Localization Today

On Friday June 23, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and the Board of Education of the City of Chicago agreed to a settlement with a group of parents who filed a federal lawsuit after being denied interpreting and translation services.

Dozens of independent contractors, including translators and interpreters, turned out today for a U.S. Department of Labor Zoom forum over proposed rule changes to employment regulations. 

Zoom announced earlier this month that it will be rolling out a machine translation (MT) feature along with a suite of additional offerings in its new Zoom One package.

Illinois’s House Bill 5214 (HB 5214) — which expands access to interpreters in the state’s public schools — was approved earlier this month, going into effect immediately as of June 10.

As businesses become more globally aware, the world of transcreation continues to blossom. So, what should go in an ideal transcreation brief? Here are a few tips to improve turn-around, save you money, and set you up for success.

Sanas, a Palo Alto, CA-based technology startup, received $32 million in Series A funding, according to an announcement earlier this week.

The Scots Language Resource Network recently announced that it is funding the translation and publication of nine literary works in the Scots language.

House Bill 2359 (HB 2359) addresses a major loophole in the state’s Health Care Interpreter Program, which sets language access regulations for healthcare providers that receive reimbursements from public funding. Going into effect on July 1, the bill will require healthcare providers to work with healthcare interpreters certified by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) in their interactions with individuals who have limited English proficiency or primarily use sign language.

Inspired by databases that store genetic information, an interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed Lexibank — a database that aims to help shed light on the world’s linguistic diversity and language evolution.

Two researchers at the University of Texas Austin working on the DALL·E 2 program have come to a stunning conclusion: The artificial intelligence (AI) program is now inventing its own language.