Language services help the world go ’round. We’ve written before about how interpreters and translators help thwart public health outbreaks, end bomb scares, communicate with populations affected by oil spills and earthquakes, enable fans to enjoy the World Cup, and assist diplomats with international relations snafus. We thought we’d seen it all, until some bright [...]

“Any language. Anytime. Anywhere.” It could be a tagline plucked directly from the website of nearly any of the 23,380 translation and interpreting agencies in our directory. We’ve often scoffed at such claims, knowing full well that no language service provider (LSP) on earth has a vendor database robust enough to deliver on such promises. [...]

After nearly three months and millions of gallons of oil, it looks like the leak in the Gulf of Mexico may finally stop gushing. While BP’s blunders have caused untold damage to the environment, its failure to provide language services continues to put human life at risk.

Just as Steve Jobs begins to recover from “Antennagate,” Apple fans in the language services industry have yet another reason to lust after the company’s latest must-have gadget. ZVRS, a company that specializes in video relay services (VRS) for the deaf and hard of hearing, announced that it will soon launch a mobile video relay [...]