- Patients in the US healthcare system are speaking more languages than ever beforeSeptember 13, 2021Do you know how to say “this might sting” in Korean? In Spanish? In Mandarin? Could be your nurse does already. In the future medical staff may need to be able to say “does it hurt when I press here” in a wider range of languages than ever before.Read More
- Zoom Acquires Kites, A Language Translation Software Company July 09, 2021In the latest AI news, Zoom has acquired Kites this June 29, 2021. Let’s find out more about Zoom and Kites, what we can expect from Zoom’s new acquisition, and the need for multilingual support.Read More
- International Women's Day 2020: Recognizing Women in the Translation IndustryMarch 08, 2020Happy International Women’s Day! Let’s take this time of the year to celebrate the achievements of the women in our society.Read More
- International Women's Day 2020: Recognizing Women in the Translation Industry March 07, 2020Happy International Women’s Day! Let’s take this time of the year to celebrate the achievements of the women in our societyRead More
- What Qualities Do You Need to Succeed as a Translator?February 17, 2020Good translators are in high demand. But what are the qualities that they need? Translation agency Tomedes explores in detail what makes an excellent translatorRead More
- International Translation Day 2019: Year of Indigenous LanguagesSeptember 30, 2019As a provider of translation services, we celebrate International Translation Day 2019 by advocating for the preservation of indigenous languagesRead More
- Yiddish TranslationJune 05, 2013A win in the Scripps National Spelling Bee last week has erupted in controversy over the correct spelling of a Yiddish word. Arvind Mahankali, a 13 year old New Yorker, took the win for his correct spelling of the word “knaidelâ€.Read More
- Having a dictionary handy on your phoneJune 05, 2013Having a dictionary handy on your phone is the next generation equivalent of having a pocket dictionary.Read More
- Samoan Dictionary is Overdue for an UpdateMay 29, 2013An academic at Victoria University seeks to use his newly acquired language skills to create a much needed updated Samoan Dictionary.Read More
- IT Tech Lingo is Lost in TranslationMay 29, 2013A new study shows that tech professionals need to brush up on their communication skills to avoid tech talk getting lost in translation.Read More
- San Diego Group Kicked Off Flight for Speaking RussianMay 24, 2013Six San Diego residents were recently kicked off a Spirit Airlines flight for speaking Russian. Here’s the detailed story.Read More
- Some French Universities Now Teaching Classes in EnglishMay 24, 2013A new proposal by French Parliament is overturning a previous law that all but banned universities from teaching classes in languages other than French. The new approved proposal allows French universities to teach some classes in English, amidst concerns that the proposal could turn French into a "dead language".Read More
- Translation Could be Cause of Maternity Deaths in IrelandMay 24, 2013Recently, ten women who gave birth in Ireland but were not native to the area, died giving birth there.Read More
- American Sign Language Increasing in PopularityMay 16, 2013While it's common for students to take foreign language classes in high school and college and in some cases required, usually the languages are Spanish, French, German or something along those lines.Read More
- Words That Won't Go AwayMay 15, 2013As decades pass, some words rise to popularity and then fall out of use. After all, most people don't speak using the same phrases as our relatives did in the 1800’s.Read More
- Star Trek Language Now Available on Bing TranslatorMay 15, 2013Everyone knows you can use online translators if you need a simple phrase translated from English to Spanish, French or even more uncommon languages. But Klingon?Read More
- The Dance Move Dictionary May 07, 2013Reading the dictionary can be helpful but it isn't fun by any stretch of the imagination. Well it wasn't up until now, at least. The PUMA Dance Dictionary is changing everything you thought you knew about the dictionary. This dictionary is made up of dance moves!Read More
- American Sign Language Camp Offered for ChildrenMay 07, 2013A Texas home school provider is now stepping into another role. Shining Stars Homeschooling has unveiled an American Sign Language camp for children, which is being offered is San Antonio and Houston.Read More
- Authors in Nigeria Compete for Literature Prize May 07, 2013Around 205 authors in Nigeria are competing to win the 2013 Nigeria Prize for Literature sponsored by Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas.Read More
- How can apes give us clues to the origins of human language?May 05, 2013New research indicates that hand and limb gestures used by apes could give us clues to the origins of human language.Read More
- Is 7000 languages just too much?April 29, 2013Did you know the world has over 7000 languages? According to linguists, roughly one spoken language dies out every couple weeks.Read More
- American Classic Translated Into Native American LanguageApril 28, 2013American favorite, Star Wars, is now being translated into another language to reach more people and for everyone to enjoy.Read More
- Translators Being Called the New BlacksmithsApril 28, 2013In a recent article by the Huffington Post, translators were aptly called the new blacksmiths. Six reasons were given to compare the two professions and here are a few of the notable mentions.Read More
- Greek Translation of Motivational SpeechApril 27, 2013Greek translation requests are not new to Tomedes. But recently we faced the new task of translating a Greek motivational speech.Read More
- Blind Student Received Expensive Braille Dictionary as a GiftApril 23, 2013Gaetono Williams, his schools only blind student, received an expensive gift from his local Rotary and Lions Clubs.Read More
- Deaf Community Learns About Hawaiian Sign LanguageApril 22, 2013The discovery of Hawaiian sign language was recently shared with the local deaf community of Hawaii.Read More
- More Powerful Human Translation App Recently ReleasedApril 22, 2013VerbalizeIt recently released an upgrade to their human powered translation application. It's the first app of it's kind.Read More
- Court Cases in India are Getting Lost in TranslationApril 22, 2013Recently, some district court cases in India have led to confusion due to important documents being mistranslated or lost in translation. India is already known for it's slow and cumbersome judicial system, and the translation issue is only adding to the problem.Read More
- Florida Requires Canadian Licenses to be Translated April 21, 2013I'm sure we've all seen some of the silly US laws that pass around the internet from time to time. But here's a new Florida law that has some people wondering.Read More
- Linguist of the Year Donates Prize to Handicap FoundationApril 18, 2013Lydia Callis was named the 2012 Inttranet Linguist of the Year. Her claim to fame was the tenure she served under New York City mayor as his sign language interpreter during Hurricane Sandy.Read More
- Translation is Biggest Issue in Exporting Chinese BooksApril 17, 2013Guo Xiaoyong, vice-president of China International Publishing Group and vice president of the China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration recently named translation as the biggest barrier to the exportation of Chinese books.Read More
- Translator Received PEN Prize in JailApril 17, 2013Translator Ayse Berktay was jailed after being convicted as a member of a KCK organization, but that did't stop her from winning the PEN American Center's 2013 Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award.Read More
- Proofreading Emails Is So OverratedApril 17, 2013Have you ever sent an e-mail to your boss or a client before proofreading only to regret it seconds later? In the business world, a small grammatical error or typo can leave you feeling inadequate.Read More
- The top translation App in Japan will teach you JapaneseApril 17, 2013Japan's top translation application for iPhone and Android has released a version for native-English speakers interested in learning Japanese.Read More
- High Translation Costs Cause BlackBerry to Pull Out of JapanApril 10, 2013With the latest BlackBerry device, the Z10, breaking records in the United Kingdom and Canada, the company has announced they will stop selling in Japan due to high translation costsRead More
- Even the Dictionary is Confused About the Word MarriageApril 09, 2013From a young age, we're taught that dictionaries are the best resource to look up word definitions for words we're unfamiliar with.Read More
- Nearly Half of Authors Don't Know What Their Book Rights AreApril 09, 2013A recent survey done by the IPR License Author Index showed that 47 percent of authors didnt know if they owned the world rights to their books.Read More
- Firemen in Poughkeepsie Donate Dictionaries to Third GradersApril 09, 2013In memory of a high school student who passed away in March, the Poughkeepsie fire department is donating over 400 dictionaries.Read More
- Speech recognition software improvment in the next Xbox versionApril 09, 2013Rumor has it Microsoft is working on improving the speech recognition software for the latest and greatestRead More
- Border Patrol Takes First Step Towards New Translation PolicyApril 07, 2013The US Customs and Border Protection recently announced a new policy that states if another law enforcement agency requests language translation assistance, the requests will be deferred to local or national translation services.Read More
- Is Texas Twang Dying Out?February 07, 2013According to a professor at the University of Texas Austin, Texas twang is on the wane. Here are the reasons why.Read More
- Chinese Translation of James Joyce Opus is a Best SellerFebruary 07, 2013It took Dai Congrong, a renowned literature professor, eight years, multiple dictionaries and much despair to translate Finnegans Wake into Chinese. But all that work paid off when the initial Chinese run of 8000 books sold out in just weeks.Read More
- This Lecturer is on a Mission to Record Reindeer Language in SiberiaFebruary 07, 2013Yes, you read that right. Dr Alex King recently traveled from Aberdeen to Siberia to study the language of the area's reindeer herders. His assignment will be a 10 month mission in the remote town of Palana to study and record the endangered language.Read More
- English Irish Dictionary Now AvailableFebruary 07, 2013Say good-bye to the days of not understanding what your Irish relatives just said to you in that e-mail. A new English Irish dictionary is now availableRead More
- Boston Police Now Using iPads For TranslationFebruary 07, 2013iPhones and iPads are now the best friends of the Boston police force, who are using them for on the job translations.Read More
- Translation Can Mean the Difference Between Jumping and Climbing Out the WindowFebruary 07, 2013In a recent blog post by Juan Aceves from Media Post Blogs, we learned yet again that a simple mis-translation can change the entire meaning of a story.Read More
- Need Translation Services? This Dog Can Do It For YouFebruary 07, 2013The court translation scandal in the United Kingdom is hardly new news. But the upheavel does get more interesting everdayRead More
- New Literary Prize Being Accused of SnobberyFebruary 07, 2013The Man Booker Prize has long been recognized as the cream of the crop for fiction prizes. But their status is now being challenged by The Literature Prize.Read More
- Google Images Now Have Their Own DictionaryJanuary 31, 2013It may sound like a useless tool, but Ben West and Felix Hayes of London, have taken the term "dictionary" to a whole new level. Read More
- Oops! Someone Mistranslated the Pope's TweetsJanuary 31, 2013Pope Benedict XVI is now on Twitter, and he is translating his Tweets for English speakers who are interested in following him.Read More
- Need for Business Translations is on the RiseJanuary 31, 2013Many businesses that previously didn't intend to use foreign partners and suppliers are now branching out to foreign markets due to the economy. In order to stay afloat and profitable, businesses are looking to unusual foreign markets to fill their needs.Read More
- Asian Governments Seek to Bridge Language GapsJanuary 31, 2013Asian governments are pouring money into a technology that would bridge the language gap and render the need to be multi-lingual obsolete.Read More
- Sign Language May Help Babies With Spoken LanguageJanuary 31, 2013If you've ever been frustrated waiting for your little one to mutter his or her first words, sign language may be the way to go. Many parents these days are turning to sign language to communicate with their young babies.Read More
- Translation Party Is Fun for EveryoneJanuary 31, 2013Ever heard of a site called Translation Party? If not, perhaps you should. Here are the reasons why.Read More
- Simultaneous Computer Translation Isn't Just For Star TrekJanuary 16, 2013Many Star Trek fans that used to think that translation devices that translated alien language into English were just Science Fiction are about to be proven wrong. While aliens may not exist, foreign languages do and it's now nearly possible to translate languages simultaneously using a computer.Read More
- Did You Know? Language Learning Starts Before BirthJanuary 16, 2013Babies are far smarter than most people give them credit for. Most would be surprised to learn that within hours after birth, babies can already tell the difference between their native language and a foreign language. For weeks before their arrival, babies can hear and listen intently to their parents words, taking in the first elements of language.Read More
- The Costa Prize Draws Sexism ControversyJanuary 16, 2013Controversy is often welcomed by literary prizes, as controversy can draw added exposure and attention to their existence. But did the Costa Prize really want to get into the battle of the sexes?Read More
- Hearing Impaired Lead Protest Against Budget Cuts In Tel AvivJanuary 01, 2013Over 50 hard of hearing and deaf people organized a protest outside governments offices in Tel Aviv on Sunday morning. Recently, the Israeli government intended to reduce the amount of available sign language translation services due to budget cuts.Read More
- Best Books of 2012January 01, 2013As 2012 draws to a close, many people are reflecting on their lives this past year. And that includes some of the best books theyve read. While its obviously impossible to read every book that gets published in a given year, here are some of the top critics picks from 2012. Have you read any of these.Read More
- Medical Device Brings Us Closer To Understanding LanguageJanuary 01, 2013Its called the magneto-encephalography machine and its bringing humans one step closer to understanding how the brain processes language.Read More
- Unicorns Are Real! Wait, That Was Just a Translation IssueDecember 18, 2012Lets be honest, some of us probably believed in unicorns as children. But, to believe they're actually real as adults? That's another story. One that was completely misconstrued due to a translation error on Korean television recently.Read More
- McDonalds Demands Their Own Word In Aussie DictionaryDecember 18, 2012McDonalds isn't just an American favorite. The fast food chain is a popular hot spot around the world, including in Australia. So popular, in fact, they are demanding their own placement in the Australian national Macquarie Dictionary.Read More
- Shortage of Court Interpreters Delays Cases In UKDecember 03, 2012According to Mail Online, over one hundred court cases in the United Kingdom have been abandoned due to a serious lack of translators. This issue has caused the court system to begin relying on Google Translate which is problematic in and of itself. Anyone who has ever used Google Translate can certainly understand how small errors could lead to big problems in criminal trials, especially serious offenses such as murder.Read More
- Oxford Dictionary App Causes a Stir on TwitterDecember 03, 2012Imagine paying up to $50 for an iPhone app and then having that app post all over your Twitter about you being guilty of internet piracy. This is a true story for some folks who paid for and downloaded the Oxford Dictionary of English.Read More
- The 13 Weird New Additions to the DictionaryDecember 03, 2012The Collins Dictionary is a free online dictionary that likes to keep its word selection up to date. That explains why the dictionary recently added 13 weird new words. The new entries come from a feature the site enabled over the summer.Read More
- University of Arizona Improves Patient Care with a Video Remote Interpreting serviceNovember 21, 2012The University of Arizona Medical Center is seeking to improve patient care and satisfaction for patients with language barriers. The university recently expanded it’s language access program by partnering with Language Service Associates, a leading language service provider around the globe.Read More
- Google Improves Their Hand In Website TranslationsNovember 21, 2012Anyone who has tried to a view a translated website online is well aware of the margin for error. The occasional translation mix up is what motivated Google to improve their website translation feature.Read More
- Microsoft Fan Or Not, This Translation Tool Is CoolNovember 21, 2012You may be an avid Apple fan, but Microsoft recently contributed something truly amazing to the language and translation industry.Read More
- Arabic Translation for Legal and Business DocumentsJune 20, 2011Legal translation must be provided only by experienced legal translators with background professions in law. When a legal contract with Arabic to English translation is completed, both documents must have exactly the same terms of agreement. Our professional translation company guarantees accuracy on all document translationsRead More
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