With Indigenous Language Classes on Hold, University of Winnipeg Launches New Ojibway Radio Drama

By ATA | January 20, 2021

Canada’s University of Winnipeg has created an Ojibway radio drama to fill the gap left when Indigenous community language courses were put on hold…

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Medical Interpreter Is Voice for Baltimore’s Latino Patients during COVID-19 Treatment

By ATA | January 20, 2021

Elsa Aguilar Bustos serves as a medical interpreter at Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, helping Latino patients navigate the intricacies of treatment for…

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Dispute Erupts over Translation Rights to New Nobel Laureate

By ATA | January 20, 2021

After winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, Louise Glück has found herself at the heart of less-welcome publicity due to a dispute over who…

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Boston Planning and Development Agency Adds New Language Access Rules

By ATA | January 20, 2021

The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) is rolling out a new set of rules to ensure residents who don’t speak English well or…

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Thousands of Afghan and Iraqi Interpreters Hope Biden will Help Them Resettle in U.S.

By ATA | January 20, 2021

Afghan and Iraqi interpreters facing reprisals for helping American forces hope President-Elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration will offer them asylum in the United States.…

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Translation on Virginia Department of Health’s Website Told Spanish Readers They Didn’t Need COVID-19 Vaccine

By ATA | January 20, 2021

A Google-generated translation on the Virginia Department of Health’s (VDH) website told Spanish readers the COVID-19 vaccine was “not necessary.” The translation in question…

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Meet GPT-3, the Latest Natural-Language System

By ATA | December 1, 2020

GPT-3, the latest natural-language system, generates tweets, pens poetry, summarizes email, answers trivia questions, learns language by analyzing online texts, and even writes its…

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First Native American Poet to Serve as U.S. Poet Appointed to Rare Third Term

By ATA | December 1, 2020

Joy Harjo, the first Native American poet to serve as U.S. poet laureate, has been reappointed to a rare third term by the Library…

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Oxford English Dictionary Word of the Year Expanded for “Unprecedented” 2020

By ATA | December 1, 2020

The Oxford Languages 2020 Word of the Year campaign looks a little different this time around. This year has seen so many seismic events…

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How ‘Deaf Broadway’ Is Making Musical Theater Loud and Clear

By ATA | December 1, 2020

Deaf actor and director Garrett Zuercher established the theater collective Deaf Broadway in March with the goal of providing unprecedented visual language access to…

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Australian Government Used Google Translate for COVID-19 Messaging

By ATA | December 1, 2020

Documents have revealed Australia’s Department of Home Affairs used Google Translate rather than official translators to communicate with multicultural communities at the beginning of…

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Amazon Bungles Its Launch in Sweden

By ATA | November 16, 2020

Amazon’s launch of a Swedish retail site, its first in a Nordic country, has caused embarrassment at the e-commerce company after a series of…

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