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| Inc. Rank | Language Service Provider | 3-Year Growth Rate |
Revenue in US$ million |
|
626 |
adaQuest |
483% |
$5.3 |
|
778 |
Sajan |
391% |
$12.7 |
|
1,707 |
Language Services Associates |
164% |
$22,0 |
|
1,808 |
U.S. Translation |
152% |
$2.6 |
|
2,127 |
Welocalize |
122% |
$50.3 |
|
2,492 |
TransPerfect |
96% |
$221.5 |
|
2,699 |
CETRA Language Solutions |
85% |
$3.0 |
|
2,720 |
Certified Languages International |
84% |
$8.3 |
|
2,936 |
Para-Plus Translations |
73% |
$2.4 |
|
3,201 |
Language Line Services |
61% |
$298.9 |
|
3,271 |
ProTranslating |
59% |
$8.9 |
|
3,719 |
Dynamic Language Center |
42% |
$6.3 |
|
4,799 |
Fluent Language Solutions |
9% |
$5.5 |
|
4,866 |
Eriksen Translations |
7% |
$5.1 |
The magazine’s ranking methodology focuses on rapid increases in revenue, smaller companies with strong growth over zero score higher than more established firms.
Inc’s approach differs from Common Sense Advisory’s market sizing report, which ranks LSPs not by rate of growth, but by total revenue.
See: Global Watchtower
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RominaZ Quality translations and targeted marketing alone can help break the lingering stereotype in overseas markets of modern Chinese fiction as propaganda, literary experts say. While world literature has found its way into China, Chinese literature is still fumbling to find its feet in the world.
According to Wu Wei, director of the China Book International (CBI) Promotion and Planning Office, 348 translated titles were published in the United States last year, of which only seven were from China although more than 15,000 works are published in the country every year. Major publishers fail to see the merits of modern Chinese literature.
See: Xinhua News Agency
Story flagged by RominaZ The September issue of Playboy will include an excerpt of what the magazine claims on its cover is “The Most Scandalous Novel of All Time” – the 19th century French novel “Madame Bovary.” The translation of the novel by Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) is by US writer Lydia Davis, herself a novelist and translator of works by the likes of Marcel Proust and Michel Foucault.
Davis told the British newspaper The Times in a recent interview that she has found more than 15 different translations of “Madame Bovary.” “I’ve found that the ones that are written with some flair and some life to them are not all that close to the original; the ones that are more faithful may be kind of clunky,” she said.
Story flagged by RominaZ Twin Cities health providers are turning to remote video language interpreting as a way to better meet the needs of a growing number of immigrant patients.
The technology could save them money in the long run, too.
Allina Hospitals & Clinics, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, HealthPartners and North Memorial Health Care all contracted in the past two years with Columbus, Ohio-based Language Access Network (LAN), which provides the equipment, its own privately run telecommunications network and a staff of 50 interpreters who respond out of call centers in Ohio and California. The firm’s equipment and services generally cost $2,500 to $3,000 per month for a hospital system, according to LAN.
Fairview Health Services, meanwhile, developed videoconferencing technology in-house. It started trying out Web-based software last week at the University of Minnesota Medical Center emergency department.
See: Business Journal
Story flagged by RominaZ The interpreter working with the President of Georgia, Miajíl Saakashvili, mistook David Petreus, United States Army general, with the well-known actress Penélope Cruz, accoding to RIA Novosti agency.
The president of Georgia informed that a new training program for teachers of English will be launched and that salaries will be raised.
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Story flagged by RominaZ Following a Quebec court’s ruling that allows students to enrol in English-language public schools, the province’s parliamentary commission is about to draft a new language law to replace its failed Bill 104.
The parliamentary commission will craft a new points-based formula that will determine who can and who cannot attend an English-language public school. Parents would need to prove before a provincial tribunal that their child’s schooling in English would give them an “authentic” education that would otherwise not be gained.
Starting in 2011, children can only be transferred from an unsubsidized English private school to an English public school after three years, creating an economic advantage to parents with the financial resources. Francophones and allophones can opt for English as language of instruction for their children by providing the province with documentation outlining a “parcours scolaire authentique,” or an “authentic scholarly route.”
Currently students are required to take English-as-a-second language classes in elementary school and must satisfy oral and written components by the sixth grade. English is not required beyond the eighth grade.
See: The National Post
Story flagged by RominaZ The Texas Association of Healthcare Interpreters and Translators is a 501(c)(6) non-profit association whose mission is to promote language access within healthcare by facilitating training, education, and communication between government, provider, and individual stakeholders.
It has recently launched this video to Association of Healthcare Interpreters and Translators launches video to raise awareness about the importance of hiring professional interpreters.
See: Texas Association of Healthcare Interpreters and Translators
Story flagged by RominaZ “The dictionary will be available next year and can be referenced online,” said President Ma Ying-jeou on Thursday. “The most important thing about the dictionary is that it will allow people to compare traditional and simplified Chinese characters. It will also be available for publishing.”
While the Mandarin Chinese language is widely spoken in both Taiwan and China, there are some differences. Most notable is the fact that China uses a simplified version of the traditional characters that are still used in Taiwan today.
Ma said Thursday that Taiwan has worked hard over the last 60 years to promote Chinese culture with Taiwanese characteristics. He said that Taiwan is planning to establish Taiwan institutes abroad which can promote this unique culture.
See: Radio Taiwan International
Story flagged by RominaZ Yesterday’s most exciting news was Google’s introduction of free voice calls to Gmail. This has nothing to do with giving you free phone calls but with helping Google perfect the next generation of search.Google Translate uses statistical machine translation, an algorithm that studies patterns in different written languages and then predicts the results in another language. The system’s accuracy is predicated entirely on the number of documents it has to work with; the larger the comparison database, the more accurate the translation.In building his original translation system, Franz Och, the man behind Google Translate, used United Nations documents because there were millions of them, and they were all already translated into the U.N.’s six official languages. It was a treasure trove of information. Google 411 was a similar early attempt at building a database and the effort bore fruit with the launch of voice-activated search on the iPhone in 2008, but it wasn’t exactly the same jackpot as the U.N. documents largely because it wasn’t that useful to consumers.In 2007 the search company launched Google 411 with the purpose of gathering voice samples to use in building a better voice search system, in the same way that documents were used to build Translate’s database.Google Voice, including Gmail calling, is the next step in that process. Google will use the zillions of calls that go over its Voice service to build up its database, which will allow it to improve the accuracy of its voice search.Typing our searches into a web browser is far from the most efficient way of finding information. Saying what we want is much better, and it’s how we’ll primarily be searching in the not-so-distant future.
Story flagged by RominaZ Guidelines issued this week by the U.S. Department of Justice show that efforts by the Supreme Court of Ohio are exceeding national standards in breaking down language barriers in the courtroom.
Ten years ago, President Clinton signed an Executive Order that ensures recipients of federal funds provide meaningful access to limited English proficient persons. The Justice Department letter to chief justices and administrators of state courts clarifies the obligation of courts to provide oral interpretation, written translation and other language services to LEP persons.
The Supreme Court’s Interpreter Services Program was created in 2003 and designed to provide assistance to judges and courts statewide on the issue of foreign language interpretation and to serve as a resource center for the judicial branch. The resources the program has developed include:
- A report on the use of interpreters in Ohio courts
- Bench cards for judges on working with foreign language interpreters and working with interpreters for deaf or hard of hearing persons in the courtroom
- A handbook for judges on interpreters in the judicial system
- A DVD on the role of interpreters in the legal system
- A University of Dayton Law Review Article titled “Here Are Your Right Hands: Exploring Interpreter Qualifications”
- A forms translation project in which 27 court forms were translated in Arabic, Mandarin, Russian, Somali and Spanish
- Offering more than 450 hours of court interpreter training throughout the state representing 60 languages.
As one of the program’s latest projects, applicants are being tested to become certified under the Supreme Court’s new court interpreter certification program.
See: Media-Newswire
Story flagged by RominaZ Nationwide parliamentary elections were held in Australia on Saturday. The leading Labor and Liberal parties still ignore the exact results, but if re-elected, the Australian Labor party has promised to invest another $5 million in aged care translation services and cultural awareness staff training.
The much-needed funding initiative will aim to break down communication barriers facing older Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The $5 million will include $2.2 million to engage interpreter services to help older people from non-English speaking backgrounds to communicate effectivley when dealing with health and aged care matters.
The government said that this initiative will support around 14,000 hours worth of on-site visits and telephone interpretation services each year.
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