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Medical interpreting just got a boost in Australia. New guidelines from Department of Health pave way for general practitioners to increase their use of healthcare interpreters.
Canada’s House of Commons approves project to hire external, non-accredited interpreters for parliamentary proceedings.
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) climbs 2.8 points in August 2022 as hiring activity in translation, localization, and interpreting remains strong.
Do translation projects really need a style guide? And how does the market view live translation for video calls after Zoom rolled out real-time translation for business users?
Australia-based LSP, Connecting Now, works with liquidators of ezispeak to provide remote interpreting services to New Zealand government in aftermath of fiasco.
Literary translators in the EU still not benefitting from Digital Single Market Directive three years after it took effect. CEATL study hones in on key issues.
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) climbs 1.5 points in July 2022 as hiring activity in translation, localization, and interpreting continues.
Translators and interpreters made up about 75% of participants at two Labor Department forums on gig workers. US language industry associations monitored developments closely.
Some 300 language industry professionals gather at SlatorCon Remote June 2022 to discuss market outlook, language technology, emerging growth opportunities.
EU interpreters vote unanimously to stop remote interpreting until demands for improved work conditions are met.
Around 4 in 10 job openings for non-freelance translators and interpreters went unfilled in 2021, so why was there still a salary dip? Slator readers weigh in on this and more.
Zoom business users can now have their meetings transcribed, translated, and captioned in real time into and out of English from any of 10 languages.
European Union announces July 15, 2022 deadline to apply for freelance interpreter test. What candidates need to know to qualify for accreditation testing in October.
Wrong translation tells Spanish-speaking San Franciscans that they are voting on something to do with “taverns” — rather than transit rehab.
Gen Z calls them “captions,” but subtitles are popular across the board even among those who don’t really seem to need them — which leads to a talent shortage and lots of business.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics annual report finds hourly rate for translators and interpreters down to USD 23.61; sees “much faster than average” growth in field, plus 10,400 jobs yearly.
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) falls 1.7 points in June 2022 following three-month climb. Decline in line with general softness of business and macro environment.
Three linguist organizations in Belgium publish RFP manual to improve tender process; suggest focusing on quality and prioritizing local providers.
Melbourne-based language service provider, ezispeak, weighs options after Victoria Supreme Court voids its sale to Technologie Fluenti. Clients include Telstra and the New Zealand government.
Ahead of annual I/O conference, Google launches into a flurry of activity halfway through May 2022: a translation gizmo unveiled, a Google Translate update, and a presentation that drew critics.
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