For the 2023 iteration of the Geneva-based Fellowship, students or recent grads of Master’s and PhD programs can select among tracks for translation, terminology, and tech.
UN interpreters blame technology for the decline in their working conditions. But the benefits of technology are real and should not be ignored by the interpreting community.
Interpreters at the United Nations, who negotiate politically sensitive subject matters in six official languages, are often recognized as among the best in the field. How did they get there?
WIPO invites IP-specialized language service providers to bid for five-year contract, which covers 52,000 patent documents — or 26 million words — annually.
The UN headquarters in Vienna is searching for a new Chief of Interpretation. Deadline for applications is February 12, 2020.
UN asks vendors to pitch solutions for remote interpreting, neural machine translation, speech-to-text, etc. to secure one of 25 spots at January 2020 conferencing tech fair in Geneva.
Saudisoft is joining the United Nations to shine the light on dying indigenous languages and spread positive change for indigenous languages
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), which tracks how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, drops slightly in June 2019.
The United Nations Interpretation Service is recruiting for its top position — a new leader for its team of interpreters.
Professor Laura Burian, the new dean of the Middlebury Institute’s Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation, and Language Education, says her priority is to adapt the curriculum to prepare students to lead in a rapidly evolving language and technology market.
The United Nations General Assembly has given its stamp of approval to the celebration of an International Translation Day, officially recognizing the role of professional translation in connecting nations. Twenty-seven countries fully supported the resolution.
Eleven countries are pushing for the approval of draft UN resolution declaring September 30 International Translation Day and recognizing the role of professional translation in connecting nations. Resolution highlights efforts by the UN Secretary-General in preserving high-quality and craftsmanship in translation.
One by one, major providers and users of machine translation are switching their technology-powered engine to one based on neural networks. The World Intellectual Property Organization leverages 60 million reference sentences in a Chinese-into-English beta launch.
UN’s Pulse Lab Jakarta rolls out game; reports 46,453 contributions from players who get phone credits in exchange for translating, categorizing, voting on, or giving an alternate translation for words.
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