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Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day by eliminating linguistic barriers! By Gosia Wheeler May 16, 2024, marks the 13th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Around the world, 法律, 医疗, and scientific organizations along with governments, 大学, and businesses will host events to get everyone talking, 思考, and learning about digital access…
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解释, 道德, and the importance of professionalism in language access By: Ben Karl, 詹姆斯·基什内尔, Christina Guerrero-Harmon, and Jamie Hartz Given that language professionals often work behind the scenes, it’s uncommon for the outside world to take an interest in what interpreters do. Ippei Mizuhara, the now fired and disgraced…
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By Corinne McKay If you’re a translation buyer, you’ve probably heard a lot of buzz lately about the artificial intelligence/machine translation (AI/MT) boom. No question about it, automated translation has come a long way since the early days of Google Translate. But is it, or when is it and when…
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