by Giovanna Lester | Jul 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Studios Try to Lessen What’s Lost in Translation – ABC News. “Good translators are really writers who love working with language,” says Barciae, who has a master’s degree in comparative literature from Brown University.
by Giovanna Lester | Jul 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Translator’s triumph | Deccan Chronicle. Translators are akin to cultural conduits that connect cultures separated by the languages they use.
by Giovanna Lester | Jul 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Feds, states in dispute over court interpreters – Boston.com. “If you can’t communicate in the courtroom, you don’t have access to justice.” Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, head of the Justice Department Civil Rights...
by Giovanna Lester | Jul 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Desperately seeking a final translation | Psychology Today. There is a long standing myth that bilinguals are born translators. In fact, apart from everyday language, bilinguals are not particularly good translators.
by Giovanna Lester | Jul 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
THE ORAL EXAM IS AVAILABLE AGAIN! Interpreters for the Spanish language who have already passed the written portion of the National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters’ test will be able to register and schedule themselves to take the oral portion of the...
by Giovanna Lester | Jul 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Improving the product al español: The Art of Editing English>Spanish Translations Florida Courts CIEs: Application has been approved by the Court Interpreter Certification and Regulation Program for Continuing Interpreter Education credit. CEAA award no 11-023 for...
by Giovanna Lester | Jul 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Improving the product al español: The Art of Editing English>Spanish Translations Language: Spanish Date: Saturday, July 23 Times: – Check-in: 9:30 – Workshop: 10-1 p.m. Location: Miami-Dade College InterAmerican Campus ATA CEUs: 3 Florida Courts CIEs:...
by Giovanna Lester | Jul 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Linguistic forensics | Psychology Today. Just as the use of “hit” versus “smash” influences witnesses’ accounts of how fast a car is going, the choice of which manner verb will stand in for the path verb “to enter” —...
by Giovanna Lester | Jul 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
The day the Supreme Court ruled on the bilingual mind | Psychology Today. By asking bilingual jurors to disregard everything that was said in Spanish, the prosecutor and then all the appellate courts up to the Supreme Court were asking bilingual jurors to do something...
