Most of What You Think You Know About Grammar is Wrong | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine.   No, there’s nothing wrong with starting a sentence with a conjunction, either. But perhaps the biggest grammar myth of all is the infamous taboo against splitting an infinitive, as in “to boldly go.”Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Most-of-What-You-Think-You-Know-About-Grammar-is-Wrong-187940351.html#ixzz2J26AVwKh Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on […]

Free learning resources on law « From Words to Deeds: translation & the law. – The Open University in the UK offers OpenLearn, giving free access to some of their learning resources. 

Healthcare Help Line Knows Your Language – Euro Weekly News.   “Patients mainly use the translation service to request a doctor’s appointment.  In that case, the user is charged for the call.  The same goes when asking for medical advice and paperwork,” Salud Responde manager Jose María Gonzalez explained to the Euro Weekly News

Machine translation: Conquering Babel | The Economist. – Simultaneous translation by computer is getting closer* A series of announcements over the past few months from sources as varied as mighty Microsoft and string-and-sealing-wax private inventors suggest that workable, if not yet perfect, simultaneous-translation devices are now close at hand.   – * They mean interpreting

On CAT tools.   “Many translators will ask themselves at some point whether or not there is a need to invest in one or more of these tools. Some translators never do – I know many translators who have been going for years and still use a word processor, a dictionary, a thesaurus and their […]

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CMI Tides is the quarterly newsletter of the National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters. Its winter issue covers the upcoming IMIA Annual Conference in Miami Beach, developments within the National Board, and the news released on January 9 of its accreditation by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies. Get your copy of CMI Tides – Winter 2012-2013. […]

National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters Receives NCCA Accreditation. January, 2013 – The National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters (National Board), the first program in the U.S. to provide national certification for medical interpreters, is pleased to announce that it has earned the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) accreditation. The National Commission […]