Language industry news

• i-version launches St.Petersburg sales office

  February 28, 2012

  Taking our toddler steps in the language industry we claimed to “bridge cultures”. So we literally do now starting a new sales and promotion office in Saint Petersburg — Russia’s Northern capital, the city of bridges

• Blind ten-year-old becomes European Parliament's youngest interpreter

  April 18, 2011

  A blind girl who is fluent in four languages has become the youngest interpreter to work at the European Parliament — at the age of ten

• Digital Manga Guild recruits manga fans to work as translators

  April 15, 2011

  Hikaru Sasahara, CEO of Digital Manga Publishing, first floated the idea of the Digital Manga Guild — recruiting manga fans to work in teams as translators — less than six months ago, and the idea is starting to take concrete shape

• New Gender-neutral Bible Translation Angers Conservatives

  March 24, 2011

  One of America’s most popular bibles has caused a stir after bowing to political correctness by introducing women and gender-neutral language in its latest translation

• “Googleganger” is the word of the year 2010 according to MACQUARIE Dictionary

  February 17, 2011

  MACQUARIE Dictionary has announced “googleganger” as the Word of the Year 2010 from the new words selected for inclusion in the annual update of the Macquarie Dictionary Online

• New Starbucks logo is localization Friendly

  January 13, 2011

  Starbucks announced today the roll-out of its new logo as of March 2011, when the company celebrates its 40th anniversary. The main change is the elimination of the words “Starbucks Coffee” from the iconic brand image

• Woman determined to learn 13 languages in three years

  October 18, 2010

  Ellen Jovin is trying to learn Italian, Chinese, German, Russian, French, Korean, Arabic… 13 languages in all over the course of three years, and lingering no more than three months on any particular one

• Google Translate: Veni, vidi, verba verti*

  October 01, 2010

  Google Translate поддерживает более 50 языков, включая редкие, такие как, например, валлийский и креольский, на котором говорят на Гаити. Латинский язык стал приятным дополнением для научных деятелей и приверженцев традиций

• Happy Translation Day!

  September 30, 2010

  International Translation Day is celebrated every year on 30 September on the feast of St. Jerome, the Bible translator who is considered as the patron saint of translators. The celebrations have been promoted by FIT (the International Federation of Translators) ever since it was set up in 1953

• Simultaneous interpretation of Iranian President UN Speech faced problems

  September 24, 2010

  The UN General Assembly speech of Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in New York made once again the headlines of media around the world. This time, however, it was not just Ahmadinejad’s message triggering attention, but problems forcing simultaneous interpreters to stop work

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