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Recommended language proficiency guidelines for employees
Bilingual employees often use the foreign language at work. The ACTFL scale gives language proficiency guidelines for different skills, and there are tests for each skill. How does each skill apply to the work duties [...]
Translating documents for legal purposes
I am often asked for guidelines to translate documents to submit to the courts. Rather than write my own explanation, I will provide resources to two authoritative sources: Guide to Translation of Legal Materials, prepared [...]
Language… it gets updated
The latest update in our language, which takes many of us by surprise, is text messaging. Is it making our language worse? In many ways, it seems reminiscent of telegrams and telexes of a bygone [...]
State of Interpreting and Translation in Oregon
On Sunday, February 19, I was able to deliver a report to Senator Wyden at his Town Hall meeting in Eugene, Oregon. This is the one-pager I wrote about the situation in Oregon. Oregon and [...]
Work-life balance: What is it?
To serve you well, I have to keep all issues in context. This paper, Overwork in America, covers some important concepts. The following paragraphs explain how I intend to apply what I gleaned from this [...]
Congreso San Jerónimo, Mexico
I recently returned from Mexico, where I was honored to be a guest speaker at the Congreso San Jerónimo, in Guadalajara. Check here for the presentations I gave there! I gave the following two presentations: [...]