During procurement of any service, the government is required to meet specific goals to support small business, including: small disadvantaged businesses, historically underutilized small businesses, and woman-owned small businesses. Teaming up with such entities is a must when competing for set-aside government contracts. HUBZone certified businesses are awarded sole source (non-bid) as well as limited-pool […]
In our most recent blog post, we discussed how medical translation services save lives. Obviously, patients must be able to communicate in their native languages to receive the highest quality healthcare. Outside of the medical context though, professional interpretation services also save lives in less obvious, but no less important, ways. According to the Bureau of […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Health organizations have always had a lot on their plates in terms of being able to provide help to everyone who needs it, but with all of the disease outbreaks and the global refugee crisis, providing care and services in the right language is yet another issue to tackle. Many organizations are […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan First of all, what exactly is “internal translation”? Simply put, it is using someone who is already a part of a company to use their language skills to handle translations for the company. This is pretty common practice, especially for start-up companies that can’t afford to work with a professional translation company. […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Nothing is scarier than having to go to the emergency room for a life-threatening injury or sudden illness, except perhaps going to a hospital where no one else speaks your native language and you don’t speak English, for example, very well. This is the reality that many people living in the U.S. […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan The human resource management department of any given company or organization can sometimes get overlooked when one is looking to optimize and improve a business. However, it should be the first department to be looked at under a microscope as it is in charge of figuring out ways to keep team members […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Many companies think that their best bet in terms of translation is to assemble their own team of translators who work for them full time. This makes sense in many ways, because the team would know exactly what the company needs and can quickly adapt to any changes in the project as […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Language interpretation in general can come in extremely handy in situations where two parties who don’t have a common language need to interact. Many times, an interpreter is on hand to work with clients for languages that are more common in a certain area. However, when someone speaks a language that no […]
