Breaking News: Straker Acquires Lingotek
Australian language services provider Straker Translation has officially purchased American translation tool company Lingotek, according to mandatory public disclosure reporting in Financial Times. Straker...
Google Translate Causes Vaccine Mishap
Last week, MultiLingual reported on a Virginia Department of Health website translation error that incorrectly told Spanish speakers they don’t need coronavirus vaccines. New information...
Memsource Buys Phrase
Czech Republic-based translation management system (TMS) Memsource has acquired Phrase, a competing TMS headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Memsource chief executive officer (CEO) David Čaněk...
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...
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...
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...
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...
North Carolina Interpreter Vaccinated
Earlier today, MultiLingual asked an important question: Will interpreters receive covid vaccines? In North Carolina at least, we have our answer.
Spanish interpreter Jorge Gutierrez was...