Tag: Ukraine
Adapting to Change: Task Force’s Response to the War in Ukraine
As the world watched the escalating tension in Ukraine, Nataliya Horbachevska, CEO of Task Force linguistic services company, found herself facing an uncertain future. With a family to protect and a business to safeguard, she embarked on a journey that would redefine her company's mission and direction.
Cyberpunk 2077 Developer Apologizes for Insensitive Ukrainian Localization
CD Projekt Red’s global PR director, Radek Grabowski, apologized via a statement. “The release version of Ukrainian localization of Cyberpunk 2077 features elements of dialogues that can be considered offensive by Russian gamers. These lines do not represent our views. We apologize for the situation and have made steps to avoid situations like that in the future.”
Lack of interpreters hampers western efforts to train Ukrainian military
Germany and its allies are struggling to train Ukrainian soldiers on donated military hardware due to a severe shortage of qualified interpreters, according to...
Looking at Duolingo’s end-of-year report on language learning trends
In addition to platform-wide trends, folks who used the app for more than five days out of the year can access personalized insights neatly packaged into a Spotify Wrapped-esque report.
Do we have enough (human) translators and interpreters to help vulnerable communities?
Refugee crises across the globe this year — from the European Union to Martha’s Vineyard — have highlighted the importance of maintaining a large, diverse workforce of human translators and interpreters.
War in Ukraine spurs decline in Russian-language use, survey shows
Just a few months before the war began, 26% of Ukrainians claimed to use Russian as their primary home language. This survey says that number's fallen to just 13%.
Translit helps Ukrainian refugees become trained community interpreters
In collaboration with the Clare Local Development Company (CLDC) and the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP), Translit has provided community interpreter training for 37 Ukrainian refugees who were previously providing informal language services to fellow Ukrainians in Ireland.
Microsoft adds Ukrainian to Reading Progress platform
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced that its Reading Progress tool — a free platform that allows teachers to assess students’ reading progress — will include Ukrainian in its list of available languages.
Avant Assessment and Linguacious® Donate 1,500 Ukrainian Children’s Books to Ukrainian Refugee Children in Poland
Avant Assessment and Linguacious® have partnered to help ensure that Ukrainian refugee children have access to good quality children’s literature in their native language