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Despite Opposition, Plan Moves Forward for Students in the U.K. to Learn 1,700 Words for General Certificate Language Exams
Starting in 2026, students in the U.K. taking the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) academic qualification exams in Spanish, French, or German will be expected to memorize up to…
Los Angeles County Foster Care System to Increase Services in Indigenous Languages
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a motion directing the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to develop a plan to improve its language…
Pennsylvania Court Rules Out License Suspensions for DUI Test Refusals if Police Don’t Solve Language Barriers First
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Judge Patricia McCullough has ruled that the state can no longer continue to suspend drivers’ licenses for refusal to submit to drunk driving tests when there’s…
Detroit Police Reach Out to the Spanish-Speaking Community through Social Media
The Detroit Police Department (DPD) announced the launch of a Spanish-language Facebook page and Twitter account as part of an effort to improve communications with the Spanish-speaking community. Second Deputy…
PEN Translates Award Winners from 15 Countries Revealed
English PEN has named 18 books from 15 countries the winners of this year’s PEN Translates awards, including novels, short story collections, journalism, poetry collections and epic verse, children’s literature,…
Meta Adds Sign Language Interpreters for Portal Video Calls
META (formerly Facebook) now offers video relay services (VRS) on its Portal video calling devices, allowing users to bring English or Spanish American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters into video conversations.…
New Study Suggests Languages Could Go Extinct at a Rate of One Per Month this Century
Based on a new model similar to those used for predicting species loss, a team of biologists, mathematicians, and linguists in Australia has determined that, without effective conservation, language loss…
More Than 60,000 Interpreters, Visa Applicants Remain in Afghanistan
According to the U.S. Department of State, more than 60,000 Afghan interpreters and others who have applied for visas to seek shelter in the U.S. after working alongside American forces…
New York City Expands Translation of Special Education Plans, but Parents with Limited English Must Request It
New York City officials said a citywide program to centrally translate students’ individualized education programs (IEPs) will become permanent. IEPs outline a student’s individual goals and the services they’re entitled…
European Union Young Translators Contest Kicks Off
Secondary schools in all European Union (EU) countries can now start enrolling for Juvenes Translatores, the European Commission’s annual translation contest. Participants can translate between any two of the EU’s…
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