So you have a conference coming up, and you know there will be some guests who don't speak English. You tried enrolling in a crash course in Japanese, but somehow it was much harder than you realized. What will you attempt next? Possibly the best plan should be to call a company that specializes in [...]
Translation services are becoming widely popular these days. It is required by both private enterprises and government agencies. As business operations become multinationals, there is always a chance that you are confronted with the problem of language barrier. As you expand your market into virgin territories you have to deal with alien cultures and [...]
Simultaneous interpretation is the kind of interpretation where the interpreter listens to a message in the source language and interprets it simultaneously. Thus, listeners may listen to the text in either language since the source as well as the interpretation is being rendered at the same time. To enable such a process, interpreters need [...]
In the first of a series about different forms of language interpreting, we will take a look at the tasks involved in conference interpreting. Conference interpreters work at conferences or large meetings that have non-English-speaking participants. Although their job can involve international business and diplomacy, conference interpreters work for any organization that deals with foreign [...]