Unprofessional Translation

Non-professional, untrained bilinguals have sometimes been called on to translate at important events and negotiations above their norma...

 The call for papers has been out for some time for the Fifth International Conference on Non-Professional Interpreting and Translatio...

It’s widely assumed that the main function of language, its raison d’être, is to express and communicate our thoughts. That may be,...

Last Saturday, 25 May, was my ninetieth birthday. A good moment for reflection. I want to thank publicly and profoundly all the many peop...

Indigenous :: originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native,    eg  "the indigenous peoples of Siberia....

Back in 2011 there was a post on this blog about the volunteers who translate articles for Wikipedia and about the research being do...

This post is offered as a contribution to the United Nations International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL).                      ...