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Spanish writing class starts September 12, 2019
The Spanish writing starts on September 12, 2019. Course description Registration form We had a successful cohort in 2018 and most of the participants continued with the translation course in January. Daniela Guanipa and I [...]
Translating official documents: international treaty language
Today the immigration situation leads to deportees having to create powers of attorney when they are already abroad. Unexpected situations come up once they are deported. Recently I translated a power of attorney for a [...]
Editorial Freelance Association conference – Chicago
Conference season has started! I went to Chicago for the EFA2019 conference. I had been to the previous EFA conference in New York in 2016. What did I find at EFA2019? Discussions in the hallways [...]
Response to USG Foreign Language Services Ordering Guide
The https://www.lep.gov/ site is a go-to site for language access. The Federal Government has done an excellent job of providing very valuable resources here. Some of my favorite resources are on this page: Tip sheets for how to [...]
Response to proposed changes of Section 1557 of the ACA
The factsheet for Section 1557 of the ACA, posted on the website of the Department of website of Health and Human Services, says: The page starts with a short summary of the rule: Section 1557 [...]
Communicating with people from other cultures is complex
Human beings have many ways of doing things because many approaches work. In my calculus class at U. Mass Lowell, Mr. Kaplan taught us many ways to solve the same problem because, according to him, [...]