Tag Archives: Language

how many years of college do i need to become a american sign language interpeter?

okay right now i am a sophmore and i am in asl one, and i want to become an american sign language(asl) interpeter. how many years of college do i need? and would i work for a business or can i work alone or how would that work out? .

Translation Services: Removing the Language Barrier from Your Business

With so many developed and developing economies joining the global economic chorus, an increasing number of business setups are becoming multinationals. When a business expands into an alien territory it is inevitable that it has to face with many localization issues. One of these issues is language barrier. It is possible that your clients […]

Sign Language Can Change Lives – Helen Keller

Most schoolchildren are taught about the fascinating life of Helen Keller. Helen was born in Alabama near the end of the last century. Helen was deaf and blind, but with her Teacher’s help she overcame these challenges. She and her Teacher, Annie Sullivan, eventually gained global fame. Around 1902, Annie, aged twenty and herself […]

Why are British Sign Language and American Sign Language so different?

Why are American Sign Language and British Sign Language so different from each other? I noticed this, and am perplexed as to why this is. I know that they are not based on English. However, I am curious as to how they developed independently so that now they are completely and utterly different from each […]

Sign language in the workplace

Employing people with disabilities has become a common practice at workplace. More and more employers take equality issues more seriously introducing equal opportunity policies that offer to people with documented disabilities the same opportunities for employment – where realistic – as to people with no disclosed disabilities. In this context, it is not uncommon […]

Importance of Learning Spanish Language

With an increasing Hispanic population and approximately 500 million speakers of this language Spanish has become the second most widely spoken language in the U.S.A. At global level, again it is one of the second key languages.  In this context, learning of Spanish has become very important.    Learning of Spanish language will be […]