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Avantpage Translations releases a special report called �Action Alert:

New Standards for Contract Translation in California” California, USA (Avantpage): According to data from the United States Census of 2000, the top five languages other than English most widely spoken by Californians in their homes are Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Korean. Together, these languages are spoken by approximately 83 percent of all Californians who speak a language other than English in their homes, or more than 9.96 million people.
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www.avantpage.com/General/new-standards-for-contract-translation-in-california.html

Haiti: Marines keep needs from getting lost in translation

Haiti: Marines keep needs from getting lost in translation Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Marines): Before any Marine leaves the comfy confines of their deployed home, they have a checklist of mission essential items they never leave home without - Camelbak, water, chow, communication gear and most importantly a translator. Whether patrolling the dusty countryside of South Helmand or walking the streets of Haiti, communicating with those who need our help most is vital to mission success.
For more information, please visit:
www.marines.mil/unit/24thmeu/Pages/Marineskeepneedsfromgettinglostintranslation.aspx

Google intros language translator application

Google intros language translator application Bangalore, India (CIOL): Google today launched the Google Transliteration IME, a desktop application which allows users to enter text in one of the supported languages using a roman keyboard. Users type the word the way it sounds using Latin characters and Google Transliteration IME would convert the word to its native script. This facility has been available on the web; Google Transliteration IME makes it available for the desktop across all applications, whether online or offline.
For more information, please visit:
www.ciol.com/Developer/Entrprise-Tools/News-Reports/Google-intros-language-translator-application

Machines used to bridge language barriers Washington, USA (FNR):

Ever since the United States has been involved in Iraq and Afghanistan, language translation has been a challenge. No one knows this better than former Ambassador Paul Bremer, who served as Administrator of Iraq and head of the Coalition Provisional Authority. Now he is chairman of the board of Apptek, a maker of translation software, and he joins us to discuss the need for reliable ways of knowing what allies and adversaries are really saying.
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www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=15&sid=1875333

Arabs push for Arabic to be official WTO language, heavy cost of translation, in

Arabs push for Arabic to be official WTO language, heavy cost of translation, interpreting Geneva, Switzerland (Reuters): Arab members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are pushing for Arabic to be made a fourth official language of the global trade body, diplomats and officials said Tuesday. But the heavy cost of translation, interpreting and extra printing involved in adding Arabic to the three current official languages -- English, French and Spanish -- means the proposal is running up against resistance.
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www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60P52H20100126

UK: Cost of translators defended by officials Lincoln, UK (TIL)

UK: Cost of translators defended by officials Lincoln, UK (TIL): Hundreds of thousands of pounds are spent every year on translators for people with poor English. Officials have rushed to defend themselves after it was revealed how much they were forcing the taxpayer to fork out on interpreters and translators. In one example, one council document on economic development was translated into 12 different languages. The figures show that at least £468,671 was spent in the tax year 2008-09.
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www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/Cost-translators-defended-officials/article-1751983-detail/article.html

Australia: Interpreter shortage a 'disgrace' Sydney, Australia (ABC)

Australia: Interpreter shortage a 'disgrace' Sydney, Australia (ABC): The Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (ALRM) says a lack of Aboriginal court interpreters extends far beyond Port Augusta. Court sources say Aboriginal defendants are being kept in custody for longer than required because of a lack of interpreters. The movement's chief executive, Neil Gillespie, says that last April the United Nations recommended an increase in funding for legal aid to improve Aboriginal people's access to justice.
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www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/26/2801319.htm?site=northandwest

The Secret Life of Bees: Researcher Explores Honey Bees' 'Waggle Dancing' and Ot

(Newswise): How does a honey bee find its way in the world? How does it tell the other bees where it found the best food? Heather Mattila, assistant professor of biological sciences at Wellesley College, studies honey bee hives to find out how colonies work together to find food. It turns out a special dance they perform offers up clues to the process.
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www.newswise.com/articles/view/560710/?sc=dwhn

Lost in Translation New York, USA (Columbia):

Seamus Heaney, a Nobel-laureate poet, has dealt with the thorny issues of translation firsthand. After reading Robert Henryson’s “The Testament of Cresseid” and “Seven Fables”, written in Middle Scot, he was struck with “an urge to get it into [his] own words” and translate it into English. “Fundamentally, I was operating on what Wordsworth called the grand elementary principle of pleasure. I loved the combination of the somber and the sympathetic in the Henryson voice,” he says.
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eye.columbiaspectator.com/article/2010/01/28/lost-translation

Translators Without Borders to distribute a medical triage dictionary for use in

The non-profit group Translators Without Borders based in Paris plans to distribute a medical triage dictionary for doctors in Haiti once the Creole language data from CMU is converted into a readable format. "This should be a big help, because if you cannot communicate, it is going to be difficult to get around and assist others," said Leon Pampile of Stanton Heights, a native of Haiti and member of the non-profit Functional Literacy Ministry of Haiti.

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www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_664444.html