AIIC survey shows interpreters are reluctant to return to six-hour shifts, concluding the rule worsens the interpreter shortage at the Hill while hearing health concerns remain.
The AIIC denounces new rules issued by Canada’s House of Commons requiring interpreters to return to six-hour shifts, raising concerns over risks to hearing in hybrid sessions.
AIIC Canada survey shows most accredited interpreters not getting work as government pilot project to use unaccredited interpreters pushes ahead.
Chairman departures at RWS and Straker, use of translation devices in UK detention centers, new proposition in government and healthcare interpreting, EUR 42m contract in France.
EU interpreters vote unanimously to stop remote interpreting until demands for improved work conditions are met.
We surveyed four language industry and translator associations about how Covid-19 lockdowns have affected business thus far.
As institutional interpretation work vanishes, auxiliary conference interpreters call EU mitigation offer “unworthy of a public entity.” EU staff interpreters set up emergency solidarity fund.
Our glimpse into the Twittersphere gives an overview on the types of tweets about the language industry that are popular during lockdown.
Conference interpreter Barbara Moser-Mercer named 2020 winner of the Danica Seleskovitch Prize for outstanding service to the interpreting and translation profession.
From technology, markets, and M&A to investment and the competitive landscape, the language industry leaders we interviewed in 2019 commented on a wide range of issues. Here are our top picks.
US contractor debate continues to heat up as bill seeking to enact the Dynamex definition of “independent contractor” into California law makes its way to the State Senate.
An interpreter accused multi-billion listed company of passing off human interpretation as the output of its AI translation engine on social media. The post sparked off a media frenzy questioning company’s marketing spin.
Marina Gross, the interpreter privy to Trump and Putin’s behind-closed-doors conversation at the Helsinki summit, has found herself at the heart of a heated debate about whether a diplomatic interpreter can be forced to break confidentiality.
In a landmark hearing on January 31, 2018, the European Parliament acknowledged the need for the EU to work more actively for the safety and protection of translators and interpreters in conflict situations.
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