I found it quite interesting to read about a duo of one teen Palestinian and one teen Israeli joining together to vocalize their cultural and personal experiences in a documentary entitled “Deaf Jam”. I really shouldn’t say vocalize since the Israeli teen is deaf and will be using American Sign Language translation. This film introduces a new form of slam poetry since it is a collaboration of someone who is deaf and someone who can hear.
One can be certain that more and more performances whether on stage or in cinemas, will require language translation or some kind of foreign translation service. The immigrant population is only getting bigger and the deaf and hard of hearing community is only getting more and more active. Those of us in the language translation industry enjoy seeing such growth as it only promoted the need for using professional translation services. So go out and support this documentary and other foreign language films or projects.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Interpreting Services for the Court
Those involved in a court hearing are becoming more aware of the need of using not just any interpreting services, but those services that can provide interpreters with the skills required to perform a legal interpretation accurately. It’s not enough to just know two languages. Even judges are becoming more involved in the training of such interpreters who have the desire to perform court translating services. Judges are taking it up a notch by providing training for interpreters who already have a basic level of interpreting service skills and want to move up to an intermediate level.
Like language translation in the medical field, there is a lot riding on an accurate court room interpretation. It could involve a person’s life, their assets, their livelihood … their future. An inaccurate language translation could be disastrous.
Accuracy in an interpreting service cannot be taken for granted. If needing an interpreting service in a legal setting, contact IU and request this skill set. IU ensures that those interpreters assigned to legal translating services have the experience and/or the certification if necessary.
Like language translation in the medical field, there is a lot riding on an accurate court room interpretation. It could involve a person’s life, their assets, their livelihood … their future. An inaccurate language translation could be disastrous.
Accuracy in an interpreting service cannot be taken for granted. If needing an interpreting service in a legal setting, contact IU and request this skill set. IU ensures that those interpreters assigned to legal translating services have the experience and/or the certification if necessary.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Standardizing Language Translation and Interpreter Services
Almost quarterly those in the language translation or language interpreting services hear from organizations, and more specifically, language translation agencies that are trying to mainstream the process of becoming a professional language translator or interpreter. Because there are so many languages, dialects, and specialties like medical or legal, it’s been quite a challenge to be able to create one standardized way of certifying interpreter services.
Here at IU we recognize this challenge and have consequently adopted the standards of many reputable organizations to certify, assess, and qualify our language interpreters and translators. These could be RID, CHIA, ATA, just to name a few.
The language industry is growing since the need of their language translation and interpreter services are growing at such a rapid rate. It’s important to scrutinize the language company you opt to work with until you have a satisfaction level that the interpreters and translators to be utilized are professional, reliable, and qualified. Contact IU today to request interpreting services.
Here at IU we recognize this challenge and have consequently adopted the standards of many reputable organizations to certify, assess, and qualify our language interpreters and translators. These could be RID, CHIA, ATA, just to name a few.
The language industry is growing since the need of their language translation and interpreter services are growing at such a rapid rate. It’s important to scrutinize the language company you opt to work with until you have a satisfaction level that the interpreters and translators to be utilized are professional, reliable, and qualified. Contact IU today to request interpreting services.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Word Choice in Translation Services
Do you know the difference between curse and swear? Is there a difference? Well, not any more. But there was a point when curse meant you wanted something bad to happen to someone else, but now it means using profanity. Swear used to be used when someone was witness to a commitment, but it now also refers to using profanity.
If you do not understand the meanings of words and the nuances when one word can be the same as another,r then you are not fit to offer professional translation services. Only those who have studied a language as well as keeps current with the evolution of word choice and word usage should be offering translation services.
When you choose a professional translation company to work with, how will you know if the language translator is qualified to perform a translation? There are many ways to confirm this. One way is to ask a lot of questions. Aks the interpreting service company how they qualify their translators. Ask what experience the translator has in a given subject area. If you are in need of a medical translation, then it is even more crucial to ask about the credentials of the translator who will actually perform the medical translation. Other ways to verify your language translating service choice is to check references, look them up in the Better Business Bureau, or Google them.
Translation is not rocket science by any means, but it does take a professional to ensure accuracy. Contact Interpreters Unlimited to learn about our translation service division.
If you do not understand the meanings of words and the nuances when one word can be the same as another,r then you are not fit to offer professional translation services. Only those who have studied a language as well as keeps current with the evolution of word choice and word usage should be offering translation services.
When you choose a professional translation company to work with, how will you know if the language translator is qualified to perform a translation? There are many ways to confirm this. One way is to ask a lot of questions. Aks the interpreting service company how they qualify their translators. Ask what experience the translator has in a given subject area. If you are in need of a medical translation, then it is even more crucial to ask about the credentials of the translator who will actually perform the medical translation. Other ways to verify your language translating service choice is to check references, look them up in the Better Business Bureau, or Google them.
Translation is not rocket science by any means, but it does take a professional to ensure accuracy. Contact Interpreters Unlimited to learn about our translation service division.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Chrome Language Translation Extension
Are you a Google+ user yet? It doesn’t matter, just curious. What’s interesting to know is that Google has developed a translating service for its Google+ users. Now, users of this social-networking site can post a comment into more than 50 languages. Users only need to install an interpreting service extension. Once it is installed, a “translate” button will appear. This language translation tool also works with comments.
Google wants to emphasize that this is still experimental and are anxious to receive feedback on the usability of this language translation service. No one can argue that this is yet another cool feature of Google+ but would be remiss in thinking that this could ever compare to professional interpreting services. This language translation service tool, like others, is excellent for quick translations of comments, postings, etc. but does not replace the need for professional interpretation and document translation when accuracy and quality are crucial. Contact IU for translation services and interpreting services for court hearings, legal translations, depositions, medical interpreting, and other interpretation settings.
Google wants to emphasize that this is still experimental and are anxious to receive feedback on the usability of this language translation service. No one can argue that this is yet another cool feature of Google+ but would be remiss in thinking that this could ever compare to professional interpreting services. This language translation service tool, like others, is excellent for quick translations of comments, postings, etc. but does not replace the need for professional interpretation and document translation when accuracy and quality are crucial. Contact IU for translation services and interpreting services for court hearings, legal translations, depositions, medical interpreting, and other interpretation settings.
Monday, August 22, 2011
From Refugee to Language Interpreter
I was truly moved when reading about a Bosnia refugee who came to the US in 1997 with no knowledge of English and now currently owns his own language interpreting services company. His story is quite unique. As a police officer he would use his knowledge of Bosnian and English to providing translation services to the refugee community, but not always in the capacity of a police officer. He actually worked for a language translation company but was not happy with how the company operated. So he ventured out to start his own language translation company. His wife speaks both English and Arabic so was also able to assist with the start of their new interpreting service company.
Today the couple services multiple languages and run a tight ship. He requires language interpreters to wear a uniform, be on time, and act professional at all times. He finds that the most common language interpreting service requested is for medical appointments and translation services for private meetings with attorneys. Before his interpreter services were available, refugees would take their children out of school to be their interpreters. Many times these were Elementary age children. This is the reality of many refugee communities. This is why IU works with so many Department of Health and Human Services to provide language translation.
As a refugee himself who struggled for so long, this police officer and business owner’s motivation was simple: to give back to the community that supported him so much.
Today the couple services multiple languages and run a tight ship. He requires language interpreters to wear a uniform, be on time, and act professional at all times. He finds that the most common language interpreting service requested is for medical appointments and translation services for private meetings with attorneys. Before his interpreter services were available, refugees would take their children out of school to be their interpreters. Many times these were Elementary age children. This is the reality of many refugee communities. This is why IU works with so many Department of Health and Human Services to provide language translation.
As a refugee himself who struggled for so long, this police officer and business owner’s motivation was simple: to give back to the community that supported him so much.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Bloggers in India
We all know how huge blogs are today. There is pretty much a blog for everything and everyone. Let’s take India for example. Estimates show there are less than 300 Hindi bloggers. That’s low! Keep in mind there are over 400 million who speak Hindi in India. Another estimate shows that there are about 2,000 blogging in Tamil in all of India. Compare this to 40,000 English bloggers in India.
It’s been slow, but bloggers in India and elsewhere now have the ability to blog in other languages besides English. Translating services for these users were not available and the Internet was only available in English. Language translation options have been a technical ordeal in India, but finally they have access to Indic script. This allows Indian users to view the Internet in their own language.
Now there is Google Translate which opened up “Indic web” which gives users a translating service for converting site content into their own language such as Bengali, Gujarti, and Tamil- all languages that IU provides interpreting services and translating services.
Opening up the Internet to other languages has given female bloggers the ability to express their opinions, give advice, share knowledge, and empower other women. Having these online translating service tools has definitely helped society but cannot replace the charm and quality of working with an in-person language interpreter or language translator. Interpreting services is needed in all sectors of a society from academic to medical to corporate. If you need translation services or interpreting services, contact IU to learn more.
It’s been slow, but bloggers in India and elsewhere now have the ability to blog in other languages besides English. Translating services for these users were not available and the Internet was only available in English. Language translation options have been a technical ordeal in India, but finally they have access to Indic script. This allows Indian users to view the Internet in their own language.
Now there is Google Translate which opened up “Indic web” which gives users a translating service for converting site content into their own language such as Bengali, Gujarti, and Tamil- all languages that IU provides interpreting services and translating services.
Opening up the Internet to other languages has given female bloggers the ability to express their opinions, give advice, share knowledge, and empower other women. Having these online translating service tools has definitely helped society but cannot replace the charm and quality of working with an in-person language interpreter or language translator. Interpreting services is needed in all sectors of a society from academic to medical to corporate. If you need translation services or interpreting services, contact IU to learn more.
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