by Giovanna Lester | May 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
Business Owner’s Toolkit: Consider Hiring Your Children This Summer. By paying your children a salary for working in your business, rather than paying them an allowance, you are able to claim a business expense deduction for “compensation...
by Giovanna Lester | May 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
‘Celebrity Apprentice’: Jack Jason gives voice to Marlee Matlin but doesn’t talk over her – chicagotribune.com. “An interpreter is not an advantage; an interpreter is access.” Marlee Matlin
by Giovanna Lester | May 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
‘Run,’ a Verb for Our Frantic Times – NYTimes.com. [O.E.D. users] might think this word simply means “to go with quick steps on alternate feet, never having both or (in the case of many animals) all feet on the ground at the same time.” But no such luck:...
by Giovanna Lester | May 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
9 Ways To Increase Your Productivity While Working From Home. If you’re working from home, chances are you’re a freelancer, consultant, or small business owner. This means your ability to get paid is directly tied to how productive you are. As a freelancer,...
by Giovanna Lester | May 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Bilingual Advantage – NYTimes.com. “If you have two languages and you use them regularly, the way the brain’s networks work is that every time you speak, both languages pop up and the executive control system has to sort through everything and...
by Giovanna Lester | May 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
Matter of interpretation – NewsTimes. Many in the state’s legal community say court interpreters play an integral, if unheralded, role in the judicial process. Read more:...
by Giovanna Lester | May 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
As Slang Changes More Rapidly, Expert Has to Watch His Language – WSJ.com. …Mr. Dalzell, a 59-year-old union leader by day and slang expert after hours, is now in the process of updating the New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. And...
by Giovanna Lester | May 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
Oral Exam Available Mid-June | The National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters. With five additional languages to be added very soon for the oral test, [the National Board] felt that it was necessary to focus on achieving excellent test delivery in a...
by Giovanna Lester | May 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
SDNY Interpreters Office: For Attorneys: Examining Witnesses Through an Interpreter. Examining a witness through an interpreter is not identical to examining a witness directly: when moving between languages, the possibilities for misunderstanding, confusion,...
