A new report by the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Justice reveals that translation issues still trouble the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). While the FBI has translated and reviewed 100% of the written texts it has collected, there are huge backlogs in terms of translation of electronic and audio files: 31% of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
On December 10, 2008, the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts released a report titled “Detention and Deportation in the age of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).” The report is quite damning. Although never having committed a crime, over 800 immigrants and asylum-seekers are held in jails or detention facilities throughout Massachusetts, never knowing when [...]
At the 2008 Frankfurt Book Fair, which took place October 14-18, 2008 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, publishers from over 100 countries displayed their newest publications. Turkey was the guest of honor this year, and special exhibitions on Turkish life, literature, and culture were held.
U.S. booksellers at the fair, however, were slow to browse non-English [...]