Article: By Althea Fung Tuesday, April 12, 2011 | 3:40 p.m. Having interpreters on hand, even by telephone, can help doctors and hospitals take better care of patients who do not speak English well, an expert said on Tuesday. Not being able to communicate effectively with patients harms their care and can also end up [...]
By Kate Rogers Published March 28, 2011 | FOXBusiness In an increasingly globalized society, knowing more than one language is often a major advantage in the job market. However, being an expert in a language is a highly successful and competitive career in itself. And in times of world tragedy, such as the recent tsunami and [...]
As many of you may know, last year CLI introduced a new online reporting tool for all of our customers. This system allows our customers to log in with a personal account ID and password and access up-to-date information about all of their telephone interpreting orders. Clients are able to download order detail reports as [...]
We are so proud of the work our interpreters do and their commitment to quality that we’d like to share their stories with you. We’ll be adding regular blog posts with profiles of individual interpreters – we hope you enjoy them! We’re pleased to introduce our first featured interpreter: David Hill. My name is David [...]
As a founding member of the Contract Interpreter Information Center (CIIC), Certified Languages would like to encourage all of their readers to visit the CIIC website at www.contractinterpreters.com. The website is now up and running with many resources for those wishing to support the use of independent contractors in the language services industry. Please visit [...]
This has been a hot topic for several years as federal, state, and local taxing bodies look to increase their revenue to help balance budgets. There is a perception that treating interpreter/translators as independent contractors will bring in more revenue. Certainly at least one company in our industry, Language Line Services, believes this is the [...]
This year’s event, Quality Interpreting in a Push-Button World, is chock full of innovation programming and relevant topic sessions. We invite you to check out all the details at www.interpretamerica.net. We hope to see you DC in June! Katharine Allen and Barry S. Olsen, Co-Presidents (click here to link to excerpt.)
Two Major Language Services Associations Collaborate to Increase Member Benefits ALC and GALA to connect members to more resources and people. Rockville, Maryland, USA and Seattle, Washington, USA (21 January 2011) – The Association of Language Companies (ALC) and The Globalization and Localization Association (GALA)have agreed to a joint collaboration to provide greater services and [...]
January 18, 2011 PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The state of Rhode Island has agreed to improve language services, after a 2007 complaint from the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union that was prompted when the state laid off several interpreters. The state announced Tuesday that the Rhode Island Department of Human Services has signed an [...]
01:00 AM EST on Sunday, January 16, 2011 That block of college campus in Providence is filled with stories of long journeys, new beginnings and treasured second chances. The problem is, the students at the downtown campus of the University of Rhode Island seem far too intent on fitting an education into very full lives [...]
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