by ATIF WebMaster | Dec 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Today, we are excited to announce the first phase of the Skype Translator preview program. The preview program will kick-off with two spoken languages, Spanish and English, and 40+ instant messaging languages will be available to Skype customers who have signed-up via...
by ATIF WebMaster | Dec 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
Advice that we all can learn from on promoting our businesses and delivering our services: 10 New Insights On Language And Business For 2015.
by ATIF WebMaster | Dec 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
As Holly Mikkelson aptly put it, “Interpreting is Interpreting.” But that doesn’t obviate the fact that customers don’t always know what they are looking for or what to expect from interpreters. The language field has grown and become more diversified, but the...
by ATIF WebMaster | Dec 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Interpreters often get asked what it is that we do. The answer is complex and multi-dimensional. In the judicial context, I’d say we help justice prevail in the most complete way. We are the ones who give meaning to the voices on all sides of the equation. Read more....
by ATIF WebMaster | Dec 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
This post is targeted at all ATIF members whose presence we missed at the Holiday Party. Here are some pictures we’d like to share with you. The music and the food were superb, but the photos can’t really tell much about that. So, you will just have to...
by ATIF WebMaster | Dec 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Simultaneous interpreters listen to speech in one language, process it, understand it, and translate it – in real time – into another language. They typically translate from an acquired language into their mother tongue, always under the time crunch of instantly...
by ATIF WebMaster | Dec 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
The sounds we hear start to affect us before we are even born – but how long do these effects last? What if we heard one language as a baby, but moved to a new place and never heard this language again? Even if we didn’t remember, would our brains remember? Read...
by ATIF WebMaster | Dec 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
“This ruling shows companies are responsible for their own actions when they violate the law,” said San Diego lawyer Gene Iredale, who represented the plaintiffs. “It also shows courts are ready, willing and able to enforce this law.” Read more.
by ATIF WebMaster | Nov 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Although the differences between languages are minute, and can’t be elevated to either a prison house or a world view, it is in language’s minutiae that the small gestures of art live. Word Magic – read more.
