Recently I was asked to list five benefits to being bilingual. Well that’s easy enough I thought as there really are so many benefits to being bilingual. However, raising a child to be truly bilingual is not always as easy. Parents encourage your children to speak your language, your native tongue and that of your
The two major forms of interpretation are consecutive interpretation and simultaneous interpretation. Consecutive interpretation is a method in which the interpreter waits for the speaker to finish their communication before presenting it into the target language. The interpretation is portioned into segments, the length of which is dependent on the preference of the client. Sometimes
At the end of the first semester of my sophomore year, I thought that I had nearly conquered the Arabic language. I figured that I was ready to go abroad; I had the necessary skills to communicate in a casual setting and make friends. I was wrong. In the second semester of my sophomore year,
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As a conference interpreter, your role is to facilitate a conversation in a meeting between multinational parties, the clients of which ranging from small companies to international organizations to government meetings. As the interpreter, you become almost as essential to the meeting as the official members because you are the link between them. Therefore, how
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This blog discusses a story from myKarma.com about a class that created an English/Arabic dictionary for Syrian families moving into the area and how language dictionaries enhance one’s ability to learn a new language. The Syrian refugee crisis is one of the largest issues facing the modern world, even in the eyes of a group
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New IRS Nationwide Opportunities for ASL Interpreters and CART Writers In March 2020, Translation Excellence, Inc., was awarded a five-year, task order style contract to provide Sign Language Interpretation (SLI) and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services for the Internal Revenue Services (IRS). Under the IRS contract, the firm will provide service to Deaf and
Translation and interpretation can be especially challenging when dealing with numbers and math. The notation for writing out numbers and the meaning behind mathematical symbols can differ significantly depending on language and culture. The ways in which numbers are expressed verbally are not universal either. For instance, different cultures have their own rules for talking
When rapidly switching back and forth between two languages during a fast-paced conversation, an inexperienced interpreter might accidentally use a “false friend.” Interpretation errors with False friends are words from two different languages that sound similar but have meanings that are not the same. The differences can be subtle, but in many cases the meanings
You may be under the impression that linguists know about all of the languages on Earth, but in reality, there are some populations that are so isolated that their languages are completely undocumented. On rare occasions, researchers will discover a new language that no one has ever encountered except for the small group of speakers.
Linguists, more popularly known as translators, who work behind the scenes for the military, are in constant danger. Allies and foes alike view these professionals as spies, and do everything in their power to prevent the linguists from carrying out their mission: to protect fellow soldiers by translating broadcasts, yells on the battle field, and
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