by Giovanna Lester | Jul 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
A high profile interpreter, Ms. Galsworthy had to deal with unruly dogs, jokes, unscheduled appointments, speaker failure and excessive kindness among other things. She met all these situations with the grace and professionalism expected of a political interpreter....
by Giovanna Lester | Jul 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
The VI Immigration Terminology Conference will be held on January 21, 2012. The 2012 event will take place at Miami-Dade College’s InterAmerican Campus (627 SW 27th Avenue, Room 3103, Miami-Fl 33135). The FREE, three-hour long event will start at 10 a.m. For...
by Giovanna Lester | Jul 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
The North Carolina Court Interpreter Orientation Training and Administration of the Written Screening Tests is scheduled for August 22 – 24, 2011. With the addition of new certification examinations available to N.C. and the implementation of OPI tests, that state is...
by Giovanna Lester | Jul 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
‘Harry Potter’: New Parseltongue translator lets muggles hiss like Slytherin | Hero Complex – movies, comics, fanboy fare – latimes.com. Muggles with a penchant for the Dark Arts can now hiss their way into the Chamber of Secrets or speak to Voldemort‘s serpentine pet...
by Giovanna Lester | Jul 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
‘All Your Base are Belong to us’. Not if we can help it | GameKudos.com. Video game localization can be a very interesting prospect for translators, as the text needs to remain accurate and functional, but it is also fundamental that it continues to entertain....
by Giovanna Lester | Jul 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
LOCAL UNION MEMBERS RATIFY FIRST EVER MEDICAL INTERPRETERS CONTRACT | BREAKING NEWS | Sky Valley Chronicle Washington State News. The WFSE says in combination with 2011 legislation, the interpreters’ contract “reforms an archaic and costly brokerage system where...
by Giovanna Lester | Jul 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Auburn Plainsman – Slang has large impact on language. “It should be used in informal conversation or when talking with your friends, with people who would understand the slang,” Harvey said. “It’s almost like an inside joke, not everyone understands...
by Giovanna Lester | Jul 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Don’t kill the Oxford comma! – Grammar – Salon.com. The last time the nerd community was this cruelly betrayed, George Lucas was sitting at his desk, thinking, “I shall call him Jar Jar.”
by Giovanna Lester | Jun 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Fifth Annual National Medical Interpreter Certification Forum Honors Industry Pioneers at Language Line Services and IMIA with Founders Awards – PR Newswire – sacbee.com. “With over 200 languages and dialects spoken in the United States, the need for...
