Ayuda! Bangzhu! Au secours! Hilfe! Pomóz nam! Hjälp! Please help us renovate our Language Lab. Dean Joel Martin has challenged us to raise $20,000 by December 31, and will match every gift toward the total renovation goal of $40,000 for a New Multimedia Language Lab. You may give your donation online at https://www.umass.edu/development/give/?a=6. Choose Language [...]
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2009 translation students largest group ever
September 1, 2009 – 8:39 am
The incoming 2009 graduate class in Translation Studies is our largest group ever, attesting to the growth and success of the program. New students entering the program this year include:
New PhD students:
Eyal Tamir earned a BA from Tel Aviv University, Israel in English/Psychology and his MA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in [...]
UMass grads find good jobs in translation
August 17, 2009 – 7:51 am
The news from Translation Center alumni is good, as many are quite successful. Three recent students–Adam LaMotagne, Elena Langdon, and Maura Talmadge–have all found very nice jobs.
Adam is currently a project manager at Lionbridge in their company headquarters in Waltham., MA. He graduated here in 2004 and served as a project manager here for several [...]
Translation lawsuit in New York settled
August 17, 2009 – 7:16 am
A Civil Rights Complaint filed on behalf of Make the Road New York alleging that pharmacies in the state of New York were providing inadequate translation and interpreting services for non and limited-English speaking customers has been settled.
According to Global Watchtower, in April 2009, seven pharmacies, including A&P, Costco, CVS, Target, Wal-mart, Duane Reade, and [...]
Obama supports translation and interpreting
January 29, 2009 – 1:17 pm
While still a bit early to tell what President Barack Obama’s position will be with regard to translation and interpreting, several indications suggest that there will be an increased focus on multilingual communication, which includes increased use of translation and interpreting in diplomatic, economic, and domestic circles.
According to Global Watchtower, in an post dated January [...]