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Translation can be applied to nearly all types of school communications: report cards, permission slips, event invitations, school notices and more. Each of these documents provides parents with valuable information, which can have serious consequences if misunderstood.

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For those who communicate through sign language, a trip to the theater is not the same as it is for a hearing audience. To better accommodate hard-of-hearing audiences, some theaters turn to shadow interpreting, in which interpreters stay on stage rather than off to the side.

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Websites are among the more complex translation projects. Forgetting to translate elements such as metadata and links can have a significant impact on your search engine rankings, especially when you are using foreign-language keywords.

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Whether your travel plans are for immigration purposes or simply to take a trip overseas, medical translation of your vaccination records is an important consideration. If you neglect to arrange for professional medical document translation, your itinerary may be delayed or outright denied.

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International travel has its share of complications, including language barriers: if no interpreter is available, passengers may not be able to communicate with the flight crew. As airlines struggle to keep up with competitors, adding interpreting services is one way to stand out.

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Immigrant families are often placed in challenging circumstances where they leave one difficult situation only to arrive in another. By providing Khmer translation and interpretation services, we can accommodate Long Beach’s Cambodian community, both in Little Phnom Penh and beyond.

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Online video sites include an option to automatically generate subtitles in uploaded videos. But these automated subtitles often produce garbled or incomprehensible results. If you want your video to be taken seriously, professional subtitle services are still the way to go.

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The US is a melting pot of different cultures, so sales and marketing materials sometimes require translation to reach those who struggle with English. Once you realize how many sales you may be losing without proper translation, you’ll see how important translation can be.

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The list of top-grossing foreign films in the United States for 2011 shows a strong preference for French and Spanish films, which account for eight of the ten. Aided by the use of subtitles, these films made their mark in the US.

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Many situations call for translation, and thanks to a recently-settled lawsuit, you can add prison inmates’ mail to that list. It has become clear that there is a need for the translation of mail in prisons, as not all inmates — or those they correspond with — speak English.

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