Several groups of court interpreters in Ontario, Canada take action against 12-year-old hourly rate, lack of support for remote interpreting during Covid. Ministry of the Attorney General responds.
Finnish hospital and court interpreters stop work, read demands out loud for three minutes to protest public-sector tender process. Current government interpreting contract set to expire early 2022.
Interpreters are vulnerable to vicarious trauma, burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion fatigue from repeated exposure to traumatic information. Here are some ways to deal with it.
Baroness Coussins moves to legislate minimum qualifications for UK police and court interpreters. Not so fast, Lord Stewart of Dirleton said. More assessment needed.
Interpreters ordered back to Los Angeles County courthouses as social distancing is called off. California Federation of Interpreters fights to extend telework citing recent spike in new Covid cases.
Interpreters Unlimited President Sayed Ali and Vice President Shamus Sayed, along with the company, won the SBA San Diego Minority Owned Small Business of the Year award based on their contributions, achievements, and philanthropy individually and as a business.
Ernst & Young named Sayed Ali, President and CEO of Interpreters Unlimited (IU), as a semifinalist for the 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year Pacific Southwest – San Diego Award.
Interpreters Unlimited is proud to have the honor of serving the Language Service Industry since 1970.
LSP Translated says automatic speech translation prototype to be delivered to Parliament within 12 months with two other solutions. EU to name best-performing solution official tool for two years.
Have EU contract interpreters gotten a fair deal? Who has ever used the Google Translator Toolkit? How’s business for LSPs and freelancers? Is Apple’s Translate app a big deal?
Contract interpreters rally in front of Parliament to draw attention to their dissatisfaction over EU’s offer of a “mitigating measure" as bookings vanished in light of Covid-19.
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.
European Language Industry Survey 2020 reveals what’s top of mind for language service providers and freelancers amid current coronavirus crisis.
Registered Interpreters have been granted key worker status during coronavirus lockdown, but issues were raised by National Register and in the House of Lords over fair pay and safety.
Interpreter Marketplace, an affiliate to the Business To Business Interpreters Unlimited, has launched a new Business To Consumer interpreter app. The app will connect language services to businesses, as well as to individuals for their personal use. Launching in San Diego, the app will connect interpreters to the customer for their on-site interpreting needs.
Attempt at vendor centralization fails as Danish National Police terminates USD 80m EasyTranslate interpretation contract with immediate effect. Districts, courts, and other authorities revert to system of individual interpreter booking.
The San Diego Business Journal names Interpreters Unlimited as one of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in San Diego
President and CEO of Interpreters Unlimited, Sayed Ali, wins second honor of 2019 with the Small Business Administration San Diego District Office’s Small Business Person of the Year Award. The second honor for IU in 2019.
EasyTranslate points to 95% delivery rate amid complaints that interpreters were no-shows in a Danish court, a police station, and at driving schools.
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.
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