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9 Things To Know About Medical Interpretation Legislation in the U.S.

9 Things To Know About Medical Interpretation Legislation in the U.S.

By Sarah-Claire Jordan Medical interpretation, also known as healthcare interpretation, is an essential service that everyone in the U.S., should they need it, should be able to easily access. Healthcare interpreters relay information back and forth between the LEP (low English proficiency) party and the medical personnel. Unfortunately, not all healthcare facilities provide sufficient services, […]

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Meet Andres, Our Spanish Translator

Meet Andres, Our Spanish Translator

[ 0 ] September 9, 2013 |

Andres has been working for Alpha Omega Translations for many years. he was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he currently lives. He attended University in Buenos Aires, (Universidad del Museo Social Argentino), where he completed two majors: Interpreter and Sworn Translator. He paid for his education working as an English as a Second Language teacher, and […]

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Google Translitigation: Oops! Watch Your Words

Google Translitigation: Oops! Watch Your Words

Google Translate is a great translation option for one-time sentences or quick word checks, but it does not work well for longer and more intricate translations. Google Translate is a generic program and, as with any computer program, the software is only as good as it has been programmed to be. Mistranslations on generic programs […]

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Translating Legal Stuff

Translating Legal Stuff

[ 0 ] October 13, 2012 |

Legal translation is so wide a domain to satisfy almost any field of human interest, which means anything may be codified. The wider the domain is, the more specialized subjects will be: an example may be found in those law firms who devote themselves exclusively to contracts, from the draft to the fulfilment of particular […]

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Speaking The Language of International Development

Speaking The Language of International Development

October 26, 2011 |

Language is a crucial consideration in international development. In communities around the world, language diversity is common, and bilingualism of individuals is vital to business and social life. Language diversity raises issues in education that must be addressed, because they underlie many other important social issues. For example, choices about the language in which children […]

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The Brief History of the Slovak Language

The Brief History of the Slovak Language

[ 0 ] October 24, 2011 |

The language of all Slovans was the Praslovan language. This was before the eight century and all Slovan languages, including the Slovak language, have developed throughout the centuries from this old original language. Although there are no written documents from these times, by comparison with certain words from different Slovan languages, linguists were able to […]

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