Our Featured Interpreter this week is Janis Palma. Janis is an English-Spanish interpreter and translator with over 40 years of experience. She became federally certified as a judiciary interpreter in 1981, certified by NAJIT as an interpreter and translator in 2004, and is licensed by the State of Texas as…
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…
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One of the main speakers at LEO’s conferences is Dr. Bill Rivers, who is a part of an acclaimed panel What the Future Holds. Bill is the founding Chair of ASTM Technical Committee F43, Language Services and Products, and chairs the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to ISO Technical Committee 232, Education and…
This week we are featuring one of LEO's Conference most beloved speakers Caitilin Walsch. Caitilin is an ATA-Certified translator who delights in producing publication-quality translations for the computer industry and food lovers alike. Former President of the American Translators Association, she brings her strong opinions on professionalism as an instructor…
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