Where Does AI Translation Stand? Since ChatGPT’s release in November of 2022, any discussion of the internet has come to revolve around the use of generative AI. It’s hard to name a single industry that has not been impacted by the AI boom, and translation services are no different. Meta, Google, and Amazon have all […]
CCHI vs. NBCMI If you’re interested in breaking into the medical interpretation industry, you’ve most likely run across the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI) certification and the National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters (NBCMI) certification. Receiving a certification through one of these organizations is required in order to work as a language specialist […]
What Makes it Complex? American Sign Language is rapidly gaining recognition across the country, with many public and private institutions making extra effort to hire ASL interpreters for events and day-to-day operations. To ensure a high quality of interpretation, ASL certification is renowned for being a highly complex and bureaucratic process, with requirements for ASL […]
The Way You Communicate Working with an interpreter is a complex process involving many moving parts, with one of the most pressing questions being how do you plan to carry out an interpretation session: over the phone, through a video call, or in-person? Surprisingly, literature reviews on the subject point to there being no unified […]
Cultural Variety in the Mitt What makes Michigan’s immigrant population truly special is the wide diversity in countries of origin. No single country of origin holds over 15 percent of the immigrant population, a rarity when compared to other states. Of course, with this diversity in countries comes a diversity in languages. Here are the […]
A Question of Certification, Service, and Convenience As your organization expands and makes connections around the globe, questions of how to best connect with people and organizations that do not predominantly speak English are bound to come up. It can be tempting to handle these issues in-house, hiring your own personal interpreters and translators, and […]
