Tag: language access
New Mexico’s Language Access Services Best in U.S.
In its recently released Justice Index, the National Center for Access to Justice (NCAJ) named the state of New Mexico as the number one...
Streaming on Twitch in a Minority Language
About 99% of the internet’s content is written in just 30 languages — and more than half of that content is written in English....
The Underrepresentation of African Languages in Tech
Like any other continent on Earth, Africa is home to hundreds — and potentially thousands, depending on who you ask—of indigenous languages. Some of...
Developing MT Benchmarks for Under-Resourced Languages
Machine translation (MT) systems have little difficulty translating between languages like Spanish and English or English and Chinese — but for languages with limited...
Bill to Improve Language Access in Mortgage Servicing
Last week, the United States House Committee on Financial Services passed a bill that would improve language access services during the mortgage lending process....
NHeLP’s Fight for Language Access During the Pandemic
The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) has recently filed a civil rights complaint arguing that numerous agencies at all levels within the United States...
Marvel Cinematic Universe starts to look more like our own
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) Phase 4 teaser trailer dropped on Monday and, along with a hefty dose of nostalgia for Phases 1-3, delivered...
New York Senate Passes Bill to Increase Language Access
A bill requiring New York state agency websites to be translated into the 12 most widely spoken languages in the state has recently been...
Weekly Shorts | April 30, 2021
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant to Support U.S. Language Education
America’s Languages Working Group has received a $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,...