Follow-up and continued coverage of the “UK court interpreting crisis”
As a follow up to my last post, I am reprinting an article that can found at: http://www.channel4.com/news/court-translation-service-in-crisis-after-cost-cutting-deal. I found this ordeal fascinating...
View ArticleWhat should ALS do now? An update on the drama in the UK….
Here is one more update to the court interpreter drama unfolding in the UK. I was happy to see that this “stunt” (as the below article calls it) was done by Marie, who has left comments on this blog....
View ArticleThe Easiest Way to Mitigate Risk in International Business is……
Our company just finished helping another company and their law firm out of a major legal jam. To make a long story short, an American company was in a dispute with their Chinese colleagues. The...
View ArticleWhen interpreters are paid the same as fast food workers, who is to blame?
I think most language services companies have been following the debacle in the UK; our own blog has posted a few stories and comments regarding the decision of the Ministry of Justice to give court...
View ArticleEveryone comments on the problem but what about the solution? We MUST lead...
I find it very telling that posts about the “problems” in interpreting get a lot of comments but a post asking for solutions doesn’t have a lot of people throwing in their two cents!! The problems like...
View ArticleHow do translation professionals handle the customer who questions their...
A situation came up this past week that I would like to share and get some feedback on, especially because I saw the situation one way and the main translator on the project saw it another. The...
View ArticleFreelancers and Translators Beware a new scam!
By the strangest of coincidences, I discovered yet another way people are ripping off freelancers and the people who seek to hire them. Shame on them! The vast majority of translators are freelancers...
View ArticleBusiness Owners Behaving Badly
I am reprinting a blog that was emailed to me by a friend. I would like to point to and give credit to the author that wrote this post, Shannon Willoby, and let you all know that the original article...
View ArticleSomething you should know about interpreting rates
I wanted to make a quick point about how low interpreting rates have fallen. At the moment, it is about one THIRD as expensive for a customer to get an interpreter in-person as it is to get one over...
View ArticleHow to Build a Great Company Culture
G2Local is growing quickly and, as a result, we have more than doubled the number of people involved in the company, both employees and contractors. As a result, G2Local’s management has been spending...
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