Most people tend to see interpreting as just a row of people wearing headphones, translating high-level political discussions. Although that is an accurate image, there are many more exciting areas where interpreting plays a crucial role in accelerating global...

English is the most spoken language on the planet, with a total of 1.1 billion speakers. It’s also the first or second official language of more than 20 countries. But even so, countless people still speak a language other than English as their primary tongue. So,...

Poems are meant to be read aloud so that people can actually feel and understand the emotions behind them. Every once in a while, we see poets delivering their poems in public. Among the most significant poetry reading in history was that of the late Maya Angelou...

Did you know that sign language can express specific things that spoken languages cannot? Certain aspects of the deaf community may seem incomprehensible to those who can hear. But this culture possesses its own unique social life and characteristics, which make...

New Zealand is a country that has kept many of its traditions alive. One of these is the haka, a cry, challenge, or dance that the Māori people performed. It is a type of posture dance characterized by shouted words, vigorous foot stomping, and arm movements while...

In this day and age, more people have become used to entertainment which makes use of conversation, singing, and, ultimately words. One may think that the days of silent films and entertainment are forever gone. However, that is not the case. Entertainment without the...

Thousands of schools across the globe embraced distance learning throughout 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped our idea of normal. Even throughout the majority of 2021, many schools continued to use distance learning to curtail the spread of the virus. And in...

On-demand phone interpreting and Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) is here to stay. The global pandemic caused a shift within the digital space, allowing more communication to occur online than face-to-face environments. Today we’ll look at the top on-demand...

Event planning is rapidly evolving, and after learning to work around the barriers created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is finally starting to embrace the future of events. Everything is getting more sophisticated, and there’s a higher demand for the virtual...