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Rhode Island Superior Court rules to enhance education for English learners
A Rhode Island judge ruled in favor of English-language learners earlier this month in a case that questioned whether or not the state’s education...
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Mistranslated advertising hinders campaign for San Francisco’s Proposition A
A botched translation of promotional material could have cost the election for supporters of San Francisco’s Proposition A.
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Study says interpreters can bridge gap between doctors and LEP parents
A study recently published in JAMA Pediatrics showed that parents who have limited English proficiency (LEP) are less likely to feel comfortable asking doctors...
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Sonoma County corrects erroneous translation of voter guide
Earlier this month, Sonoma County’s Registrar of Voters Office noted that a Spanish translation of the county’s voter information guide included three factual errors.
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Language advocacy groups outraged over airline’s Afrikaans language test
Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline by number of passengers, has come under a wave of criticism after forcing UK-bound travelers flying with a South African...
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Can images be used to enhance machine translation output?
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), and IBM have developed a machine learning model...