Translation in publishing in the USA
Book publisher John O’Brien got into the publishing world for the same reason many others do, he said. He was angry. Frustrated at the lack of coverage and the poor way critics treated many writers, O’Brien began the Review of Contemporary Fiction as a way to give visibility to lesser known writers. Later on he [...]
New York: Interpreters join audience to follow sex trial
Israel Weingarten, the yeshiva teacher charged in Brooklyn, N.Y., federal court with sexually abusing his daughter for seven years, since she was 9years old, was found guilty Wednesday on all five counts. With 14 federal marshals lining the courtroom, Eastern District of New York Judge John Gleeson warned the audience against emotional outbursts, but the [...]
Health Care Interpreter: Medical Necessity
Over two agonizing January days, a mother brought her baby girl to two different Hartford emergency rooms begging doctors in Spanish to treat the 8-month old, who was critically sick with vomiting and diarrhea. On the third day, baby Rosa Maria Rivera died in a police cruiser on the way back to the hospital where [...]
Users prefer localized CMS systems…
Over the years, employees all over the world have had to deal with software in English. At the beginning of the information revolution, it was a necessary constraint: equivalent programs simply didn’t exist in the users’ languages. Now, with the growth and streamlining of software localization technology, companies can – and should – create multiple [...]
Why pay more for language translation?
Avoid language translation “overcharges” A language translation error marred Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s first meeting with her Russian counterpart. Fortunately, it was taken with good humor. Here’s a great idea for patching up tense diplomatic relations: give an official gift marked “overload” or “overcharge.” Excuse me, could you translate that please? Um, well, what [...]
EU’s visa guidelines may ease
Turkish citizens traveling on business might be able to enter some European Union countries without obtaining a visa as a result of a decision by the European Court of Justice, or ECJ, private news channel NTV reported yesterday. Lorry driver Mehmet Soysal had filed a complaint with the court in 2007 asking for the visa [...]
Court rejects alleged Mumbai gunman’s translation plea
An Indian court Monday rejected a plea by the alleged Mumbai attacker who asked for an Urdu translation of the 11,000-page document detailing the charges against him, public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told CNN. Television crews set up outside Mumbai’s Metropolitan Magistrate court where Kasab was charged. Television crews set up outside Mumbai’s Metropolitan Magistrate court [...]
New Translation Feature from Google
This week Google Inc. enhanced its translation service with a new feature that allows users to enter search requests in their language and then click on a link to have the resulting pages translated.
