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How to Provide Digital-First Multicultural Healthcare
From researching doctors and hospitals to booking appointments, more people than ever are starting their healthcare journey online. The need for digital resources doesn’t stop there, either. Existing patients benefit from provider websites with patient portals, which...
Why Humans Medical Translators Still Matter
Machine translation offers a fast, affordable way to translate web content. In fact, Google Translate provides instantaneous translations in over 100 languages—for free. Yet before you copy and paste your medical content, we recommend weighing the pros and cons of...
Tips for translating into uncommon languages
Working with uncommon languages can present various challenges. Here are our tips for success in your rare language translation project: First: Make sure you have the right language Some languages have dialect variations among regions or...
“Language” according to linguist and former missionary, Daniel Everett
As we keep on working from home and searching for new sources of inspiration, we at Avantpage have continued our Book Club initiative. Our second pick was Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle, by linguist and former missionary...
Understanding ADA translation
Translation provides meaningful access to services and products that people need. Sometimes, though, this may not be enough for people with certain disabilities. Fortunately, many governments and private organizations are taking notice of this and...
Making cinematic experience accessible
The fact that translation accompanies us in each aspect of our everyday life is undeniable. Very often, we do not even pay attention to its existence. However, there is a specific field of interpreting which has flourished with the technological expansion over the...