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InterpretAmerica's signature blog tracked trends and developments in the interpreting profession for a decade. Explore more than 180 blog posts that reflect 10 years of the evolution of our profession.
Edit Wars Reveal The 10 Most Controversial Topics on Wikipedia
Nov 6, 2014 9:42:40 PM / by Katharine Allen & Barry S. Olsen Published: 17 July 2013 From MIT Technology Review... Article...
A Festival for the World's Rarest Languages
Nov 6, 2014 9:35:44 PM / by Katharine Allen & Barry S. Olsen Published: 28 June 2013 From National Geographic News Watch... Article...
How translators can help stem the ebola crisis
Nov 5, 2014 11:19:00 PM / by Katharine Allen & Barry S. Olsen From New Statesman Article Excerpt: Ignorance about ebola can be as fatal...
Cheap Translations, But Not Replacement For Humans
Nov 5, 2014 9:29:00 PM / by Katharine Allen & Barry S. Olsen From NPR... Article Excerpt: “An Israeli startup says it has come up with a...
The Tech-Savvy Interpreter: A First Look at the Lingmo Translate One2One Earpiece
Published on Jan 25, 2018 SUBSCRIBED 227Subscribe Subscribed Unsubscribe In-ear translation devices are popping up all over, as are...
The Tech-Savvy Interpreter: A Quick Look at the KUDO Remote Simultaneous Interpreting Studio
Published on Jan 24, 2018 After working at the inaugural distance interpreting session, Professor Olsen takes a quick look at the KUDO...
The Tech-Savvy Interpreter: BYOD Comes to Simultaneous Interpreting - The Linguali Kit
Originally published on Jul 13, 2017 The Tech-Savvy Interpreter takes a look at Linguali, one of a handful of bring-your-own-device...
The Tech-Savvy Interpreter: Training Interpreters Online - Taking Stock after One Year
Originally published on Jun 9, 2017 The Tech-Savvy Interpreter looks back at one year of teaching interpreting online and shares lessons...
The Tech-Savvy Interpreter: A Quick Look at Scanning Apps (Genius Scan+ & MS Office Lens)
Published on May 30, 2017 SUBSCRIBED 227Subscribe Subscribed Unsubscribe The Tech Savvy Interpreter takes a quick look at scanning apps...
The Tech-Savvy Interpreter: A First Look at ZipDX Multilingual
Originally published on Apr 18, 2017 The Tech-Savvy Interpreter takes a first look at ZipDX Multilingual, a remote simultaneous...
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