Translators around the world have never had it so good. With the translation business blooming, they seek to stand a lot from their work. The methods by which translators get paid are many and varied. Many agencies prefer to pay their clients through ACH or Automated Clearing House, in which, it is possible to deposit [...]
Archive for August, 2009
¿HABLAS ESPAÑOL? Officers practicing Spanish to improve communication with Hispanic residents
24Aug09The language barrier in St. Joseph between English- and Spanish-speaking communities is being broken down in small steps.
St. Joseph Police Department training officer Marla Wilson said in an effort to bridge the cultural gap, 15 officers, as well as other officials and members of the community, recently participated in a three-day Spanish language training course [...]
ANDERSON — Nora Punales was happy to get a job at the Anderson Police Department as a receptionist.
Turns out, the police department got a bargain; Punales speaks fluent English and Spanish. Those skills have helped the department and Hispanic visitors or prisoners cross the language barrier nearly every day.
It’s not that she’s not needed as [...]
Delicate work in translation
02Aug09A letter to the New York Times Book Review complained that Gerald Martin, the biographer of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, had not given due respect to Marquez’s translators. Martin raves about Marquez’s “gorgeous sentences,” but the letter writer complains that he “neglects to mention whether he read those sentences in Spanish or English.” I have often [...]
