With travel to China booming, more tourists and businesspeople than ever are faced with a formidable language barrier. In the past, these visitors often hired interpreter-guides for their entire trip – an expensive option. Now, with the advent of on-demand interpreting services, especially telephonic interpreting, visitors to China can get language help where and when [...]
The linguistically-overloaded European Union is under pressure to give regional and minority languages more status in official European business.
If you’re weary of the “English only” debates going on in the USA, just be grateful that you aren’t a European Union official being pushed to provide language translation and interpretation services in Welsh, Catalan and Basque.
With its multilingual and multicultural population, Australia faces many of the same language issues as the USA. A new card has been designed to help non-English speakers in Australia communicate when they most need to.
Communication between non-English speaking people in Australia and service agencies has been made easier with the launch of the “I need [...]
Many Americans believe that learning Chinese could be a key to career success. But are they truly willing to make the necessary effort?
Given China’s ascension as a global economic power, many Americans are now convinced that learning Chinese will advance their career opportunities. However, the difficulty of the language and the shortage of qualified teachers [...]
Qualified translators and interpreters will find plenty of job opportunities in today’s economy as companies realize the importance of cross-cultural communication.
A recent question-and-answer feature in the Boston Globe “Job Doc” section emphasizes the growing job opportunities for translators and interpreters. “As the global economy shrinks, the demand for language services is exploding,” explains Elaine Varelas [...]