What Little Ears Shouldn’t Hear: Using Children as Interpreters

Across the globe, as families migrate and face language barriers, children often take on the role of interpreter. Children tend to pick up new languages more easily than adults. The convenience [...]

Let’s Get Educated – The Role Translation & Interpretation Play in Education

Professional translation and interpreting services share importance in the American educational system. These services ensure clear and accurate communication between school officials and their [...]

The Right to Remain Silent in Any Language

You Have the Right To Remain Silent Anyone familiar with America police drama TV shows, movies, or books knows these famous lines:   You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can [...]

Court Finds Untranslated Employment Policy “Defective or Dysfunctional”

In the era of #MeToo, employers must carefully craft and enforce policies prohibiting sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace. It’s not only the right thing to do, but it’s also a [...]

Multilingual Means Better Business for Pharmacies

The Internet is, perhaps, the most powerful tool in the world. It even has the power to get people to take their prescription medications! For pharmacies, ensuring “patient adherence” [...]

CLAS Standards of Healthcare – Provide Easy-to-Understand Materials and Signage

In Part 1 of this blog series, we discussed National CLAS Standard 5: Offer Communication and Language Assistance and learned that, at its heart, this standard requires offering interpreters and [...]

CLAS Standards of Healthcare – Ensure the Competence of Individuals Providing Language Assistance

In Part 1 of this blog series, we discussed National CLAS Standard 5: Offer Communication and Language Assistance and learned that, at its heart, this standard requires offering interpreters and [...]

CLAS Standards of Healthcare – Inform Individuals of the Availability of Language Assistance

In Part 1 of this blog series, we discussed National CLAS Standard 5: Offer Communication and Language Assistance. We learned that, at its heart, this standard requires providing qualified [...]

CLAS Standards of Healthcare – Offer Communication and Language Assistance

The National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care (aka “The National CLAS Standards”) were developed by the Department of Health and Human [...]