Lack of Interpreters is a Barrier to Children's Health Care

A University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center researcher reported on Monday that children in U.S. households in which English is not the primary language are experiencing many health care inequities ...           » read more

Chinese Restaurant Menu Translation

Standardizing a menu translation is not an easy task, especially if the translation involves Chinese to English. With the Beijing Olympics just around the corner, on Tuesday, the Beijing government's ...        » read more

The Gospel in Jamaican

A controversial project is in the works to translate the Holy Bible from English into Jamaican Patois. It was reported on Monday, that this project would take at least 12 years to accomplish at the cost of approximately ...     » read more

Health Care Interpreters to Aid the Ethnic Elderly

As the Sunday report indicated, London has seen an influx of elderly immigrants from countries such as Italy, Portugal, Greece, and China. These individuals need health care and may live with their children ...      » read more

Movie Dialogue Translation a Necessity

American cinema is popular internationally, however, the use of subtitles or dubbing must be implemented for non-English speaking audiences to fully enjoy an English language film. This is not such an easy ...       » read more

Global Interpreting Market worth $700 Million

A recent study by Common Sense Advisory, a research and consulting firm committed to analyzing technology driven translation, discovered that in 2007, the global telephone interpreting market was worth $700 ...       » read more

Celebration of Translation Set for September 26 & 27 in Houston

To commemorate and honor the hard work that interpreters and translators perform, the Houston Interpreters and Translators Association (HITA) will host a conference for them in Southeast Texas on September 26 and 27 ...      » read more