Prime ministerial elections in India, the world's largest democracy, pose a number of complex challenges and obstacles to candidates and their parties. One of the trickiest is how to communicate to - and win over - an electorate that speaks almost 450 languages.
On his first state visit to London last week, Italy's new Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, announced an additional tweak to his country's labour market rules that could make a significant difference to its still-ailing economy. The labour code articles will be translated into English. By doing so, Renzi hopes to attract a greater degree of foreign investment into Italy.
Last Sunday, Today Translations was recommissioned by CNN to provide interpreting services for the Christiane Amanpour programme. Our linguist, Ole, simultaneously interpreted for Mustafa Dzhemilev, Ukrainian parliamentary member and the leader of Crimea's Muslim minority, the Tatars, from Russian into English, live on television to a global audience.
Today Translations was employed by CNN this week to provide live simultaneous interpreting services for the Christine Amanpour programme. Broadcast to a worldwide audience on Monday, March 10th, our talented linguist Siri interpreted for the Thai Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, during her interview with Amanpour The discussion focused on the two stolen passports held by passengers on board the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
Lauded by critics as a revolution in modern-day film-making, space drama Gravity and its British production and visual effects team cleaned up this year's Academy Awards. And while Hollywood's household names captured most of the headlines, the technical categories were dominated by British innovators.
David Clarke, Today Translations' Advisory Board Member for security assurance is featured in today's Independent newspaper.
The Daily Mail published an article last weekend on how migrant school children are putting huge financial strain on teaching standards in UK schools, suggesting that the education of native English pupils is floundering as a result.
In what may come to be a significant landmark in the digital landscape, LinkedIn, the professional's social network, has done what Google, Facebook and Twitter cannot: expand into the Chinese market.
International Mother Language Day is an annual celebration of multilingualism and cultural diversity, held on February 21st. It was first announced by UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation - in 1999 and has been observed every year since 2000.
In this age of big data, access to the right information is a commanding force. Use it correctly, and in your hands you hold a supremely powerful instrument. Yet how often do hear tales of gross negligence and ineptitude in how both public and private bodies treat their data (which often consists of our personal records!)?
