Tag: language access
Apple to provide interpreters in stores
International tech company Apple plans to up the availability of American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters in its stores, reports information site iLounge. In the...
New Medical Interpreter Law Proposed
In the United States, there's already a federal law stating hospitals have to provide equal language access to limited English proficient (LEP) patients —...
Weekly Shorts | February 19, 2021
Facebook fixes translation error that called farmers "peasants"
Facebook has removed its translation error from a recent covid-19 post on California governor Gavin Newsom's page,...
Boise government to up language access
The city of Boise, Idaho is currently looking to improve language access, according to local news site BoiseDev. Right now, the municipal government purchases...
New research on hospital interpreter use
The evidence that professional interpreters improve patient health is overwhelming — so why don't more American health care facilities provide interpreters? Two new studies...
Hospital adapts language plan after LEP deaths
Latino patients who don't speak English are 35 percent more likely to die from covid-19, Brigham and Women’s Hospital research suggests. Located in Boston,...
Language Services Mean Access and Justice
We spoke with Karina Rodríguez about working as a language services provider in veterinary medicine, renters' rights, and childhood learning in California.
The Disappearing Tz’utujil
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The Disappearing Tz'utujil
By Alex Shur
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antiago Atitlán is an indigenous Guatemalan town surrounded by three imposing volcanoes and Lake Atitlán, widely regarded as one of...
Patent Translation
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Patent Translation
By Domenico Lombardini
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ears ago, my full-time freelance patent translation career in full swing, people were inevitably surprised when I told them I translated...