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...
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...
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...
COVID Lawsuit Implicates Interpreters
Interpreters working for meat manufacturer Tyson Foods are now involved in a covid-related lawsuit against the company. The suit, filed September 23rd, alleges Tyson...