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In addition to warmer weather, sunshine, and blooming flowers, spring also marks the beginning of the language industry's conference season! Attending a conference is a great way to earn CEUs, network with fellow interpreters and translators, and learn more about the language industry. Here are some upcoming conferences. Click on each organization's logo for more information.

 

May 3

  

7th Annual National Medical Interpreter Certification Forum

  

   

 

 

May 4  

 

New England Translators Association (NETA)  

17th Annual Conference

 











May 4-5

Colorado Translators Association (CTA)
3rd Annual Conference




May 15-18

Association of Language Companies (ALC)
 2013 Annual Conference




May 17-19

National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT) 
34th Annual Conference




May 31-June 2

Brazilian Translators Association (ABRATES)
4th International Conference




June 8-9

National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC)
7th Annual Membership Meeting





June 14-15

Interpret America
4th Annual Summit
                       LANGUAGE IN THE NEWS 
'Cuddle Rape'? IKEA left red-faced after online translator gives one of its pillows a rather unfortunate name
   
Swedish furniture giant IKEA has been left red-faced after the name of one of their products was translated into something less than appropriate.

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Do Dogs Speak Human?


Dying languages: scientists fret as one disappears every 14 days
     
When Ouma Aenki Kassie, a wrinkled elderly woman, died in Upington, South Africa, she left a rare and endangered language teetering on the edge of extinction.

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Reform for sign language interpreter rules criticized

In April 2005, a deaf Roseville woman confessed to police to killing her boyfriend without knowing she had a legal right to have a lawyer present and remain silent through an interpreter. 
          

Penn Linguistics Researchers Document Philadelphia's Shift to a Northern Accent

 

A new study by University of Pennsylvania linguists shows that the Philadelphia accent has changed in the last century. The traditional Southern inflections associated with Philadelphia native-born speakers are increasingly being displaced by Northern influences.

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