The Cost of Inaccessibility: Why event organizers must prioritize accessibility for...
Despite technological advancements and increased awareness, the events industry still has a considerable distance to cover when it comes to accessibility.
Aligning Values: Fostering productivity and efficiency in the age of the...
A smart company features a flexible management and working style that emphasizes a healthy work-life balance.
A problem with words? The trials of natural language
We spend our life continually learning new words and how to use them. This enables us to make our lives more successful and enjoyable. Who could not love words? My answer to this question is: anyone performing localization or translation of natural language!
Perspective: ATA opposes Oregon SB 584
ATA recently submitted a letter in opposition to Oregon Senate Bill 584, which would task the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) with setting up a web-based platform for scheduling and paying health care interpreters in Oregon.
Perspective: I support Oregon Senate Bill 584
On March 1, 2023, the American Translators Association (ATA) informed its membership that it had written to the Oregon legislature expressing its opposition to...
How AI Tools Will Make Global Communication Better for Everyone
Generative AI tools have arrived, quite loudly, onto center stage. What's most exciting about these new shining stars capturing the attention of so many people lately is that they will likely make global communication better for everyone in the long run.
The future of branding (for LSPs)
The Dec. 6 edition of The New York Times was bought in its entirety by General Electric (GE) in a first-ever bid to rethink...
Lessons learned in times of Covid
Inspired by and modeled after Barry Slaughter Olsen’s piece of a similar title, with his blessing, I give you another Covid transition, another set of lessons worth sharing as we move to the “post” phase and see which new opportunities are here for the long-term and which were temporary.
Employee experience: the new company-health barometer?
Customer experience has long been touted as the ultimate barometer for the health of companies, but isn’t the employee experience just as foundational to business performance? Improving your brand or product and building a strong customer experience certainly requires the support of your employees.
A conversation with Comunica Translations’ Tina Julsgaard
We here at MultiLingual certainly don't know of anyone more qualified to pick their peers' brains, so in this guest post, reader Nicolás Maximiliano Martín Fontana of Xing decided to interview colleague Tina Julsgaard of Comunica Translations.
What are languages? A primary student’s perspective
Languages are powerful weapons which are used as a mode of communication to express our thoughts. It is a way by which humans communicate with each other and build relationships by expressing ourselves through speech and writing. Language is a vital part of human connection.
What niche skills make your job easier?
Have you also found that, very often, it is not your basic educational credentials but specialized niche skills that can make the biggest difference professionally?
