Tag: language access

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

LANGUAGE The Disappearing Tz'utujil By Alex Shur S antiago Atitlán is an indigenous Guatemalan town surrounded by three imposing volcanoes and Lake Atitlán, widely regarded as one of...

Patent Translation

LANGUAGE Patent Translation By Domenico Lombardini Y ears ago, my full-time freelance patent translation career in full swing, people were inevitably surprised when I told them I translated...

Multilingual Aficionados: Well-rounded Individuals

A few years ago (OK then, eight), I wrote an article for Multilingual called Accessibility is Just Another Language. It dealt with the similarities...

Natural User Interface Gestures. Are They Global?

The international pitfalls of body-based gestures on the iPad. Perhaps.