World of Translation

Recent News & Stories from Language Translation, Inc.

January 20, 2012

Local Indian officials to use interpreting equipment to communicate

A story from India shows us how even local elected officials can find themselves in need of language services.

India is one of the world’s most complex linguistic patchworks.


January 18, 2012

Using social media in foreign languages

The more people you can reach out to through social media networks, the better. That’s where foreign languages come in.

I just ran across an article entitled “Secrets to Social Media Success in Foreign Languages.”


January 05, 2012

Our top three language and culture posts of 2011

In the last of a 3-blog series, we’ll pull up a few of our most interesting posts from our “Language and Culture” blog.

As a language service provider, the heart of our business is, of course, languages.


January 04, 2012

Favorite medical translation posts of 2011

We continue to take a look back at 2011 with a review of favorite posts from our “Medical Translation and Interpretation” blog.

Our medical language services blog stream covers the most specific subject matter of our three blog channels.


December 22, 2011

Christmas in translation

What comes up in a Google search for Christmas and translation?

This seasonal “Language Links” post will answer a question that somehow came to my mind this week: what is floating around the web on the subject of Christmas + translation?


December 20, 2011

Translating the Internet, sentence by sentence

Over 100,000 would-be translators are on the waiting list for Duolingo, a platform with a unique approach to crowdsourcing.

A few months ago, I wrote a post about how translation is falling back into favor as a language learning method, at least among some educators. But can a promise of “learning a new language through translating it” motivate millions to get in there and start translating online?


December 16, 2011

Demand for telephone interpretation increases

While Spanish remains the most-requested language for telephone interpreting in the USA, other languages are showing growing demand.

The results of a recent report, published in a Mediapost.com article, show developments in the market for telephone interpreting in the USA.


December 07, 2011

“Translators without Borders” aids a world in need

Founded in 1993, the organization’s mission is to support humanitarian work by providing free translations.

The original organization Traducteurs sans Frontières (TSF) was founded in 1993 by Lori Thicke and Ros Smith-Thomas to help translators worldwide connect with selected NGOs that work in the fields of health, nutrition and education.


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