International Translation Day 2014
International Translation Day is celebrated every year on September 30th. The tradition first originated as a tribute to Saint Jerome, considered the patron saint of translators for his translation of the bible. A Christian scholar and priest, St. Jerome was the first to translate the bible from Hebrew to Latin ...
Interpreter Services for Healthcare Reduce Medical Errors Due to Language
Attitudes are shifting in regard to the need for providing translation and interpreter services for healthcare and medical institutions. Studies conducted show that LEP individuals run the risk of more physical harm from adverse events than English speaking patients - highlighting that the need for major changes is now ...
U.S. Language Barriers in Healthcare
Language Barriers & Healthcare Language barriers and how they interfere with patient care is nothing new, especially in large urban centers in the United States where communication continues to be a major problem. The constant flow of immigrant populations coupled with a lack of adequate resources needed to address communication barriers have ...
Battling the Ebola Virus Outbreak and Language Barriers in Healthcare
“Infected patients then return home, where the virus spreads and is inefficiently battled by governments with few resources, slow response times, poor communication networks and huge language barriers across borders.” ...
The End Game for the Ukrainian Crisis
A USRCCNE Discussion: THE U.S.- RUSSIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF NEW ENGLAND PRESENTS What Is the End Game for the Ukrainian Crisis? Join Language Connections President and USRCCNE board member, Leo Galperin, along with other members of the U.S. Russia Chamber of Commerce of New England (USRCCNE) for an informed ...
What do you know about Kurdish Language?
Do you know anything about Kurdish Language? Did you know that there are several Kurdish dialects, and that speakers of these dialects cannot easily understand one another ...
LC at UNITE HERE Convention
UNITE HERE Constitutional Convention 2014 Language Connections worked with a convention services company, the Kelley Companies, to coordinate a big event which took place at Hynes Convention Center in Boston this past June. The convention was hosted by UNITE HERE which is a labor union for workers in the United States and Canada. The union's ...
JBS International Help Child Welfare Service
JBS International Calls on LC for Help With Child Welfare Services Language Connections recently aided JBS International - a women-owned firm focusing on management and IT services, including a specialization in training workshops - by providing Spanish-language interpreters for a training workshop open to social workers in the Northeast and Puerto Rico. JBS ...
Massachusetts Needs: Khmer, Spanish and Vietnamese Interpreters
Worcester Needs Khmer, Vietnamese, Spanish Interpreters, LC Provides Language Connections' interpreters have begun facilitating a series of "client recognition meetings" for the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (MDTA). Vietnamese interpreters - as well as Spanish ones - served as intermediaries between members of Worcester's immigrant community and its Department of ...
Language Connections Provides Ticket to US Lottery Association Meeting
North American Lottery Association Meets , LC Provides Ticket The North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries Spring Directors Meeting (NASPL'14) took place this month from June 17th to 20th. Hosted by the New Hampshire Lottery Association in Portsmouth, NH, Language Connections provided both Spanish and French interpreting services to facilitate discussions during ...