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By Skyler Frink There are a lot of subtleties in language. Regions of every country have their own dialects, sentence structure is different for different languages and each dialect can have multiple types of slang. Raytheon BBN has been given the almost-impossible task of developing a device that can perform two-way speech-to-speech translations, among other [...]
The LEP Data Brief from the Migration Policy Institute contains information on the number, share, growth and linguistic diversity of limited English proficient individuals in the United States. This data is useful to any business or organization that is marketing and/or serving clients in the United States. In the day and age when we live [...]
For November’s Interpreter Spotlight, we chose Amira Jabouri for her outstanding interpreting and customer service skills. Here is a little from Amira herself: I’m an Arabic, Chaldean and Assyrian interpreter. I’ve been an interpreter for 5 years now. I don’t hold any awards or [official] certifications but I have an academic and practical background in [...]
COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) — Elsa Miller looked at the 17-year-old boy, listened carefully as he explained in Spanish the chest pains he was experiencing and relayed his words in English to Dr. Dekui Zhang, who was examining the boy at Volunteers in Medicine. Miller, standing behind the seated doctor, also relayed to the boy questions [...]
Introduction Certified Languages International (CLI) provides high-quality interpreting and translating services to hospitals, government entities, and public and private businesses throughout the United States. In the event of a natural or manmade disaster, it can be presumed with some certainty that medical facilities in the affected region will experience a dramatic increase in volume, resulting [...]
In healthcare settings, many providers prefer to have an in-person interpreter. In many instances, however, a telephone interpreter is needed, preferred or more cost-effective. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act mandates that patient care not be delayed or affected by a patient’s limited English proficiency. This means that when an in-person interpreter is not [...]
By Ora Soloman Published July 28, 2011 at www.marketingprofs.com In classic sci-fi movies, contests between machines and humans almost always end with the machine’s demise due to the stress of competing with superior human reasoning power. These days, machines beat humans on game shows, computers win at chess, and the quality of machine translation (MT) [...]
CLI’s owner, Bill Graeper, is part of a national group effort in the language industry to create standards that will be adopted by the American Society for Testing of Materials (ASTM). ASTM is a national organization that sets product and service standards for virtually every industry. You can read about them online here. Bill is [...]
My name is Jamila Shirwa and I am a Somali interpreter. I have been interpreting since 1990. I don’t hold any special certification, but have been awarded many bonuses based on excellent service skills. My favorite aspects of providing interpretation is having the ability to facilitate communication between two parties, and another is when both [...]
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