by Avantpage | May 21, 2015 | Company News, Healthcare News, Language Spotlight
For Hmong refugees arriving in the United States forty years ago, life was confusing, stressful and complex. As political refugees from Laos, many Hmong established communities in California. The Hmongstory 40 project was created to trace the immigration experience of...
by Avantpage | May 8, 2015 | Company News, Healthcare News, Language Spotlight
In 2008 native Cambodian Avantpage linguist Channdara Sos was proud to be City University of Seattle’s Distinguished Student Speaker for Commencement. Channdara “Dara” Sos is one of Avantpage’s many dedicated translators, and we caught up with him in between...
by Avantpage | Apr 22, 2015 | Language Spotlight
Chinese translation and localization projects are among the most common requests our clients make, and with good reason. More than 1.2 billion people worldwide speak Chinese and it’s one of the fastest growing consumer markets in the world. Chinese is the second most...
by Avantpage | Mar 6, 2015 | Language Spotlight
The preservation of endangered languages is a mission critical task for linguistic and translation professionals around the world. Beyond the historical implications of protecting indigenous languages, it’s important to safeguard the native tongue of global cultures...
by Avantpage | Feb 3, 2014 | Healthcare News, Language Spotlight
Latinos Lag in Covered California Enrollment Although Covered California continues to boast strong enrollment numbers, Latino sign-ups are not keeping pace with general population numbers. Out of 400,000 Covered California customers who responded when asked about...
by Avantpage | Oct 23, 2013 | Language Spotlight, Specialized Translation
Continuing to meet our clients’ increasing and diverse language needs, Avantpage now offers braille translation services. The braille system was developed in 1824 by a French teenager named Louis Braille. Louis had become blind at the age of three due to a...