Official English and Interpreter Access: Navigating the New Federal Language Policy
On March 1, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14224, declaring English the official language of the United States, a significant first in the country’s history. But what does the new Federal Language Policy really mean? The order rescinds Executive...
Interpreter Well‑Being: Burnout, Mental Health, and Industry Support
Working as an interpreter is both rewarding and intensely demanding. In recent Reddit threads, interpreters across modalities, especially in sign language and video remote interpreting services (VRI/VRS), describe soaring levels of anxiety, vicarious trauma, and...
Fast-Track Care: Voice-Activated Interpreters Transform Medical Access in 2025
Imagine you’re in a hospital and you don’t speak the doctor’s language. Waiting for a human interpreter isn’t just inconvenient, it can cost lives. Healthcare systems are tackling this gap by deploying voice-activated interpreters and AI-powered interpreting solutions...
Climate Communication and Interpreting: Bridging Language Exclusion in Crisis
In April 2025, the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) suspended its automated translation of emergency alerts, covering Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, French, and Samoan, due to a contract lapse with AI provider Lilt. This move created a potential life-or-death gap...
Interpreting Mental Health: Addressing Language Barriers in Psychiatry and Care
In mental health care, psychiatry, counseling, and therapy, communication is more than just words. It encompasses tone, cultural nuance, emotional subtext, and context. Yet recent studies across countries, including New Zealand, Germany, South Africa, and the...
Human + Machine: How to Build Interpreter AI Workflows That Work
An AI interpreter workflow refers to the integration of artificial intelligence tools into the process of interpreting, whether for live events, virtual meetings, or recorded content. These workflows help streamline the phases of interpretation, including before,...
The Use of AR in Language Training: See It, Say It, Learn It
Augmented Reality (AR) overlays digital content, like text, images, or animations, onto the real world through devices like smartphones, tablets, or AR glasses. You’ve probably seen it in action in apps like Pokémon GO or IKEA’s room visualizer. But in the world of...
6 Ways Technology Is Transforming Cross-Border Financial Communication
Talking about money and financial products across different countries used to be very complicated. For decades, different languages, complicated rules, and different ways of doing business have made things challenging for people and companies who wanted to manage or...
The Evolution of the Language Landscape: What Interpreters Should Know
Recent research by the Max Planck Institute shows that since the rise of ChatGPT, English speakers have increased use of words like delve, meticulous, and adept, some by as much as 51%, without even realizing it. AI isn’t just translating our language; it’s shaping...