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2022 ATA Fact Sheet

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 17:20:00 GMT

The American Translators Association (ATA) fact sheet is available now! Discover some incredible insight on how translation and interpreting impact the language industry. Download it HERE.

Language Services Market will touch a new level in upcoming year

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 23:27:12 GMT

The report starts with an overview of the global Language Services market. This section

includes an in-depth analysis of key trends, drivers, and restraints from the supply, demand, and macroeconomic perspectives. Impact analysis of key growth drivers based on the weighted average model is included to better equip clients with useful decision-making insights. The subsequent sections evaluate the present scenario and future growth prospects of the global mobile application market. The report also provides a basic overview of the industry including definitions, classifications, applications and industry chain structure. The market analysis is provided for the international markets including development trends, competitive landscape analysis, and key regions development status.

The comma that cost companies millions

Fri, 14 Sep 2018 19:55:34 GMT

If you’re texting a loved one or dashing off an email to a colleague, the cost of misplacing a

piece of punctuation will be – at worst – a red face and a minor mix-up.

But for some, contentious commas can be a path to the poor house.

A dairy company in the US city of Portland, Maine settled a court case for $5m earlier this year because of a missing comma.

Three lorry drivers for Oakhurst Dairy claimed that they were owed years of unpaid overtime wages, all because of the way commas were used in legislation governing overtime payments.

ASTM Update--We Need Your Vote on January 16!

Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:07:04 GMT

ASTM F43.05 has another ballot that will open on Monday, January 16, for LSC’s. Please vote as soon as the ASTM F43.05 ballot is released via email. You must be a current member of ASTM to vote. If you are unsure how to vote, you can always abstain.

How this 32-year-old interpreter became Alhambra’s Weibo, WeChat guru

Thu, 14 Jul 2016 21:07:47 GMT

Walter Yu didn’t set out to become a Chinese social media expert, but that’s what has happened to the court interpreter from Arcadia.

In 2013, Yu wrote an op-ed article for the Alhambra Source, a hyperlocal blog covering Alhambra, suggesting that local agencies reach their Chinese residents via social media outlets like Weibo and WeChat, which approximate to Facebook and Snapchat in the U.S.