LC Provides Russian Interpreting for Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Harvard Kennedy School of Government Harvard's Kennedy School of Government holds a variety of events and conferences for which we are often asked to provide language services. On October 3rd and 4th the Kennedy School is hosting a conference at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs - Institute for ...
LC Provides Subtitling Services for Multimedia Program
LC Provides Subtitling Services for Multimedia Program Over the past three weeks we have been working on another aspect of our role as language service provider for ongoing executive education programs at a prominent Massachusetts university. Two programs in particular, China Mobile and China Entrepreneur Club, for which we have ...
LC Provides Interpreting Support for Global Investment Symposium
LC Provides Interpreting Support for the IEA 6th Annual Global Investment Symposium The International Economic Alliance (IEA) is represented by member countries from all regions of the world. Throughout the year, the IEA holds several events including the annual Global Investment Symposium which takes place during the UN General Assembly ...
MASSDoT Expansion Project
LC Assists MASSDoT with Expansion Project Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MASSDoT) is re-evaluating the city's transportation system, incorporating feedback from both the public and experts. One of their main goals is to extend the South Station system thereby improving public access and furthering travel distance. We at Language Connections have ...
Understanding Linguistic Validation
Translation for Clinical Trials is highly technical, and requires a much more thorough and technical approach than translation for other industries or materials. Rather than a general translation, outcome assessment materials must undergo a process known as Linguistic Validation. This is necessary not only to comply with FDA regulations, but ...
FDA Guidance on Risk-Based Monitoring
FDA Guidance on Risk-Based Monitoring of Clinical Trials The FDA recently released a final version of the draft guidance entitled “Oversight of Clinical Investigations A Risk Based Approach to Monitoring.” The original draft version was the first to provide sponsor guidelines for monitoring a clinical study. The intent of the draft ...
Brazil’s New Anti-Bribery Law
Effects of Brazil's New Anti-Bribery Law In response to public protests against government corruption, the Brazilian parliament recently passed a new anti-bribery law. The law holds pharmaceutical companies operating in the country liable for bribing either Brazilian or foreign public officials. Until now, the law only punished individuals convicted of bribery ...
Languages in The Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings Languages With the release of the new film based on the book The Hobbit, Language Connections examines the many new languages created by J.R.R. Tolkien for his popular novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Languages of Middle-Earth In many works ...
Language Connections Offers Medical Interpreter Course
September Medical Interpreter Course Language Connections is offering a 60-hour, 7 week certificate medical interpreter training course for medical interpreters starting on September 11, 2013 through October 26, 2013. The course introduces participants to interpreter roles and skills, interpreter ethics, and medical terminology in both English and the target languages in which the program ...
LC Interprets at Harvard School of Health
LC Interprets for a Joint Harvard School of Public Health/Center for Disease Control Program This past month we at Language Connections worked on a project involving both the Harvard School of Public Health and the Center for Disease Control (CDC). A two-week, multi-disciplinary course entitled Building Design and Engineering Approaches to ...