Localization Today

There is an increasing call for interpreters and bilingual speakers, but why is the word "certified" left out so often? Marjolein talks to Bill and Gabe — the founders of language testing company ParrotUSA about the meaning and importance of verified language skills today. 

There’s a new player in the content translation space. And thanks to an innovative new business model, HelloTranslate aims to make content translation more affordable for smaller players. 

A February article in Business Insider Africa listed the 10 largest African economies to invest in as of 2022. Those economies come with their own array of important African languages.

A Canadian Federal Court has ordered two airports in Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador to pay thousands in damages for official language rights violations, stemming from complaints by language activist Michel Thibodeau. 

A 134-page report from the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy warns researchers and policymakers alike against the potential dangers of large language models (LLMs), which have been on the rise in recent years.

A team of researchers at the University of Toronto has introduced a new framework for interpreting slang in natural language processing (NLP).

Beyond the theoretical definitions, the distinction between what we call a language and what we call a dialect gets a lot murkier very quickly. Quite often, politics play an important role in whether something gets labeled a language or a dialect.

A team of anonymous Chinese speakers is attempting to shine light on misinformation and propaganda on Chinese-language social media. The group launched The Great Translation Movement in March 2022, gaining more than 145,000 followers in just a matter of weeks, in the hopes of “raising awareness about the state of public opinion in China.”

The supply of courtroom interpreters in Colorado isn’t the only thing that remains low — wages are too. According to the Denver Post, the state’s courtroom interpreters are “among the lowest-paid in the nation.”

While the need for professional interpreters in settings like courtrooms, healthcare institutions, and conferences has long been established, interpreters have been somewhat absent in the U.S. education system.