Recent news and updates from Interpreter Education Online and the language industry.
In recent years, more and more U.S. employers have come to rely on U.S. based employees with foreign language skills in the workplace. With this increasing demand for bilingual and multilingual professionals, the need for validated language proficiency testing in the workplace has risen drastically. From commercial industries to telehealth,…
Language proficiency is the ability to use language in various contexts, settings, and topics. The purpose of Language Proficiency tests is to determine your ability to handle a specific language and to assess how well you know it. As a non-native speaker, you may take a language proficiency test to…
Great news, Everyone! By popular demand, we are adding networking sessions to our already highly interactive conference. Complimentary* virtual networking will be hosted on Thursday immediately after the final workshop of the day, at 6 PM EST. We will have 4 breakout sessions led by 4 experts, and 20 attendees…
At LEO's 5th International Virtual Conference in June, Zoe Schutzman presented on interpreting skills critical for certified interpreters. We had many questions from the audience and didn't have time to cover them all during live Q&A, so here are some of your additional questions answered. Q: How does one measure the…
https://youtu.be/aTbPWH9akN0 On June 23-24, Linguist Education Online (LEO) hosted its 5th biannual International Virtual Conference United We Grow, bringing together experts from across the language industry, for over 10 hours of passionate and profound discussions. The conference combined expert presentations and panel discussions on subjects ranging from Neuro MT to…
Dominick Kelly's session on Neural Machine translation was one of the most popular at LEO's 5th International Virtual Conference. Here he answers some of your questions that we didn't have time to cover live. Q: If “the picture of reality can be strange”, could mechanical translation be fiction and face-to-face more…
Over the last few years, virtual conferences have grown in popularity, and recent events have raised demand for virtual access to business expertise and interactive sessions conducted by professionals. When face-to-face meetings aren't possible, virtual meetings are a terrific option – and they come with several specific perks.We all may…
In person conferences and events are quickly returning after being suspended for two years by the pandemic. January 2nd, 2022 was a milestone for conference interpreting: the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published the first international standard on Conference Interpreting Services. In conjunction with the working standards of the International Association of…
While LEO is an educational organization, and we typically focus our posts on education, language access and language industry news, some global events are not to be ignored. Attack on Ukraine is horrifying by itself, but it also impacts the whole world. As interpreters and translators, we dedicated our lives…