No Longer Just a Voice in the Wilderness « mariacristinadelavegamusings.   “Because federal certification testing was founded on a valid empirical analysis of courtroom language and the complex job of the court interpreter in this setting, it set the performance criteria and standards for the entire profession.  This tool has identified a cadre of extremely […]

What words really mean: David Foster Wallace’s dictionary – Telegraph.   This is an edited extract from “Both Flesh and Not”, by David Foster Wallace, published by Hamish Hamilton at £20.

Stephen Fry on language. [VIDEO]. This is a 6m33s video on language, use, modern society. Well worth the time it takes to watch (and enjoy) it.

The 2012 Word of the Year is #hashtag, The Web of Language. Other observers of the lexicon have named their own Word of the Year.  Click above to read more.

ATIF-FLORIDA’s photostream on Flickr. ATIF 2012 Holiday Party at Texas de Brasil. It was a very successful event and an opportunity to meet our Elected Board members; Linda Dunlap, President, Mayeluz Navarro, Vice President, Soledad Vargas, Secretary, Emily Paul, Treasurer, Gloria Nichols, Silvia Guzman and Emmy Prieto, Directors; Director James Nolan could not attend the […]

11 Weirdly Spelled Words—And How They Got That Way – Mental Floss. – By Arika Okrent Why is English spelling so messed up? – read on and find out!

NAJIT Blog: 21st Century Skills – Back to School Basics For Our Changing Profession – by Katharine Allen. Interpreting is caught in tsunami currents of technological and social change that are sweeping away whole industries in a matter of years and replacing them with structures never before seen in human history. 

The Accidental History of the @ Symbol | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine.   The symbol’s modern obscurity ended in 1971, when a computer scientist named Ray Tomlinson was facing a vexing problem: how to connect people who programmed computers with one another.Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/The-Accidental-History-of-the-at-Symbol-165593146.html#ixzz2DFyYlBxY

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