Movie Title Translations & Other Disasters
Movie title translations can be classified into two categories: obvious and enigmatic. The obvious ones are those where it's not even necessary to see the trailer. The enigmatic ones, on the other hand, are usually a catchy word or sentence that makes you want to watch the trailer – if ...
LC Provides Brazilian Portuguese Interpreters for Thomson Reuters
Emerging or Emerged? Brazil as a Global Trading Titan May 17, 2012 Times Square New York City In partnership with Acclaro, we will provide two Brazilian Portuguese to English simultaneous interpreters to facilitate comprehension for English speakers during the presentation by Edemir Pinto, CEO of BM&F Bovespa. We have selected ...
Language of the Month: Alsatian
Did you know that Alsatian is the third autochthonous (native) language in France in terms of speakers, after French and Occitan? It is spoken in the main part of the Alsace region, which is located in northeastern France and is bordered by Germany. The language has no official status, though, ...
LC President Leo Galperin Speaks at NETA Conference
Leo Galperin, President of Language Connections, spoke on May 5th at the 16th Annual New England Translator's Association (NETA) Conference and Exhibition which took place in Boston. NETA is a non-profit organization established by and for translators and interpreters in the New England area. Among the organization's main goals are to promote ...
Language Connections Provides ASL Interpreting for Commencement
On the 20th of May, graduating students at Merrimack College in New Hampshire will attend the university's 62nd commencement ceremony. Language Connections is proud to announce that we will be providing ASL interpreting for this special event. We're Ready to Provide Great ASL interpreting Our ASL interpreters are highly-experienced professionals with whom ...
LC Provides Japanese to English Interpreting Services for Toshio Suzuki
Japanese to English Interpreting Services for Post Screening Q+A On May 31st, the Rhode Island School of Design will be hosting a public question and answer session with Japanese renowned filmmaker and Studio Ghibli’s Executive Producer Toshio Suzuki. Toshio Suzuki is a film producer of anime as well as the current CEO of ...
Endangered Languages: An Outcome of Globalization
5% of fish are endangered. 8% of plants are endangered. 11% of birds are endangered. 18% of mammals are endangered. Now, nearly 50% of the world’s languages are endangered. Last February, several teams of linguists met up in Vancouver, Canada, for the annual conference of the American Association for the ...
Universal Doctor: A Translation Software for Multilingual Healthcare
More often than not, doctors and patients come from entirely different cultural backgrounds, and too often, they are unable to communicate well in each other's language. This can pose a serious barrier to providing/receiving healthcare. Several new technologies have been developed to help overcome this issue. One of these, Universal ...
Genetically Modified Animals: Oxitec Mosquitoes
Identifying which regulatory agency will give approval for a new product may be more confusing than expected for many companies developing genetically modified organisms. In the case of the British company, Oxitec, that recently developed a genetically modified mosquito to combat dengue virus, obtaining approval in the United States resulted ...
H1N1 Vaccine Renewed in India
Indian drug manufacturers such as Zydus Cadila, Panacea Biotech and Serum Institute have resumed production of the swine flu vaccine as the H1N1 pandemic has again become a potential threat. This came in response to an anticipated increase in demand following the deaths of 21 people and the 281 patients that ...