A Polish man from Preston has died in custody due to critical “failings” by police, medical staff and a language interpreter.
Read our thoughts on Dr. Samanatha Gan’s report into the cost of NHS translation services, commissioned by 2020health.
A translation company in Lancashire has revealed that it was approached to provide interpreters for Harry Redknapp’s tax evasion trial at Southwark Crown Court.
A very cool video outlining 10 top tips for working with language interpreters:
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A report in The Sunday Times claimed that non-English speakers have cost the taxpayer almost £180m in interpreter services over the past three years. But are interpreter services simply a luxurious expense?
Not many people know that there are two different types of interpreter services, but the differences between them are actually very important. Here are the differences between consecutive and simultaneous interpreting, the two types of interpreter services.
Court interpreters up and down the country are protesting about the government’s latest plans – to outsource all court interpreting services to one agency, Applied Language Solutions (ALS).
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Europe has been marked by territories since 1000AD. But how have these borders changed, and what effect does this have on languages?
The test file is something all transcribers are used to. But what is it, and why do some freelancers expect to be paid for completing it?
