today: NASA Airs Livestream of Total Solar Eclipse
NASA will provide live coverage in Spanish on NASA Television, as well as coverage without narration on its livestreaming mediums. The coverage will begin...
Friday Roundup | December 11, 2020
Cinedigm partners with Spherex to expand international content distribution capabilities
Spherex, an entertainment technology and data company, announced this week a partnership with Cinedigm to...
RWS announces financial results for 2020
RWS Holdings today announced its final results for the fiscal year, which ended September 30, 2020.
RWS Life Sciences increased revenues by 6% to £69.5...
Alexa Translations CEO on Company’s First Year
Alexa Translations CEO Gary Kalaci shared with us the company’s experience navigating their first year during the pandemic, and what it takes for localization...
Macau Chinese-Portuguese Translation Exam Center
Part of an effort to preserve and celebrate the history of the Portuguese language in the city, officials in Macau have announced the creation...
Friday Roundup | December 4, 2020
Unbabel releases COMET, the Crosslingual Optimized Metric for Evaluation of Translation
Unbabel, an AI-powered, human-refined translation platform that enables multilingual customer service at scale, announced...
Statement on Languages Calls for Embrace of Multilingualism
As global and local communications continue to become more vital than ever — and more and more disparate — five academies from the UK,...