Tag: English
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Silent Weekend via Western Region Interpreter Education Center
Two weeks to Silent Weekend at Western Oregon University, and it’s not too late to register! I’m not presenting this time, but some of my MAIS cohort are, so take advantage of fresh scholarship! Annual Silent Weekend The Western Region Interpreter Education Center and Western Oregon University are co-hosting the fourth annual Silent Weekend immersion…
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The Professional Interpreter: One Profession. One Real Profession.
Originally posted on The Professional Interpreter: Dear Colleagues, It seems to me that a week never goes by without a colleague telling me that he or she was misunderstood, humiliated, obstructed, or underpaid while doing his or her job. Some of them react with anger, others with frustration, a few seem resigned, but a growing…
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Don’t let Internet video bulldogs bulldoze closed-captioning in the name of progress
Don’t let the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and Entertainment Software Association (ESA) persuade the FCC to exempt them from closed-captioning Internet video. Read the article below and click the links to read the actual petition; then, write to the FCC to uphold the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) that President Obama signed…
Daniel Greene 