Bromberg & Associates

31st NAJIT Conference

Jinny Bromberg — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:05:48 +0000

It was great to meet everybody at the 31st NAJIT Conference in Orlando!
The event was a blast – exhilarating and stimulating as always. More than 200 interpreters from all over the United States were able to choose from 43 educational sessions and workshops.

While the majority of participants were Spanish interpreters, there was a significant growth of language-specific options for other language combinations. Russian interpreters enjoyed Elena Bogdanovich’s pre-conference, day-long, skill building workshop. It was great to learn from a language professional of such caliber! Over ten Russian interpreters came to see our presentation on Courtroom Russian: from Legalese to Ruglish (presented by Jinny Bromberg and Irina Jesionowski). Many participants wished for longer language-specific sessions. “Thank you, I learned a lot from this class! Very, very beneficial. I sincerely hope that NAJIT will continue offering Russian-specific workshops”, wrote one participant in her evaluation form.

Another highlight of the conference for us, Interpreter Education Online representatives, was a chance to meet a few of our students in person. We are very excited for Rosa Bassett, a Spanish interpreter, who passed Florida written exam with flying colors. While taking our Basic Unit course, in addition to her talent for interpretation, she demonstrated a great work ethic and a strong resolve to learn and improve. She earned her success! We wish Rosa all the luck at the oral portion of the examination and in her career!

Maria Weir, a Spanish interpreter working in the Greater Philadelphia area, a board member of Delaware Valley Translators Association, and an IEO student, said: “It was a delight to attend Virginia Valencia’s note-taking and memory developing tricks as well as Agustin de la Mora’s Weightlifting for Court Interpreters. Both presenters were dynamic, entertaining and knowledgeable. They made my trip to the conference!”

Overall variety of presentations and workshops was amazing and it was so difficult to choose which session to attend! While debriefing the conference, Jinny chose Purvi Shah’s presentation, Vicarious Trauma, as the most memorable, and Irina, Melody Kramer’s on a lawyer’s thought process when working with interpreters.

The 31st NAJIT Conference was a great success thanks to our tireless Board and staff members, the Executive Director Robin Lanier and the Administrator Christina Filipovic.

We look forward to seeing everybody again next year in Long Beach, CA, where we are hoping to report on some empirical data regarding online interpreter training.

Upcoming Events and Conferences

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:07:07 +0000

Here are some exciting conferences and other events that interpreters and translators should be aware of. We hope to see you there!

International Medical Interpreters Association (IMIA)
September 3 – 5
2010 IMIA Annual Conference
Ensuring Patient Safety for Language Minority Patients
Boston, MA

TAPIT Annual Conference
September 10 – 13
Belmont University, Nashville, Tenn.

Upper Midwest Translators & Interpreters Assn (UMTIA)
September 25
2010 Annual Conference

American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)
September 20-24
2010 Annual Conference
Philadelphia, PA

ATA 51st Annual Conference
Oct 27, 2010 – Oct 30
Venue – Hyatt Regency Hotel, 650 15th St, Denver, CO 80202 US

The four day event will include expert presentations, showcases panel discussions, scholarly papers, training workshops, certification testing and networking sessions for participants. It will also feature a vendor exhibit hall and job marketplace.

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
November 19 – 21
Annual Convention and World Languages Expo
Boston, MA

Interpreter Education Online

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:15:17 +0000

Bromberg Translation Services launched its language-specific online training programs for legal interpreters – www.InterpreterEducationOnline.com. According to the Department of Labor, interpreting and translation are among the top ten growing fields in the US and this growth will continue. However training options for practicing and aspiring interpreters are in short supply and that’s where are online training comes in. Launched in 2009, our online courses offer comprehensive language-specific training opportunities for interpreters of all levels. The programs are available for Portuguese, German, Russian, Arabic, Albanian, Polish, French, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Hmong, and Spanish interpreters. This already varied selection is continuously expanded to include other languages. For more information, please contact us here.

Title VI

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:12:44 +0000

ARE YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION FAMILIAR WITH TITLE VI AND ITS COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS?

Did you know that if any part of your organization receives federal money, grants, subsidies or most other kinds of U.S. government assistance, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000, et seq., applies to you? This law prohibits recipients of federal financial assistance from discrimination in their programs or activities based on race, color, or national origin. According to the United States Supreme Court, language-based discrimination equates with national origin discrimination.

How does it pertain to your organization? To learn more, please visit us here to learn more about how we can help your organization avoid costly discrimination lawsuits and, more importantly, benefit from a fully diversified workforce.

Book Store

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:21:08 +0000

Improve your skills with the help of our training materials: Legal and Medical Interpreter Training Guides and Linguistic Resources for Legal and Medical Interpreters.

While the Guides are created for the benefit of an aspiring interpreter, they cover extensive ground vital for any practicing interpreter. Visit our Products page for more information and to order!

Ethnic Consulting

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:31:08 +0000

Nowadays, Limited English Proficiency customers constitute a huge market segment that is often overlooked. At Bromberg and Associates, we help companies break the traditional mold and design marketing solutions to increase their revenue by attracting clients from ethnic markets. We provide consulting and target market services helping companies build relationships with various ethnic segments in the US. Contact us today for a free quote!

Preservance

Jinny Bromberg — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:46:56 +0000

The world is becoming smaller and smaller. We have the Internet; a library of international news, happenings, and trends making everything evolve faster than ever. The cultural differences are becoming smaller; with the globalization and cultural pluralism, expansionism, and the Coca Cola syndrome we are slowly converging into one set of rules. Of course, the literal notion of this is far away, but not that far.

Evolvement of language is continuous; many immigrant communities are mixing their mother tongue with English creating Spanglish, Franglish, Serblish, and others. With such being said, an interpreter should continuously be informed on connotations and meanings of these ‘new world’ words. Even immigrant communities in different regions of the United States have different accents and slang. For an interpreter and possibly a member of a particular immigrant community, education on the new terms and its meanings is gained through simple interaction and an interest of how the dynamic of immigrant communities is evolving.

Some may say that immigrants are just adapting to their surroundings, while others argue that these are the exact manners of how cultures disappear. Perhaps it varies on how one observes culture. For instance, the French are concerned that only 11% of the documents in 2005 of the EU were written in French, versus 44% in 1998; feeling that their language is endangered by westernization and overbearance of English. Still there is the fact that most of Africa and some Middle East speak French because they were colonized, not because they chose to. Urbanization and westernization of even most remote places of this Earth threatens to extinguish rare languages, and those are a part of someone’s culture. How do we preserve that?

Web site Localization

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:34:11 +0000

Localizing your website helps you effectively reach a more global audience. If your company’s site is English-only and your competitors deliver in country or language-specific sites, who do you think will realize more global sales? Simply put, localization of your website demonstrates you are truly an international player.

Localization involves tailoring a product to a specific market in a process that goes beyond translation to address the contemporary and colloquial use of language and cultural nuances such as notational conventions and differences in symbols, color associations and payment options.
Bromberg Translation Services can take your existing English-language website, translate and culturally adapt the text and localize the entire website into any of over 150 languages. Specifically, your online inquiry forms and order forms will be accessible in the appropriate foreign language(s).

From careful attention to the selection and use of images and country-specific navigation nuances to sensitivity to local cultural idioms and conversion of measurements appropriate to the reader’s culture, at B&A, we know that preparing a website for other countries involves much more than just translating the words.

With a team of specialized translators, technical experts and localization professionals, Bromberg Translation Services offers a comprehensive service at competitive rates. Services include website localization, optimization of textual and graphical elements to obtain a competitive ranking within the English and non-English search engines. Additionally, we can help you redesign your website or provide an original design.

Bromberg Translation Services understands the importance of projecting your corporate brand with consistency around the globe. If your website sells a product that your company manufacturers, we can additionally help you localize your product for sale in other countries. We can translate your corporate collateral, training and technical manuals, packaging and package inserts fitting the new text to your current graphics where needed. We also provide video, film and CD translation and can modify these for you through re-voicing or by producing a new version with an on-camera talent who speaks the language that you need. Get a free translation services quote by clicking here.

Cultural Diversity Training

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:31:20 +0000

Successful business relationships depend on anticipating and allowing for cultural differences, especially in the international arena. Bromberg Translation Services prepares professionals to meet these opportunities and maximize their time and efforts.

Our intercultural programs will take you beyond the Do’s and Taboos to examine the assumptions driving the culture. We explore not only the way a culture looks and acts, but why it looks and acts a certain way. All of our programs put emphasis on relationships and relationship building.

Each program is customized to reflect your unique circumstances. The types of programs and level of customization available are unlimited. Most programs fall into one of three broad categories: the business and social behaviors of people in the target culture, relocation to another country and developing specific skills for intercultural business. We offer these services on-site, at your business, or in an appropriate community setting. Our cross-cultural programs are offered in conjunction with foreign language training or as a separate service. Click here for a free translation quote from Bromberg Translation Services.