Top 8 Ways to Stretch Your Language Access Budget
With language access requirements and needs changing all the time and budgets getting even tighter, increasing spending on language access isn’t an option. However, spending smarter is—and we’re here to help you figure that out. Technology and a clear plan focused on top priorities can help you stretch your budget while maintaining quality and ensuring […]
How to Choose High-Quality Interpreters for Community Health Settings
There are 3 foundational reasons why providing non-native English speakers with interpretation support is so critical in community health: To meet these goals, easy access to a large pool of skilled interpreters to help convey medical information is a must. Language skills are only part of the picture. Interpreters working in healthcare need specialized training, […]
Why Your Healthcare Organization Needs a Language Services Partner for Language Access
1 in 5 Americans speak a language other than English at home—which means they may not understand critical healthcare conversations if those conversations are in English. How confident would you feel about a patient’s safety or the effectiveness of their care if they didn’t fully understand their diagnosis or treatment plan? Overcoming these communication barriers […]
Striking the Perfect Quality-Price Balance With Outsourced Phone Interpretation: Tips for Language Provider Selection
Over-the-phone Interpretation (OPI) services are a great way to overcome language barriers and ensure that each customer, patient, and citizen has access to equivalent information no matter what language they speak. As a simple-to-access, convenient solution, Outsourced Phone Interpretation is helpful for day-to-day situations, quick consultations, and any other scenarios requiring immediate language service access […]
Everything You Need to Know about Neural Machine Translation
Neural Machine Translation Blog Series – Part 1 This blog is the first part in our new series on Neural Machine Translation and its impact on LSPs in the life science industry. What is NMT? Neural Machine Translation (NMT) is an approach to automated translation that uses machine learning to translate text from one language […]
