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Friday Roundup | Oct 2, 2020
Women in Localization announces renewed sponsorship agreement with RWS Moravia
Women in Localization, the leading professional organization for women in the localization industry, has announced...
Biden Uses Arabic “Inshallah” during Presidential Debate
Responding to President Trump’s unfulfilled promise to release his tax returns, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden remarked, “Inshallah,” a common Arabic expression that can...
i18n Special Interest Group Final Meeting Held
Citing technical and personnel changes at GALA, i18n SIG leader Manuela Noske announced the end of the SIG series, with the goal of more...
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Diligence by Linguists in California Pays Dividends in Relief Bill
An updated AB 2257, which benefits California interpreters and translators, is approved.
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Moscow Translation Club Transforms to RATC
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Moscow Translation Club Transforms to RATC
The Moscow Translation Club has evolved into the Russian Association of Translation Companies — the localization industry’s...
ASR Tech in Hebrew and Arabic Languages Big Focus for IIA
The Israel Innovation Authority aims to improve ASR capabilities for Hebrew and Arabic languages, which have largely been left behind in voice recognition technologies.
As...
Deaf Missions Completes First ASL Translation for Bible
The 38-year project from Deaf Missions will provide a valuable guide for other sign language translations of the Bible, as well as for translations...
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September
The 12th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism
September 9-12, 2020, Zagreb, Croatia
iam.wildapricot.org
#LocFromHome: The Online Language Industry Conference
September 9, 2020, Boston,...
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RWS buys SDL to Become New Language Services Industry Leader
On August 27, 2020, the boards of RWS and SDL announced a deal...
Dispatch on India’s newest translation association
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Dispatch on India’s newest translation association
Multilingual speaks to Sandeep Nulkar, CEO of BITS, and one of the driving figures in the recent formation of...
ASLALC Becomes First LSP Association in Latin America
Launched this month, the Association of Language Services of Latin America and the Caribbean (ASLALC) will be the first of its kind in the...
Welsh Language Re-included in Council during Pandemic
After facing criticism, the city council in Denbighshire, Wales will now allow Zoom in council meetings to better serve Welsh language speakers with simultaneous...
Friday Roundup | Sep 24, 2020
Multilingual Information Access Initiative launches this year in COVID-19 response
The COVID-19 Multilingual Information Access (MLIA) initiative is a collective effort from the LT community...
Iconic Celebrates 100th Neural MT Blog Post
The neural MT blog focuses on advances and challenges in the field of machine translation.
Today, Iconic Translation, a recent RWS Holdings acquisition that specializes...
Asylum Seekers to Work with USCIS-Appointed Interpreters
No longer able to bring interpreters to application interviews due to fears about the pandemic, asylum seekers must now work with interpreters provided by...
Russia Orders Translation of Vital Records
Any registry records in Russia dating back to 1926 will be included in the translation of vital records, particularly from Arabic, Tatar, and Old...
Adaptive Globalization Releases Linguist Salary Report
A comprehensive guide released by recruitment company Adaptive Globalization provides detailed salary and job description information for the language service provider industry.
Adaptive Globalization has...
Afghan Interpreters Eligible for UK Relocation
After an outdated resettlement rule left many Afghan interpreters out, the UK has made a change that will welcome those who have provided vital...
Amplexor joins Acolad Group
Acolad, a language service provider based in the Ile-de-France just announced that they are "joining forces" with Amplexor, based in Bertrange in Luxembourg. The...
Hungarian Translator Keeping Expats Informed
Even for those learning a new language, consuming news content requires a high level of understanding. One Hungarian translator has volunteered efforts to deliver...
GreenKey Creates NLP Tool for Hedge Funds
Focus Studio, the new application from GreenKey, will provide users with natural language processing workflows specific to hedge fund management.
Bank sales teams often turn...
Friday Roundup | Sep 18, 2020
TRANSLIT launches interpreter training webinars
Complete Language Solutions has just launched a series of free and paid webinars to help beginner interpreters improve their professional...
Chief Interpreter for European Commission Steps Down
The Chief Interpreter post will be filled on an interim basis while the European Commission seeks a new head to fill the position.
After acting...
TranslateMe Launches Translation Validation Pipeline
The pipeline will allow TranslateMe to utilize machine translation, but with a validation network of human translators that works on a token-based system.
TranslateMe recently...