Danish Police Urges Calm as Row Over Interpreting Contract Intensifies
EasyTranslate points to 95% delivery rate amid complaints that interpreters were no-shows in a Danish court, a police station, and at driving schools. Continue reading
Tag: court interpretation
Interpreters Unlimited Acquisitions Meet Language Demand In Immigration Rise
The latest acquisition by Interpreters Unlimited is part of their continued effort to meet the growing demand for foreign language services due to the rise of immigration in the United States. Continue reading
The US Interpretation Industry Just Had a Very Hot Summer
It has been a busy summer 2018 for the US legal and healthcare interpretation industry with President Trump’s immigration policy boosting demand for rarer languages, states building out language... Continue reading
SOSi Loses Key Ruling over Dismissed Interpreters and Back Pay, Plans to Appeal
Non-staff interpreters working in US immigration courts received a favorable ruling from the National Labor Relations Board in their complaint against government services contractor SOS... Continue reading
Slovakia to Punish Official Translators and Interpreters for ‘Professional Mistakes’
Slovakia’s parliament passed a law requiring authorised experts, translators and interpreters to be held accountable if they make mistakes or faults. The public authorities using them will be... Continue reading
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SOSi Served Complaint for Unfair Labor Practices by US Labor Relations Board
The National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against interpretation services provider SOS International (SOSi). SOSi may be required to reclassify hundreds of interpreters supporting... Continue reading
New Jersey Supreme Court Asks Judiciary to Translate More, Implement TMS
New Jersey Supreme Court orders rollout of consolidated Language Access Plan by the end of 2017. Directs judiciary to translate more into high-demand languages and implement a translation... Continue reading
Aussie Rules: Don’t Blame the Translator
Chinese company that failed to pay for 170,000 tons of iron ore tries a hail mary by blaming the translator for arbitration loss. Australia’s Federal Court unimpressed; says claim comes a bit... Continue reading
Recent Rulings Impact Language Services in US States
California courts work to provide full language services even as Governor approves funding for medical interpreter pilot program. North Carolina follows suit, improves language access; no more... Continue reading
LAFLA Court Win to Create More Work for Los Angeles Interpreters
After a five-year legal battle, Los Angeles finally bites the bullet and signs off on more free language services for litigants with limited English proficiency. Chief federal law enforcement... Continue reading
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On the Lookout: Language News on EU, Texas, Medical Interpreters, ULG
The European Union wants to buy over EUR 4.5m in editorial services; judge reins in Texas in landmark interpreter ruling; study shows medical interpretation major growth market in US; recently... Continue reading
California Earmarks USD 100m for Court Interpretation in New Budget
California's 2016/17 state budget sees spending on court interpretation rise nearly 10% to over USD 100m a year; Spanish, by far, the dominant language with Vietnamese and Korean a distant second... Continue reading
On the Radar: NLP at Amazon and MIT, Interpreter Trouble in Paradise
Amazon is hiring scientists for its machine learning hub in Italy, while MIT researchers just released a dataset that could help improve your grammar. Meanwhile, court interpreters in the... Continue reading
On the Radar: Expats in Slovakia, Interpreters in Colorado, Bloomberg in Spanish
When news appears on the radar, Slator curates it. Slovakia regulation on expat document translation kicks in. US DoJ closes Colorado court interpreters case. Bloomberg to triple Spanish-language... Continue reading
Hawaii Best, Oklahoma Worst for People With Limited English and Legal Troubles
America’s 50th state Hawaii tops ranking compiled by National Center for Access to Justice, which compares access to translation and interpretation in the legal system for the 25 million people... Continue reading
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