by Mimi Moore | Apr 19, 2023 | Culture & Tradition, Interpreting Services, Language Spotlight, Video remote interpreting
Climate change could have grave consequences on the world’s linguistic diversity With Earth Day right around the corner, climate change and environmentalism are top of mind for us — and probably for you too. While conversations about climate change often center around...
by Mimi Moore | Mar 1, 2023 | Interpreting Services, Simultaneous Interpreting, Technology, Video remote interpreting
Here’s all you need to know about remote simultaneous interpreting Hosting a multilingual webinar with simultaneous interpreting may appear a little bit daunting at first — from identifying the necessary languages to securing the proper equipment, organizing a...
by Mimi Moore | Feb 1, 2023 | Interpreting Services, Legal interpreting, Over-the-phone interpreting, Simultaneous Interpreting, Video remote interpreting
Language justice goes beyond language access, providing true equity for people who have limited English proficiency. Although language access — that is, enacting policies that ensure an individual’s access to important communications in their preferred language — is...
by Mimi Moore | Nov 2, 2022 | American Sign Language, Interpreting Services, Video remote interpreting
A sign language interpreter communicates between people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing and those who have hearing. A sign language interpreter may be useful or required in many different settings, including healthcare, education, court, an office or other situations....
by Avantpage | Aug 17, 2022 | Healthcare Translation, Interpreting Services, Over-the-phone interpreting, Video remote interpreting
Language barriers can come in many forms, and reducing language barriers in healthcare needs to be innovative and detailed. Immigrants and limited English proficient (LEP) individuals have historically been marginalized and discriminated against due to accents or...
by Avantpage | Aug 3, 2022 | Healthcare Translation, Interpreting Services, Over-the-phone interpreting, Video remote interpreting
Telehealth services can increase equitable healthcare or exacerbate disparities. Telehealth services needs grew exponentially during the pandemic: the number of Medicare visits handled through telehealth increased 63-fold, from 840,000 in 2019 to 52.7 million in 2020....
