Song title translation on Spotify complicates search for users

Spotify recently addressed user concerns regarding the automatic translation of song names into English, making titles in languages such as Chinese particularly difficult to find on the platform.

CATTI Announces International Linguist Accreditation Test

Planned for the end of the year, the first CATTI International test will allow translators and interpreters to test in a remote, online setting,...

Cresceri and Birsan elected president and vice-president of European Language Industry...

The European Language Industry Association (ELIA), a European not-for-profit trade association for the language industry, announced the selection of its new president and vice-president...

Plus ça change…

COVID-19 has upended much of life as we know it and, though halting progress toward the fabled “new normal” is being made in the...

To Clubhouse, or not to Clubhouse, that is the question!

You want in? Here’s everything you need to know, because this one is different than the rest. Clubhouse: Where "less is more"  Get an invitation and save...

Northern Ireland’s current language crisis

The current cultural conflict in Northern Ireland, and, in particular, the argument over the status of its languages, is at the core of a political crisis regarding restoring the power-sharing assembly.

Pangloss, the Archive Dedicated to Preserving Languages

In grade school, teachers show their students pictures of lone polar bears, stranded in the middle of icy waters. They show videos of pandas...

Lingoda Announces $68 Million Growth Equity Investment

After a major spike in usership during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Berlin-based language learning platform Lingoda has announced that it’s recently raised $68 million...

NYC Mayor requests LSP investigation

Last week, MultiLingual reported on accusations against Linguistica International that allege the telephone interpreting (OPI) provider has paid some interpreters as low as 4 USD...

Improving Remote Learning Outcomes for Multilingual Students

Remote learning may seem like a thing of the not-so-distant past for many in countries that are no longer following lockdown or shelter-in-place measures....

Deaf Community Petitions for White House ASL Interpreter Removal

The Deaf community in the United States, as well as American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters and devotees, welcomed this week's news that the Biden...

Swiss Supreme Court — Now in English?

The Swiss Supreme Court may soon accept English as one of the languages it will draft in arbitrations, as part of the Swiss Parliament’s...