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After 10 years of searching, International Contact welcomes Teppei Einaga to manage the technical issues that arise from providing foreign language services in over 100 languages to corporate and
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CSI: Transcription and Translation vs. Interpreting
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Thomas Edwards joins International Contact as General Manager
Thomas joins INTERNATIONAL CONTACT, INC. to oversee operations, sales and growth of the company. He has been in the translation industry since 1994, starting as a technical translator. Prior to
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Interpretation is the verbal translation of the speaker’s words to an audience that does not speak the same language, with the express purpose of having the audience understand what is being said by
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Foreign Language Testing
FLT–Foreign Language Testing Have you ever asked yourself these questions: What are my bilingual employees saying to my customers? Are they worth the bonus we’re paying for speaking another
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An Introduction To The Chinese Language For Project Managers
Written Chinese • Spoken Chinese • Mandarin vs. Cantonese Written Chinese Chinese writing uses a series of pictographic glyphs known as “characters” to express thoughts in written form. There
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