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February 02, 2005 Philosopher,
interpreter, businessman in balance
Jasper County dispatchers can now speak 150 languages. Sort of.
For an immigrant, arriving in America is only a first step which often turns out not to be the most difficult one, says Andrei V. Izurov, a 43-year-old Amherst resident, who came here in 1991.
January 31, 2005 In
need of 'proactive' translator
SOMETHING IS happening to my friends. Even my most trusted, down-to-earth, sensible friends. Slowly, over time, they've forgotten how to speak English. I don't mean they're speaking French, Italian, Spanish or Russian, or anything so romantic. No, it's as if they've become pods, taken over by alien beings who shun the virtues of a straightforward sentence or an elegant construction, or even just a grammatically comprehensible one. I struggle to understand them. I often fail. I feel like a freak.
January 30, 2005 Yank,
Ukrainian fall in love via Internet, translator
After a long-distance courtship, American Airlines flight attendant Jerry Weaver brought his fiancée Veronica Mysyk from Ukraine to live with friends in Keller until their fall wedding, and she fell in love with her future home.
November 25, 2004 Jasper
County Emergency Operators service 150 languages
Jasper County dispatchers can now speak 150 languages. Sort of.
As part of its expanded E-911, Jasper County Emergency Services recently joined a service that allows dispatchers to use over-the-phone interpreters from a California company.
November 20, 2004 SDL
Partners with China’s Largest Translation Company
SDL International - the world’s largest provider of language translation software - announced today that it signed a partnership agreement with the China Translation and Publishing Corporation (CTPC), the largest state-owned translation and publishing company in China, at the Translation Association of China (TAC) Translation Achievement Exhibition in Beijing.
November 18, 2004 Rejection
of translation equipment angers Hispanics
Hispanic activists say the Pierson Town Council should re-examine its decision not to provide translation equipment for council meetings.
November 17, 2004 New
translation of Bible goes back to Hebrew roots
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It is considered the most magisterial opening in English literature: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
But now a major revisionist translation of the Bible would have the cosmos begin with a more conversational clause: "When God began to create heaven and earth ..."
November 12, 2004 Veterans
see ethics lost in translation
"Translation is an enterprise demanding a heart that could abide loneliness." This is a refrain constantly heard in the Fifth Session of the Council Meeting of Translators' Association of China (TAC), held in Beijing from November 4 to 7.
November 10, 2004 China
Translation industry big but not strong: experts
BEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- China can now claim to be a translation giant. Many translation experts, however, recently expressed concern over the unsatisfactory level of literary and day-to-day practicaltranslations, and said China's translation industry is "big but not strong."
October 28 2004 Voter
Guide in Spanish is recalled
The registrar of voters is taking back thousands of its Spanish-language voter guides whose grammar, syntax and spelling have made reputable translators wince and laugh.
October 27 2004 Dutch
Bible translation slammed as 'too modern'
A new Dutch translation of the Bible to be published on Wednesday has attracted sharp criticism for being too modern and differing too much from the original Hebrew and Greek texts.
October 27 2004 Bangalore
is a Foreign-Language IT turf
As a hunting ground for English speaking Information Technology (IT) professionals, Bangalore is second to none. The city is emerging as a fertile arena for those looking at foreign language resource pool too.
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