Bengali, Tamil, Punjabi and Telugu are now on the radar of the US Census. Tracking the number of speakers in these four lndic languages, through the American Community Survey, can help businesses and governments better understand the language needs of citizens. Continue reading
A new bill passed by the California state legislature strengthens health care language assistance services to individuals with limited English proficiency. Continue reading
The US Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) redesigns the standard residential loan application form to include borrowers’ preferred language information. Continue reading
New York City’s new language access law now requires city agencies to translate their most commonly distributed public documents in 10 languages. The move is expected to expand language access to cover 86 % of New Yorkers with limited English proficiency. Continue reading
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 management system. Continue reading
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 procrastinating for US doctors in providing free translations, and Oregon court interpreters get pay hike. Continue reading
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 formed LSP United Language Group beefs up its board. Continue reading
US Department of Health and Human Services rejects calls for blanket ban on “computer-automated translation” in final rules for Language Access implementation. Use of machine translation allowed if qualified translator reviews for accuracy and edits as needed. Continue reading
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 in the US with limited English proficiency. Oklahoma comes in last. Continue reading
The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services further clarify what exchanges, health plan issuers, and web-brokers have to translate to comply with the federal Language Access policy. Cue Texas and California: Your website should be in Spanish. Continue reading
NYC.gov to be available to its 45m unique annual visitors in six new languages translated by city staff and vendors; NYC Assistant Commissioner calls existing Google Translate fix a short-term solution. Continue reading
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