By 2042, whites living in the United States will no longer be a majority, according to updated projections from the U.S. Census Bureau that came out this morning. This means that the landmark shift in the country’s racial composition will take place about a decade sooner than indicated by previous predictions – this represents significant […]

On June 5 of this year we hosted colloquium on collaborative translation in Palo Alto where several of the Facebook language managers spoke about their approach to community translation. When casual observers comment about how getting the users to translate sounds like good business, they are alluding to the bit about it being wink-wink-nudge-nudge “free.” […]

When we first heard about JAJAH’s extremely simple process for providing machine-based telephone interpretation, it sounded too good to be true. The process is comprised of three easy steps — simply dial a number from any phone, speak in English, and hand your phone to the person who speaks Mandarin. The way it is described, […]

Yesterday they rolled up the red carpet and carted away the security stations at the XVIII Word Congress of the International Federation of Translators (FIT) in Shanghai, China. The first-ever-in Asia FIT conference drew over 1,500 delegates from 70 countries. Most were practicing translators and interpreters, but there was also a large smattering of academics […]