Localization Today

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) announced Friday that it has revised and published its requirements and recommendations for simultaneous interpreting delivery platforms (SIDPs).

Since the onset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainians’ attitudes on language policy appear to be shifting, according to a recent survey of people residing in the country.

If one of the works win, it would be the first time a novel in translation won the award in the prize’s 25-year history.

Just in time to close out this year’s Māori Language Week, Fujitsu and Straker Translations announced today that they’ve teamed up to offer Māori translation on ServiceNow.

When a group of Advanced Placement (AP) Spanish students in Martha’s Vineyard stepped in to act as impromptu interpreters for non-English-speaking migrants last week, mainstream media outlets presented it as a touching, good Samaritan-esque detail in part of a larger, more unsettling story. However, professional interpreters and others working in language services raised a couple of eyebrows at the detail. 

Monday was another big night for international entertainment with an Emmy win for Lee Jung-jae and Hwang Dong-hyuk of Squid Game. 

An interpreter working for the Dubai-based news channel Al Arabiya likely learned that lesson this past week after accidentally leading an audience to believe that King Charles III was pleased to announce the death of his mother.

We joke about the preponderance of jargon in the financial services industry, yet each term, description, and acronym carries meaning that may be codified in law or in accepted local usage. In financial services, as in any other highly regulated sector, language really matters.

This month's issue highlights Faiza Sultan, who arrived as a refugee in the US and used her skills as a linguist to open her own business, and work for some of the biggest companies in the world. The September issue also includes how-to guides covering the use of reviews for quality assurance in game localization and a deep dive into the nature and origins of place names, just to name a few.   

Fact is, in the 20th century, the most influential linguists decided that writing was so secondary to spoken language that the two were barely related. What is missing, dear readers, is the richness, range, and multi-angled consideration of writing that we see at work in even relatively small linguistics programs.