Translation and Language Industry Observations
Translation and Language Industry Observations
COVID-19, or coronavirus, is a thing of the past. Or is it? While the numbers of new cases and deaths is thankfully declining, the threat of the deadly virus seems to be lingering in many parts of the world. And even in those parts of the world where COVID-19 is declining, face mask mandates are …
Professional linguists and students of languages can choose from various career paths. Two of the mainstream occupations chosen by linguists are in the fields of interpretation and translation. What is a Linguist? A linguist is a person who studies or has studied language. But this is a very broad definition as there are many kinds …
The coronavirus has displaced and disrupted many usual medical practices. More than ever, the need for adaptive medical treatment that can reach anyone regardless of their situation or spoken language has proven its importance in the face of a global pandemic. The impact of the coronavirus on medical interpretation and translation, of both face-to-face and …
by Vladimir Reznikov A lady (my client) begins to answer the immigration officer’s question and then makes an aside to me: “Should I really be talking about this hooey?!” (of course, she didn’t say those specific words, but that was the essence). And let me make a quick aside. The word “hooey” very closely approximates …
