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What’s the Link between Climate Change and Language?
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...
Language Access During Emergencies for First Responders
How to Bridge the Language Gap for First Responders We talk about language access a lot when it comes to areas like legal assistance, health care, and voting, but the conversation shouldn't just end there. For many people in our communities, language access — or a...
Large Print, Braille, and Audio: Alternative Formats
Here’s how alternative format services allow providers to offer comprehensive access to healthcare. In order to provide the most comprehensive care possible, healthcare providers and organizations must be sure that all of their communications and services — from...
How to Host Webinars with Simultaneous 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...
Plain Language Guidelines: Translation Begins with the Source
Following plain language guidelines is an important starting point for producing source material that’s ready for translation services. Although translators can produce some pretty impressive work, they aren’t miracle workers. For a translator to create a...
Language Justice: One Step Further for Language Access
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...