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Category Archives: News Articles
School System Offers ESL Class to Spanish-Speaking Parents
Unfortunately, many schools in the United States don’t offer any support or services for Spanish-speaking parents. For parents whose second language is English, a Spanish translator or bilingual staff member is often necessary to decipher the conversations in important meetings about their own children. Parent-teacher meetings are essential to a child’s success at school; so [...]
Texas School Launches Bi-Lingual Elementary School Program
Children pick up language much easier than adults. For that reason, it has become commonplace for elementary schools to integrate Spanish into the curriculum for students in Kindergarten up through grade five or so. After that, the student can decide whether or not he or she will stick with the Spanish language or try learning [...]
Orlando Magic is Discontinuing Spanish Radio Broadcast
The Orlando Magic basketball team has been broadcasting its games in Spanish on the radio since 1997. Each broadcast offers a play-by-play announced by Joey Colon. The broadcasts were originally aired when the team’s managers noticed how many Spanish-speaking citizens were interested in the outcome. Instead of making them seek out a Spanish translation for [...]
Student Enhances the Translation Abilities of a Major Hospital
When it comes to medical services and facilities, translation can be a tricky thing. Not only would staff have to be bilingual to effectively communicate with patients who don’t speak English, but also both members of the conversation would need to know the meaning and word for specific medical terms and conditions. For example, if [...]
First Spanish-Speaking Medical Facility in the Country
Especially when it comes to medical and science-related terms, even the most skilled Spanish translator might run into trouble. It’s difficult enough to learn medical terminology in your native language, let alone the language you’re translating it into. For that reason, BioReference Laboratories Inc. in New Jersey has opened the first Spanish-speaking medical testing facility [...]
Candidates Work to Release Better Ads
As election day draws near, Obama and Romney continue to get more fierce in their political advertisements. One theme of this year’s campaign is the high instance of ads that have been translated to Spanish and some ads that were created specifically for the Spanish audience. Both candidates are desperate for the Latino vote, because [...]
Orbitz to Launch Spanish Language Website
As if booking travel wasn’t difficult enough in your native language, imagine trying to book a trip if you spoke a different language than the website was in. Finding prices for hotels, flights and even determining which airport is which would be extremely difficult. For that reason, Orbitz.com is launching the first ever Spanish language [...]
Guatemalan Artifact Translated to Spanish
Sometimes, the translations of ancient writings or other pieces of art can give you a clear view into the history of your own country or culture. Popol Vuh is the sacred book of Guatemala’s K’iche people. They were indigenous to the country, and their name literally translates to “many trees.” The book was originally written [...]
Rugby Championship Press Conferences Lost in Translation
Professional translators are tasked with the job of taking a piece of written work, video, or real-time conversation and translating it into another language. In some cases, these translations must happen in real-time, especially when translators are listening to a speech that they must relay to people in their native culture. Nowhere in the job [...]
Spanish-Speaking Voters can Watch Presidential Debate Online
It’s obvious that Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have both been making a concerted effort to reach out to Latino voters in the 2012 campaign. They have each come out with a myriad of Spanish political ads, both those created for a Spanish-speaking audience and those that are simply a Spanish translation of an existing [...]
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