Anuvadak Platform Translates India’s MyGov COVID Site
The expansion of COVID-19 information now to include 10 of India’s 22 official languages will ensure millions of Indian internet users access to vital...
Diligence by linguists in California pays dividends in relief bill
An updated AB 2257, which benefits California interpreters and translators, is approved.
As reported in a previous MultiLingual News article on August 10, California’s AB...
Geological Sciences in Cape Town to Translate Terms
A project at the University of Cape Town has begun to translate geological terms into the country’s official languages. The team hopes future scientific...
Indigenous Languages Report Released in Australia
In its third National Indigenous Languages Report, the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters has produced important findings that could inform policy decisions...
New California Bill Disappoints Translators and Interpreters
California's AB 2257 is an attempt to loosen a previous gig economy clean-up bill. It was authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, who also championed...
Award Offers Over $200,000 for Arabic Translation
A prestigious and lucrative literary contest, The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, recognizes challenging and inspiring work coming out of the Arab world or engaging...
Paper Mario’s Controversial Translation
Nintendo’s Paper Mario video game localization team has sparked a dispute about how it translated sensitive language from Japanese to Traditional Chinese.
Even without the...
An Interview With Christoffer Nilsson
By the looks of his LinkedIn profile, Christoffer Nilsson is nothing short of a true startup success story.
Even before graduating from Lund University, Sweden, he had co-founded Atod AB and Keyfactor AB, both game-related companies. Chris went on to be CEO of Warthog Sweden, Managing Director of Eidos Studios and has managed the development of 20+ commercial video game projects. Since 2009 he is Managing Director of LocalizeDirect, currently developing localization tools for the games industry.
Chinese Translation of Communist Manifesto Unearthed
A Shanghai library discovered a first edition copy of the Chinese translation of The Communist Manifesto, a book of continuing influence in the People’s Republic...