Author: Alex
Houston Marine’s military interpreter finally reaches new home in Texas
Then the 24-year-old Afghan spotted his old boss, Mike Hudson, waiting for him, and smiled with surprise and happiness.
“When I saw him, I thought ‘I have a family now,'” he said Thursday. “I don’t have to worry.”
New Sign Language bike racks coming soon to downtown Fargo aim to unify, educate
By Kim Hyatt, West Fargo Pioneer
FARGO — A new functional art feature will soon be installed downtown that members of the Deaf community here hope can educate and create a greater sense of unity in Fargo. Read more
The Strange, High-Pressure Work of Presidential Interpreters
By David A. Graham, The Atlantic
The people who help bridge the language gap in meetings like Friday’s Trump-Putin summit serve as confidants, fact-checkers, and de facto diplomats. Read more
The confessions of a Japanese-to-Hungarian translator
By Amy Chavez, special to the Japan Times
Budapest is dreary under the leafless trees that line the boulevards on this February afternoon. The Hungarian masses, dressed in black, trudge along slate-colored sidewalks littered with cigarette butts.
Looking out over the streets from the Corinthia Hotel, itself a historical landmark that barely survived the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, the city retains only hints of a relatively brief communist past. Read more
Language No Barrier in Multilingual D-34
If Glenview School District 34 wanted to hold a model United Nations event, it would not have to look outside its buildings’ walls to find participants with a penchant for languages spoken around the world.
With two programs focusing on a pair of languages at the school and 48 languages spoken in the homes of its students, the district has become a place to celebrate its diversity and give youngsters learning opportunities unavailable to most students on the North Shore.
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Access to interpretation provisions in the health care system helps integration, research finds
Access to interpreter and translation services is an essential requirement to ensure integration – according to a new study carried out by a team from The University of Manchester’s Multilingual Manchester project, in collaboration with the NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups for Manchester.
The pilot research was undertaken in order to establish whether there are any barriers to the use of language provisions that potentially affect access to health care. Read more
A New Bilingual Play At The Huntington Puts American Sign Language Center Stage
The Huntington Theatre Company in Boston is forging new territory with a world premiere titled, “I Was Most Alive with You.” Every show is bilingual, with hearing and deaf actors performing in two languages: English and American Sign Language. Read more
Bilingual Education In The US: How The Benefits Of Teaching Two Languages Extend Beyond Schools
Bilingual education is becoming a trend in U.S. schools. Beginning in Florida in the 1960s, dual-language immersion programs for Spanish students now exist in states like Minnesota, New York and Utah. Read more